Christmas Eve Rush Highlights City Shopping Chaos
Downtown Washington shoppers braved constant rain and crowds as stores rang up last minute buys. Clerks faced impatient customers while Salvation Army workers distributed gifts and plans for a feast for the poor unfold at 119 Pennsylvania avenue.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Eich
Mein
Santa
Santa Claus
Kris Kiingie
Ind Evert
Salvation Army
Ts Ropee
Jackes Nathan
Bet Booth
Baily Thon
Jamey Efiaslam
Someward Traund
Cltyne
Mission Meeting Room
Christ Child
Mary
Bethlehem
Cavary
Theodore & Vodant Maser
Lighthouse Mission Home
Dy Miscus
Humeward Sound System
Corgy
Humanity
Derrssivinta
Sunday Mail Delivery Strains Washington Post Office
Post Office staff work overtime to handle a Christmas mail surge with sacks of letters and packages flooding Washington. Postmaster Merritt orders noon collection to prevent backlog tonight as carriers push to finish deliveries for the holiday.
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Washington
Jamia
Drg
Merritt
Dyspepsia and Stomach Strengthening Advice
Guidance suggests dyspepsia relief comes from strengthening and toning the stomach rather than other methods. It notes the stomach’s weakness from habitual overuse and urges taking specific actions to improve its function.
Christmas Mail Delivers Challenge for City Post Office
The city post office expects a heavy delivery day with forty four substitute carriers handling thousands of packages. Substitutes operate from the main office rail and branch offices under Superintendent Van Fleet who plans to finish mail delivery by tomorrow evening if possible.
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van Fleet
Solemn Midnight Mass at Shrine of the Sacred Heart
Solemn high mass began at midnight at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart corner Fourteenth street and Whitney avenue with Rev J El Dacres as celebrant assisted by Rev L O Regan and Rev Robert A Skelly. The event featured a large choir, organ accompaniment, ornate illumination, and a sermon by Rev Joseph F McGee.
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Shrine of the Sacred Heart
Fourteenth Street
Whitney Avenue
Rey J EL Dacres
Rey L OQ Regan
Robert A Skelly
George Berry
Joseph F McGee
St Anns Church
Tennallytown
Miracle of the Bread Donation Despite Mix Up
Almas Temple members in a Christmas charity distributed 150 loaves of bread and gifts at the National Rifles Armory to 150 families after a delivery mix up with the Carroll Institute. Santa Claus and volunteers, including W C Long and A C Stebbens, oversaw candy, toys, and greetings, celebrating a generous community outreach despite the error.
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Rifles
Armory
Santa Claus
Almas Temple
Order of the Mystic Shine
Almas Temmic
Aumas Temple
National Rifles Armory
W C Long
Ali
Beata
Carroll Institute
Carrell Institute
Aimis Temple
Kris Kringle
Christmas at the White House and Cabinet Homes
The Christmas holiday will be celebrated as a family affair at the White House with a small guest list and no Christmas tree for the President’s children. Cabinet members, diplomats, and their families will host or attend gatherings across Washington, with many staying at official homes or entertaining in embassy circles. The report notes mourning within the Cortelyou family and details various home festivities, including diplomatic receptions and a police obituary in Arizona.
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White House
Cleveland
Fairbanks
Warren Fairbanks
Chicago
Senator Fairbanks
Timmons
Ensign J W Timmons
New York
Washington
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Metcalf
Annapolis
Victor
Hay
Payne Whitney
James Wadsworth, Jr
Clarence Hay
Secretary of the Navy
Morton
F R Morton
National Committee
Mra Cortelyou
London
Saxony
Mayor Des Planches
Ime Jusserand
Durand
Hengelmuller
Will filed names Joseph H Stewart executor
Beverly Tucker’s will dated September 5 names her daughter Pauline Tucker as principal beneficiary and Joseph H Stewart as executor in the register of wills filing yesterday.
