Christmas at the White House and Washington Family Holidays
Christmas Day in Washington passed quietly with church services and family customs. At the White House President Theodore Roosevelt stayed home with his wife and children while plans included gifts and stockings, and the treeless celebration moved to Mrs. Cowles’s home for the evening observance. Vice President Elect Fairbanks’s family joined the festivities, cabinet members largely remained in Washington, and Metcalfs spent the holiday in Annapolis with their son Victor N. Metcalf.
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Washington
White House
W.S. Cowles
Fairbanks
Warren Fairbanks
Chicago
Metcalf
Department of Commerce and Labor
Christmas Charity Galaxy In Chicago Exceeds Expectations
Chicago crowds of generous shoppers spent a record 22 million dollars on Christmas presents as Salvation Army workers in cold boxes collected donations. The season’s philanthropy continued through December with many stores open late and charitable distributions at refuges and penal institutions.
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Chicago
Angel of Charity
Salvation Army
Salvation Army Lass
Marshall Field & Co
Es and Holding
Christmas Receipts Across State Street Stores Counted
Estimated Christmas receipts amount to 22 075 000 across ten State Street stores and additional stores. Expenditures include 3 000 000 for turkeys and poultry, 1 000 000 for other dinner articles, 1 500 000 to employees, 1 500 000 for mailing 1 500 000 gifts, 75 000 for shipping presents, 50 000 for trees and 250 000 for decorations. Also 400 000 for charitable gifts and 150 000 for Christmas presents by express.
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State Street
Express
Christmas Tide in New York Brims With Giving and Festivities
New York began Christmas celebrations with hospital trees and in ward carols for children. The Salvation Army fed thousands and other groups doubled that reach. About 1.9 million trees sold in ten days amid citywide charity. Prisoners at Tombs were treated with turkey and gifts as missions supplied small surprises.
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New York
Salvation Army
Christmas Spirit abroad in London despite hard times
The London Christmas season remains buoyant as families from Sandringham to humble homes gather for the holiday. Charitable provision for the poor and unemployed is expanded, ensuring many still receive a Christmas dinner despite economic hardship.
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London
Aghind
United Kingdom
Sandringham
Madame Loubet Gives Christmas Gifts At Elysee Palace
Madame Loubet wife of the president distributed presents to children of Elysee Palace functionaries and allocated $2000 to widows supporting families in Paris on Christmas Eve.
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Madame Loubet
Paris
The
Elysee Palace
Carried Hatred to the Grave in Indiana
Petersburg Indiana December 26 William Lorton aged 96 the oldest man in Pike county died after a quarrel with a neighbor in which he killed the man Though he pardoned himself before death he left a strange order at his bedside Do not allow any relatives of the man he killed to attend his funeral
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Petersburg
Ind
William Lorton
Pike County
Nelson Won't Prosecute Murphy In Embezzlement Case
Nelson will not pursue charges against manager Teddy Murphy and associate Eddie Santry after a Stockton case brought to San Francisco. A $y,000 check found with Murphy was cashed and money placed with the court’s property clerk. Santry is released on own recognizance and Murphy on $4,000 bail. Both men foresee an amicable settlement and no further action is expected.
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San Francisco
Nelson
Teddy Murphy
Eddie Santry
Stockton
Murphy
Santry
Judge orders Pere Marquette to pay Oscar Baker legacy sum
In Bay City Michigan on December 26 Judge Shepard awarded Oscar Baker 5893.93 for loss of his leg after previously paying 5000 to the boy’s father as next friend who had no bond or trustee role. The court ruled the railroad paid funds to an person not legally entitled to receive them.
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New York
Peevoon A Tarnaby
J. Atkinson
FG. Dexter
Knickerbocker Steamboat Company
General Slocum
Thomas
United States Circuit Court
Bay City
Mich
Shepard
Pere Marquette Railroad Company
Oscar Baker
S800 Ship Canal Traffic Sets Record Yet Yearly Total Falls Short
Sault Ste. Marie reports the present month marks the greatest canal traffic ever, yet the year’s total trails behind last year. The statistical summary highlights month by month figures for shipping through the canal at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
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Michigan Canal
Canadian Canal
Igainst
Novel Accusation in Federal Case Involving Louisville Man
New York December 26 a startling federal charge was filed against Henry Jones a Louisville Kentucky man accused of beating a citizen severely enough to bar him from voting in the last presidential election Secret service agents had hunted for Jones and located him in New York He waived examination and extradition and will be sent back to Louisville for trial by federal authorities
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New York
United States
Henry Jones
Louisville
Shields
Jones
John Supper
Delco
Whole family wiped out near Guymon Oklahoma
Wilhelm Schultz dies from burns and his wife and three children are killed in a gasoline explosion at their Beaver county homestead. The family, recently from Germany, could not speak English. The father misinterpreted a merchant’s sign for gasoline and the lamp was lit during refilling. The blast destroyed the home.
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Guthrie, O. T
Wilhelm Schultz
Guymon
Beaver County
Germany
Gift Enriches Illinois College With Bible Chair
Jacksonville Alabama December 26 The gift of twenty five thousand dollars to an Illinois college endows a chair of Biblical literature. Rev Clifford W Barney made the donation Friday upon resigning from the press.
