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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1925
Page
2
Washington observers expect a direct vote on the beer tax measure as senators from New Jersey and other states signal support. The discussion centers on public beer and medicinal liquor questions and the enforcement funds needed to uphold the present law.
Christmas crowds fill hotel lobbies and department stores as Chi Colder directs a city wide caroling drive. Hundreds of school children trained for weeks join bands in public spaces while others sing on street corners and in the wheat pit at the Chicago Board of Trade. Mayor William Berrman backing the effort urges funding enforcement to improve laws.
Amid holiday actions a Chicago drive distributed twenty-five thousand baskets of gifts while California and Port Huron reported charitable scenes. A Santa Claus death occurred in Port Huron as churches hosted Christmas shows. Geese shipments to California followed turkey price trends, and officials noted Christmas-time crime controls.
Henry Ford recalled a one dollar violin given by his mother for Christmas as a vivid memory. He described learning to play it and hanging on a woodshed peg. Ford also mentioned a pair of ice skates with curved toes and acorns as other memorable gifts.
A basement heater started a fire that spread to upper floors while a firefighter was overcome by smoke and hospitalized briefly. Amid disaster text, a Denver juvenile court Christmas reflection shares a story of probationers from many nationalities learning kindness, notably a Chinese boy named Chin who quotes the Golden Rule.
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