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Beverly Tucker
Office of the Register of Wills
Joseph H Stewart
Pauline Tucker
Testagor
Bertrand seeks injunction to stop sale of Richfield Mining stock
James T Bertrand filed suit against Charles W Bolen to prevent the sale of stock in the Richfield Mining Company allegedly belonging to Bertrand An accounting is sought for stock previously sold He claims Bolen misrepresented the company to deceive him into selling below value A temporary restraining order was issued returnable January 6 in Equity Court by Justice Anderson after petition by Hamilton Colbert representing Bertrand
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James T. Bertrand
Charles W. Bolen
Charles W Bolen
Richfield
Bertrand
Richfield Mining Company
Justice Anderson
Hamilton & Colbert
Equity Court
Ingenious Diamond Theft Charged In New York Case
William Roseman is charged with grand larceny for a planned theft from diamond buyers in New York and Atlantic City. Police say he targeted purchases from jewelry houses, took purchaser details, and planned to grab deliveries of $915 in diamonds from Adams Express Company in Atlantic City, with $100 bail set.
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New York
William Roseman
Atlantic City
N J Roseman
Adams Express Company
Roseman
Hope For Ballroom Likely Pension Building Scene
Indications point to the Pension Office building as the site for the inaugural ball with bids opened for the official programme. Chairman Wilson called a meeting to inspect the site and plan decorations and guest comfort while adding new committee members and noting bids judged satisfactory. A Roosevelt Republican Club headquarters has been rented at 1120 Vermont Avenue by Minnesota officials for St Paul group activities.
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Wilson
Pension Office
Capitol
New Willard
Hitchcock
Maj James 4 Gell
Wiliam Allen White
John Taylor Humphrey Col
N GG Thurston
New York
Yoder
Lorenzo A Bailey
Saks
Pilnting Committee
Af “Conkling
Minnesota Association of Washington
Vermont Avenue
Roosevelt Republican Club
St Paul
Minn
Conductor de Koven Receives Gift From Washington Symphony
Reginald de Koven, famed composer and conductor, is presented a carved oak conducting desk by Washington Symphony members. Concertmaster Rakeman announces the gift amid a light rehearsal, praising de Koven's work in fostering a national orchestra and wishing him a merry Christmas.
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Reginald de Koven
Washington
Hermann C Rakemoinn
Theo
de Koven
Hr Orchestra
Rakemann
Delivery Boy Held Up at First and K Streets
Two men restrained a delivery boy for Jacob Simms at the corner of First and K streets northeast last evening and seized four basketfuls of provisions valued at five dollars for a free Christmas dinner for the pair and a companion in the K street market area, police were informed.
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First
K Streets
Jacob Simms
Memphis Papers to Consolidate News Scimitar Evening
Hon Guilbert D Raine who recently bought the Memphis Morning News has acquired control of the Memphis Evening Scimitar and starting next Monday the two papers will be consolidated as an afternoon journal to be known as the News Scimitar The paper will also print a Sunday morning edition The financial consideration has not been made public.
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Memphis
Tenn
Guilbert D Raine
Memphis Morning News
Memphis Evening Scimitar
News-Scimitar
Rage for potentate Shriners in warm canvass
Rival candidates Carter B Keene and Edwin B Hay vie for potentate of Almas Temple as Nobles of the Mystic Shrine prepare for the December 29 election at Watsons Rifles Armory. Campaigns stress fraternal spirit while postures for other offices unfold.
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Gift
Almas Temple
Rifles Armory
Mystic Shrine
Carter B Keene
Edwin B
Hay
Almas Tem- Pie Withal
Messrs
Keene
Huy
Washington
Post-office Department
Rabban
Shrine
Woman Attacked by Pitcher in Home Street Alley Incident
Mary Dorsey suffered a forehead cut and was taken to emergency hospital after being attacked by her daughter Fannie Dorsey with a pitcher in their home at 1211 Wanl street alley southwest last night. Fannie Dorsey, described as a negro girl, was present at the scene.
