Christmas program at Baptist Church honors Japan mission
A Christmas Eve service at the Baptist Church featured a Bible school program in a Sunrise Kingdom setting with Japanese decorations. Children in bright attire performed songs and recitations under the superintendent while a missionary education message and a Christmas sermon on The Wise Men and the Child were delivered. An offering was collected and a New Year dinner was announced for Friday.
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Bible School
W. Roberts
Frank Sherbeck
Ira Bowman
Japan
Sunrice Kingdom
Mission School
Cockfighting Thrives In Mexican Town Festivals
In Mexico’s smaller towns cock fighting remains central to public festivals. The cockpit is a featured attraction, well advertised, with betting a common element and substantial sums often changing hands during these events.
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Mexico
Peace Averted as Engineers Win 10 1 3 Percent Pay Rise
Mediation by U S Labor Commissioner Charles P Neill ended a looming strike by locomotive engineers across sixty one western railroads. The agreement raises wages by about 10 1 3 percent, adds 4 000 000 dollars yearly to payroll, and covers 22 700 engineers from Lake Michigan to the Pacific and Fort William to the Gulf. Negotiations began Sept 26 and concluded after a prestrike vote and federal mediation conferences ending Dec 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States Labor
Charles P. Neill
Neill
Warren S Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
W. D. Scott
General Managers’ Committee
Western
Way
Lake Michigan
Pacific Coast
Fort William
Ont
Gulf of Mexico
Rio Grando
Fire Heroes Funerals Begin for 24 Slain at Stock Yards
Chicago moved to honor the victims of the stock yards fire as a series of funerals started Saturday and will run through Tuesday. Twenty four men died, including Assistant Chief Burroughs and Chief Horan, with many civic leaders among those laid to rest. Processions drew crowds as the city mourned the loss.
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Chicago
Burroughs
Horan
Four Men Die In 500 Foot Mine Bucket Fall
Four men perished when a bucket descending the No. 5 shaft at New River Collieries overturned. The victims were Join Antonick Mike Danyo Nick Kokula and John Soske, all of German Pennsylvania, and they fell about 500 feet to the shaft bottom.
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Lewies
W. Va
New River Collieries Company
Join Antonick
Mike Danyo
Nick Kokula
John Soske
German, Pa
Drowns After Ice Breaks Free in Pond Rescue Attempt
In Evansville Indiana Carl Voerner seven disappears after ice breaks at Swee zer Pond while en route to Santa displays. Arthur Brizius twelve tried to rescue and brought him near the bank before Voerner sank. Brizius died trying. Mother distressed as Christmas shopping kept her away.
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Evansville
Ind
Mec
Santa Claus
Carl Voerner
Sweezer Pond
Arthur Brizius
Woerner
Compromises With County In Back Taxes Case
George B. Forgy real estate and loan agent settled a $20 000 back taxes suit with county officials for 2600.92 dollars. The sequestered taxes were added to the duplicate by George H. McCaslin the tax ferret. Under the agreement McCaslin receives no fee for collecting the money, though he has a county contract and will seek legal action to secure his fees.
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Logansport
Ird
George B. Forgy
George H. McCaslin
Fogey
McCaslin
Scotch Express Wreck Kills Eight, Injures Twenty Five
In England near Hawes Junction the Scotch express, with about five hundred passengers bound for Scotland for Christmas, derailed after colliding with a pilot engine. Fire engulfed the wreck and most coaches burned. eight people died, twenty five were injured, and charred bodies were recovered as searchers cleared the debris.
Tragic Ventimiglia Express Collision at Montereau
Paris reports a collision when the Ventimiglia express rammed a goods train at Montereau. The crowded Riviera-bound train left with many dead and numerous injuries.
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Paris
Ventimiglia
Montereau
Riviera
Comes Home To Lose Eye
Henry Parker a retired Detroit police sergeant returned home from the Pacific coast after being told in Los Angeles that his right eye must be removed. Doctors in Detroit say there is a possible chance the optic may be saved with further treatment and plans are set to try.
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Detroit
Henry Parker
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
Woman Charged With Bigamy Across Three Marriages
South Bend, Ind on December 26 Mrs Anna Reno was arrested on a bigamy charge after state records show she first married West deserted him then wed John RB at Michigan City for several years and finally married John Reno of South Bend where she was living at the time of arrest based on the complaint by John F Birmingstall.
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South Bend
Ind
John F. Birmingstall
Anna Reno
Birmingstall
West
John RB
Michigan City
John Reno
Strike Looms Up in Gary
Gary Indiana December 26 a general building strike looms as differences split the electrical union. An ultimatum from the Employers Builders and Material Men's association declares open shop against plumbers roofers lathers steamfitters and electricians unless they return to work immediately. Four unions support the idle faction leaving more than a million dollars of building work idle.
