Global demand lifts American locomotives and poultry claims
The article notes orders for fifty six locomotives placed with a Philadelphia firm for customers including the Government State Railway of Tiniland and the Grand Monnh Railway of Canada, reflecting American locomotive esteem. It also discusses poultry industry claims about green dicks, growth in exports, and remarks by ex mayor Hewitt praising Sir Henry Bessemer's steel process and wealth distribution observations.
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Philadelphia
Fite
Tiniand
Lis Govérnment Railway of
Brazil
Grand Monnh Railway
Canada
Poulleynen
New York
Boston
Abram 8. Hewitt
Sir Henry Bessemer
D. O. Milla
New York City
Howitt
Mr. Bessemer
Bessemer
Hewitt
Depew
Yast
United States
Christmas Eve Stockings and Mrs. O’Keefe’s Quiet Moment
A fragment from a holiday scene describes stockings hung by a hearth and a mother hoping for Santa as the candlelight glows. The lines evoke memory and the patience of children awaiting Christmas while a mother consoles with gentle, timeless care.
The Colonel at Christmas and a Soldier's Secret
In a quiet club scene the Colonel opens up about his life, recalling a Christmas homecoming and a forbidden love with Alicia. He reveals a past of longing, loss, and the struggle between duty and heart as a child’s carol floats from the street below.
A Colonel’s Christmas Promise to a Fallen Love
A colonel recalls Alicia, a woman who never loved him, and her descent from refined life to poverty. After years apart, he discovers she lives in hardship in the city, and vows to marry her, return to Kentucky, and restore her peace. The scene culminates with a Christmas toast to My Old Kentucky Home.
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Alaiza
Israel
Conference of Charition
Alaire
Star of Bethlehem
Tlave
Alicia
Moyan
Hawasia
Kentucky
Au Fool’s Paradise
Walton
Albain
Europe
Nagain
Jack
Alicial
Thad
Alshe
Watching for Santa Claus in the firelight
Children Ilo and others sit awake in warm firelight dreaming of gifts. Santa Ginus, slyly delaying, tucks them into dreamland then visits the little row of stockings, leaving a nocturnal wake of wonder. Morning light reveals bright stockings and joyful faces as Christmas Day begins.
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Santa
Santa Ginus
Sio
Bison
Dreamland
Fairy Bright
Santa Claus
Samy Thorp
Luella Curran
Early Feastings and the Puritans Plum Pudding Tradition
A snapshot of colonial Thanksgiving customs as Puritans shunned plum pudding yet secretly cherished it. The piece traces scarce ingredients, heirloom recipes, and elder family memories from England to America. It details the loaf method, raisin and berry substitutions, and a four hour boiling depicted in warm domestic tone.
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England
Old England
Alice
It Was No Inducement in a Boston Nursery Tale
A Boston family scene has a three year old arguing about Santa Claus as a mythical figure while a nurse tries to nudge good behavior with Christmas rewards. Odds and ends include a humorous exchange about cigars and paying balances, plus a rural Kansas sunflower bloom record and a Christmas poem depicting frost and Yule logs.
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Nurde
Boston
Santa Claus
Violent Home Invasion Ends With Family Wounds in Arkansas
In Van Buren County near Clinton Patterson and his family faced two masked armed robbers who entered during supper and opened fire. Patterson was shot in the mouth and his sons and brother fought back with knives and fists as the assailants fled after exhausting their ammo. The brutal scene left walls bloodied and windows shattered.
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Arkanbas
Hobbure
Clinton
van Buren County
Patterson Lyed
Oalpepper Mountain
Wincheater Atruo
Patterson
Iis
Waa
Hoosier Kid McCoy defeats Dan Creedon in long bout
New York dispatch reports Norman Selby known as the Kid McCoy of Rush County Indiana defeats Dan Creedon of New Zealand at the Puritan Athletic Club Long Island City after fifteen rounds. McCoy uses reach and science to outpoint the sturdier Creedon as bettors favored his chances from early rounds.
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Kid McCoy
New York Dispatch
Norman Selby
Rush County
Indiana
Id McGoy
Dan Creedon
New Zealand
Puritan Athletic Club
Long Island City
McCoy
Labor Leaders Press Cuba Resolution At AFL Meeting
At the American Federation of Labor session in Nashville a resolution urged immediate U S action to end the murder of Cuban civilians by Spanish troops. A substitute urged Cuba gain industrial freedom preceding political freedom.
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American Federation of Labor
Nashville
Cuba
United States Congress
Blaze Destroys Grand Forks Hotel and Stores
A Friday morning fire in Grand Forks North Dakota caused about a million dollars in damage. The three buildings hit were the five story Hotel Dakotah valued at 250000 and the Nash Bros. wholesale store and the Grand Forks Mercantile Company adjoining it.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Dakotah
Nash Bros
Grand Forks Mercantile Company
Amendment Turned Down In House Debate On Yukon Relief
The house completed consideration of the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill except for the civil service paragraph. By agreement the civil service debate will wait until after the holidays. The bill abolishes the assay offices at New Orleans. The house refused the senate amendment to relief for Yukon miners. it was sent to conference.
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Washington
House
New Orleans
Upper
Yukon
Plans to raise US flag in Cuba thwarted by fever outbreak
Colonel George Tomlinson of Tuckersburg Alabama says a well laid plan to seize Cuba and raise the United States flag was frustrated by a yellow fever outbreak. Fifteen thousand picked men from eight southern states were to be armed and secured for the mission when the fever halted the effort.
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United States
Cuba
George Tomlinson
Tuckersburg
Als
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North Amercan Review
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de Ordo
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Wilberforce
Galle
Dix
Desler
Burny
Kan
Cristatnaa
Ann
Big Blaze
Grand Torks
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