Messenger from Santa Claus Crashes Doris Lathrops Christmas
Billy, eight, proclaims a man at the door is Santa’s messenger bringing a new sled. Doris, haunted by a past homicide and a desertion by Jack Lathrop, discovers the bearded visitor is her husband. He is revealed as Jack, returning as Christmas bells ring.
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Santa Claus
Billy
Doris Lathrop
Duke
Jack Lathrop
Jack
Ike
Jack— Noble
Rascal
Donia
Doris
Telephone Spectroscopes and False Testimony Tale
A minister to China tells a jokey elevator scam about telephone spectroscopes showing a gullible man what he is doing. The piece then discusses New York divorce cases and the ready market for fake witnesses and manufactured evidence in courts.
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China
Charles R. Crane
Chicago
Mr. Crane
Blank
Dash
Man
Cash
New York
Enderloin
Minnows to Fight Mosquitoes Across Barbados Islets
A Barbados report notes import of tiny minnows called niti-Hons to curb malaria by eating mosquito larvae. The fish are born alive, grow under an inch, reproduce rapidly, and could soon flood isthmus waters, aiding Panama Canal laborers in reducing malaria.
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Barbados
Colon
New Orleans Times-Democrat
High School Lecture Course Ticket Prices
Adult course tickets cost 1.00 while a single entry for entertainment adults is 0.60. Children pay 0.20. The notice lists the adult admission rates for the school event and a separate price for general performances.
Move to ease divorce law in England faces reform
The New York Press reports proposed legislation to help deserted wives in England. Lord Gorelli leads the fight, arguing thousands of women fall into poverty and endure bigamy risks. He cites property seizure by husbands and calls for legal revisions in favor of wives. A London woman saved $100 over 20 years, only for a drunken husband to gain control of the money through court order.
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England
New York
Lord Gorelli
Lord Gorelit
London
Metallic Ribbons From London Process Described
A British process makes a mile long metallic ribbon in about a minute, rivaling a train in speed. Molten metal flows through a nozzle onto a rapidly rotating water cooled drum, solidifies instantly, and forms a continuous ribbon. Ribbons can be as thin as one thousandth of an inch and use aluminum lead zinc tin copper silver and gold.
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Une
England
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