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Gary
Ind
Employers
Builders and Material Men’s Association
Dynamite Attack Blamed on Union Labor at Llewellyn Iron Works
An explosion outside the Llewellyn Iron Works in Los Angeles caused heavy structural damage and slight injuries to Night Watchman J. T. Asbury. Police report the blast may be the work of union sympathizers amid ongoing labor tensions with the Metal Workers’ union. Only the front office area was wrecked. lower floors and machinery largely escaped damage. The incident followed earlier union disputes and threats to the plant. A single officer witnessed the explosion and rescued the injured man.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Llewellyn Iron Works
Main
Redondo
J. T. Asbury
Firth
Metal Workers’ Union
West Lake Park District
Lacy Manufacturing Company
Johnson Machine Works
Eigteen
Cahill
Asbury
Times Office
Llewellyn
Miners Plan Solo Action in Indiana Legislature
The legislative committee of District No. 11 United Mine Workers met Henry W. Bullock and decided to introduce their measures in the Indiana Legislature without further talks with mine operators. They will act independently from the operators.
State Expenditures Estimate for Next Biennium
State Auditor McCullough has submitted to Gov. Deneen a biennial report estimating total state running expenses at 7 653 023 89 dollars for Oct 1 to Jul 1. Of this amount 4 794 687 18 dollars would fund state charitable institutions.
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Springfield
McCullough
Deneen
Commonwealth
Dogs Haul Half Ton of Gold From Iditarod Trail
Five miners from the Iditarod district completed a record winter cleanup as a half ton of gold was hauled out by dog sled teams over a rough trail. The gold will go to the government assay office in Seattle for processing.
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Seward
Alaska
Iditarod
Seattle
Cleaning and protecting books on shelves
Advice on shelving books to prevent damage. Avoid tight packing and loose spines. Dust gently with soft cloths or silk, dry shelves after washing, and never use damp cloths. Protect valuable volumes with covers and teach youngsters careful handling. Regular twice yearly dusting advised.
Care of Unframed Pictures in Linen Covers
Advice on preserving and displaying unframed pictures by making a compact embossed linen book. Use purple linen, cut leaves larger than pics, and bind with eyelets and ribbon. Paste each image on a leaf with library paste, adding prints over time with decorative ink titles.
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India
How to Clean a White Sweater
Cleaning method for a white sweater using wheat flour to dust, warm soapy water with borax for heavy dirt, careful handling to avoid wool contact with soap, rinsing in three waters, bluing added to final rinse, and air drying in a pillowcase then sun. Also notes suitability for white feathers and instructs avoid stretching during procedures.
How to Make a Cornucopia for Christmas Tree
Create a decorative cornucopia to hold gifts around a small Christmas tree. Build a horn frame from hoops and wood strips, secure with string or wire, shave the horn, form a cheesecloth bag, attach, tauten, and cover with crape paper for a festive finish.
How to Keep Parsley Green for Winter Use
Instructions advise drying parsley in a warm oven with the door ajar to preserve its color. Dried parsley adds delicate flavor to gravies and soups, and a steady supply is recommended whenever possible.
Drink crazed man shoots partner in Mount Vernon hotel
A Christmas party at the Columns bus hotel on East Third Street ended with Andrea Hansen shooting partner Joseph Dinavie and porter Morris Habuluad. Hansen, said to have drunk absynthe, then attempted suicide. all three were hospitalized in serious condition with Hansen gravely wounded in the throat. Police intervened as shots were fired.
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Mount Vernon
N. Y
Columsbus
East Third Street
Andrea Hanken
Joseph Dinavie
Morris Habuluad
Mount Vernon Hospital
Hansen
Dinavie
Murphy Breaks Arm After Icy Fall On Sheridan Road
Chicago December 26 President Charles W Murphy of the Cubs fractured his right arm in a severe fall while walking near his home on Sheridan Road. He was taken to a hospital where the fracture was set and plastered. Murphy had started out after dinner when icy pavement caused him to slip and fall.
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Chicago
Charles W Murphy
Cubs
Sheridan Road
Murphy
Woman burns to death in fire after failed rescue
In New York on December 26 Mrs. Kate Flannery died in her fourth floor apartment at 412 West Twenty Fifth Street. Neighbor Bovington aided her but injured his leg and could not save her as she returned to the burning room before firefighters arrived.
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New York
Kate Flannery
West Twenty-Fifth Street
Harry Bovington
Bovington
Mrs. Flannery
Elopement Suspect Sought in Mich. Casey
Kalamazoo officers search for Jacob Nichols a 30 year old Vicksburg resident who ran away with Margaret Hodgson 15 daughter of wealthy farmer John Hodgson. Traced to Marcellus authorities have not yet arrested them. The father vows to press kidnapping charges. Little is known about Nichols.
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Kalamazoo, Mich
Jacob Nichols
Vicksburg
Margaret
John Hodgson
Marcellus
Nichols
Great-Grandmother as Heir in Absent Grandchildren Case
In Muncie Indiana Mrs Susanna Hinton age 94 is declared heir to a $500 estate of her grandchildren William and Melissa Sitze. The children were taken by an uncle twenty years ago and efforts to locate them failed, leading the court to rule them legally dead.
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Muncie, Ind
Susanna Hinton
William
Melissa Sitze
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