Wins Post Contest Will Practice Her Precepts
A successful competitor pledges to spend prize money at Oncé for Christmas while puzzle judges announce an award amid prose and verse submissions.
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Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1909
Page
39
Early Partnership With Santa Claus Acrostic
Miss Lily A. Mapes explains an acrostic guiding holiday shopping. Each line links a letter to a benefit: COMFORT, HAPPINESS, REWARD, INTEREST, SELECTION, MIME, MONEY, ATTENTION, and STRENGTH. The piece urges calm, early buying to reduce crowds, save money, and ensure gifts for all.
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Sante Claus
Conaruvna
Wnsartin
Mary Duncan
Galea
First honors in Post essay contest go to Miss Mapes
Miss Lily A. Mapes of 134 Columbia road won The Washington Post essay contest with a piece on early Christmas shopping. She earned 25 dollars for cleverness and originality, expressed delight at winning, and noted she would apply her prize to practical use.
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Washington Post
Lily A. Mapes
Columbia Road
Post
Mayes
Tory
Ain
Mary Duncan
Biltmore Street
Mapes
Edward K de Bay
Blantin
Charlottesville
Santa Claus
Charles W. Fitts
Getter
Ieiaure
Edward K. Defay
Ana
Early Shopping Urged In Christmas Gift Essay
In a period piece on holiday retail, Mary Duncan extols early Christmas shopping to save time and money. Edward K De Bay and Mary Duncan contribute essays praising prompt buying, noting benefits for customers and shop staff while warning against late shopping’s chaos and strain.
Invasion of the North dinner in New York draws leaders
Southern Society of New York hosted 600 guests at the Waldorf Astoria with Secretary of War Dickinson and Mayor elect William J. Gaynor as principal speakers. Dickinson praised peaceful rivalry between regions, while Gaynor attacked corrupt city bosses and called out officials abroad visiting.
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New York
Warkingon
William J. Gaynor
Greater
New-York
Southern Society of New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Judge Gaynor
Dickinson
North
South
Taft
Columbus
Miss
Thetr
Rigerts
Great Britain
Peides
Lincoln
Thomas
Farragut
Iunitations
Son ti diplomat to wed Mrs Haig in London
Secretary Phillips confirms engagement of American embassy official William Phillips to marry Mrs Haig of Brook Street Grosvenor Square, former wife of J Coleman Drayton. The couple will wed soon with the ceremony location undecided.
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Secretary Phillips
London
Washington Post
William Phillips
Haig
Brook Street
Grosvenor Square
J. Coleman Drayton
New York
Helg
Washington
Philips
Watt
Mr. Phillips
SIMS JENKINS NUPTIALS IN BALTIMORE MARRIAGE
Miss Martha Lea Jenkins of Baltimore and Clifford S. Sims of Albany were married in Baltimore in a hotel parlor ceremony. Sims, second vice president of the Delaware and Hudson Bell Toad and former Baltimore and Ohio general manager, received a license a month earlier. Cardinal Gibbons gave a blessing.
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Martha Lea Jenkins
Clifford Ss
Sims
Albany
Delaware and Hudson Bell- Toad
Oho
Louis O'Donnlan
Cardinal Gibbons
Weds Lords Ashbourne's Son in London Church
Caroline de Billier of New York wed Ernest Victor Gibson third son of Lord Ashbourne at St Peter's Church Haton square London The bride was given away by her brother W E B De Biller Witnesses included Richard B Raney who died in Raleigh North Carolina his obituary notes he helped found Raleigh's public diary and worked as a hotel proprietor and later general agent for North Carolus of the Pennsylvania Mutual Life Insurance Co.
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Olga Roosevelt
New York
J. Har
Mildred Poor
Carolina de Billier
London
Dée
Caroline
Mia
Frederick de Billier
Ernest Victor Gibson
Lord Ashbourne
St. Peter's Church
Haton Square
W. E B. de Biller
Richard B. Raney
Raleigh
Washington Post
N.C
Richard Beverly Raney
North Carolus
Pennsylvania Mutual Life Insurance Co
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