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Jacksonville
Ilinois College
Biblcal Literature
Clifford W. Barney
Tragic Christmas Fire Claims Two Women in Separate Cities
In Worcester Mrs Margaret Moynihan, 30, died after a lamp exploded while she carried Christmas gifts and her baby downstairs. Her clothes burned before she could alert others. In Chicago Mia Rose Abraham, 102, mother of seventeen, died at her daughter’s home on Ada Street, leaving a large extended family.
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Worcester
Mass
Margaret
Moynihan
Chicago
Dee
Mia
Rose Abraham
Teresa Pollock
South Ada Street
Fire injures judge in Christmas pageant beard incident
Southbury Connecticut December 26 a false beard worn by Burritt M Tuttle Judge of the town court during a church Christmas celebration caught fire from candles on the tree and he was severely burned. In Philadelphia Bishop T B Neely elected at the last conference spoke farewell at Union church and will sail for South America. Rising Sun Indiana December 4 defense in Gillespie murder case presents a stranger pursued by the victim with the accused mother Elizabeth Gillespie present and listening as the defense argues prior stalking.
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Southbury
Conn
Burritt M. Tuttle
Santa Claus
Tuttle
Philadelphia
Buenos Ayres
Methodist Episcopal Church
Union Methodist Episcopal Church
South America
Rising Sun
Ind
Dee
Griffith
Gillespie
Elizabeth Gillespie
Elizabeth
Mrs Roosevelt Buys Candy for Sagamore Hill School
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt orders two barrels of candy sent to the public school near Sagamore Hill in New York as a gift.
London Fog Clears as Western Breeze Arrives
Miss Roosevelt, guest of New York friends, has returned to Washington after the fog in London disappeared, guided by a western breeze.
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London
Miss Roosevelt
New York
Washington
Nogi Surprises Russians Captures Two Villages
A late 19th century dispatch reports Gen Nogi’s night surprise raid north of Port Arthur capturing two villages and advancing positions. Tokyo plans mobilization of about a half million troops under Oyama with stronger artillery to defend Formosa and southern islands.
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London
Dee
Toklo
Port Arthur
Houssnytantun
Housanyentio
Shiefantun
Port Arthurs
Phety
Talia Hintung
Eelock
HO Porhy Steers
Oyama
Formosa
Kelung
Portmosa
Dalny
Yentad
Tokio
Liaoyang
Man Killed in Vermont Camp Row Over Wages
In Cornell twenty five miles north of Bexcumba a woodsman named Antoine Korecke shot and killed Stephen son camp foreman Robert McGilliiray after a dispute over unpaid wages. The shooter fled. the foreman died instantly from buckshot to the right side. Deputies search the area as witnesses and authorities investigate the case.
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Bexcumba
Mich
Wilkes Wils
Antoine Korecke
Robert McGilliiray
Cornell
Lles
Here
Tub
Korecke
Curop
McGilliiray
Mystery man in Gillespie case barred from evidence
Rising Sun Indiana December 26 report notes a court ruling excludes key defense evidence about a mysterious stranger linked to the Gillespie crime. Prosecutors argued the stranger was the defendant. The jury spent Christmas in the jury room. Daisy Leiter's Wedding Day reported from Washington. Marguerite Hyde Leiter to wed the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire at noon today at the family home on New Hampshire avenue with Rev. Dr. Roland Cotton Smith officiating.
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Rising Sun
Ind
Gillespie
Daisy Leiter
Washington
Trolley Collision Kills a Man in East Minneapolis
A switch engine and trolley car collide at a railroad crossing in East Minneapolis. One person, engineer W. M. Gager, was killed, and nine others were seriously injured with broken bones, bruises, and cuts. none are reported as dying.
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Minneapolis
W. M. Gager
Town Man Praises Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption
T R Beall of Bee ville Miss reports his wife recovered from consumption after using Dr King’s New Discovery. She improved after four bottles, following other treatments. Guaranteed by J L Stewart, resisting price, trial bottles offered at no charge.
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Resist
Chicago Markets End Year With Mixed Hog and Strong Cattle Prices
Chicago markets report mixed hogs with light to heavy grades largely steady and higher cattle values. Receipts for the week show brisk hog and cattle activity, with beef and sheep sectors posting strength and a quiet day with no market on Christmas.
Consumption Cure Warners White Wine of Tar Syrup
Advertisement claims a universal cough and cold remedy marketed as the best on earth. It promises cure in one day if taken in time and is sold in 25 and 50 cent sizes by J. H. Stewart through druggists.
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Warners
J. H. Stewart
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Ethel
Archibald
Quentin
Miss Alice
Theodore
Kermit
Philippines
Religious Education Association
Tas
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich
Nogi
Japan
Oyama Tokio
Aoyutin
Helvity
Woodsman
Sitkep
Grain Market
Gion Gorge
Graham
Opera House
Florida
Frisco
Southern Railway
Kansas City
Fla
Southeastern Limited
Saint Louis
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