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Fannie Dorsey
Mary Dorsey
Wanl Street Alley
Dimergency Hospital
Fannie
H Q Self Raising Buckwheat Cake Mix Ad
An old advertisement touts seven zero quick light sweet clone grained buckwheat cakes from H Q Self Raising Buckwheat. It claims carefully milled from selected grain of the best buckwheat crop, reaped in Western New York fields, thoroughly mixed and perfectly blended with pure leavening.
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New York
Weather and city notes include a fatal jump and street accident
A weather summary reports high pressure moving eastward and unsettled conditions across the region with snows in New England and rain in several states. Harvey Dent is described as having died accidentally after leaping from a train into the Potomac and was found drowned. A street car collision wrecks a wagon on New York Avenue with the driver uninjured and the horse recaptured.
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Tureau Watueatum Saturlay
New Logland
New Lagland
Lalu
Ant
England
Uhlo India
Tast Gull
South Atall
Sniv
Lite
Middle Atlantic
Pineau Ngion
Pacife
Coset
South Atlantic
Keisk
Gulf Coast
Ara
Cape
Dent
Newitt
Harvey Dent
Richmond
Fredericksburg
Potomac
Washington Channel
Potomac River
Fourteenth Street
W Sanford Brown
New York Avenue Northwest
Fourteenth and
U Streets
Charles Brooks
Child Wins Russian Piano Contest at Embassy Event
A young girl identified as the daughter of Mr and Mrs Anton Iwastic won a piano prize valued at about $400 at a Russian embassy function. The event featured a drawing and a handoff of tickets, with several names and details mingled in the account. The winner appeared among others listed, and the scene described the prize presentation and seating.
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Voss Prusska Kispir
Anton Iwastic Wiss
Ma Droop
Countiss
Pleasent
Hans
Cissini
Ivtspur
Club's Temporary Quarters and Sudden Street Incident
A local club uses a temporary canvas room as it awaits relocation under city rules. In a late August street incident, Leonard Brand, aged 55, living near West Washington and Second Street Northeast, collapsed at the corner of Thirty Second Street and was taken to a state hospital after a sudden medical event.
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Jools
Bute
Oldlub
Wes
Lee Sholehuig
Liaward Brand
West Washington Horsway
Second Street
Secadoce Pon Streets
Wis Cartind
Chules
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Hood
Nobla
Jacobsen
A C
Stebben
Haley
B Kaene
S B Walker
George Spransy
Almas
Aemple
W A Haley
Floreda Clappershaw
Friends of Masons
First Presbyterian Church
William Henry White
AE L Leckie
Aubrey Groome
John Schrim
Raymond
Ernest Bachelor
Robert Pollock
Bert Brown
Mazie Wroght
Liam Jardine
Tracy
D C Mactheod
William Harry Barton
Miss Mulligan
Alexander . Froctor
Forest Glen
Tralley
Fifth
G Streets
Cortelyous
The
Union Veteran Legion
Auxilary
Adam Weiss
Mr Weiss
Miral
Tunner
Ol Shannon
Encampment Noir
Weiss
Godden
Arizona
Frank Godden
Hyening Star
Tucson
Ariz
Star
Hillery Lucas
Georgetown
Chesapeake and Obio Canal
Potomac Street
Lurher
Lucas
Semphony
Keene and
Shriners
Ned Way
Penialphia Lodge
Mount Vernon
Columbia Commandery
Pass
Ile
the Elks of
United States
Haysriends
Imperial Council
QO McNew
Crandis
Sebring
Patentate
Trom
Watsons Rifles Armory
Boar
Fred W Behrens
oMece Ee Icoot
Ag Iolows
Adil
Nlarrison Dingman
ALL Parts
Itarrhal
Diseas
Santa Claus OF
Tain Max Ug
Asheville
Atlant City
Huttalo Noy Gb
Ui Cago Mw
Cin Sonat Ohlo Ag
Cheyenne Woo
Daven Wrt
Daver Lolo Be
Dey Moines
Loch Ad
Galveston
Mina
Ay Spragfield
Aig Vicksburg
Embassy
Kaspar
Spuiss
de Moll
James K. Probey
Peel
Ughntaneneria
Ganes
Calvert
14Th Street
N. W
Wen
Shaehive
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