Wireless test links Portland to Colon across 1500 miles
A Christmas wireless telegraph test successfully read messages from Portland Maine to Colon on the Isthmus of Panama. Admiral Manny and the Bureau of Equipment showcased an effectively unbroken system with relays at multiple stations including Guantanamo, St Augustine, New Orleans, and Cape Elizabeth, signaling a new era in Navy communications.
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Colon
Panama
Admiral Manney
Washington
Henry N. Manny
Whittons
Navy Department
Guantanamo
St. Augustine
Mauney
Bureau of Equipment
Navy
Touet
Washington Navy Yard
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Boclock
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Cut
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Coton
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Lortsmouth
Newport
Boston
Norfolk
Capes
Firutoft
Jupiter Inlet
Key West
New Orleans
Salse
Cape Elizabeth
Bureau of
Buren
Adamet Maessey
Dewey Christmas Greetings From Naval Fleets Worldwide
Dewey's Christmas greeting to the navy emphasizes unity and service. Ships across the globe, from the North Atlantic to Manila and Shanghai, celebrate with crews decorating ships and exchanging best wishes. Rear Admiral Bradford assigns ships for holiday duties while others spend Christmas at sea or at ports, highlighting wartime naval presence and crew morale.
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Musas
Ase
New York
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Shanghai
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Minneapolis
Newport News
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Kentucky
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Sorfalk
Pine Beach
Holiday on Warships A Christmas Day at Brooklyn Navy Yard
New York dispatch reports naval ships observing Christmas Day with minimal extra work. About 2,000 sailors and marines received shore leave. meals and entertainment at Brooklyn MG 3 club included a noon dinner, bowling, and games. A telephone message from Miss Helen Gould acknowledged an engraving for the naval branch as a Christmas gift.
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Maine
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Naval Branch
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Christ
Man Hangs Himself After Christmas Dinner in Massachusetts Ave Home
Herbert Caddick a bricklayer, ended his life by hanging in the kitchen of 47 Massachusetts avenue after a Christmas gathering. His wife says he had shown strange behavior for months and threatened self harm. Walter Caddick found the body, police cut him down, coroner issued certificate. body placed with undertaker.
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Massachusetts Avenue
Theody
Walter
Macarthy
Beauregard
Caddick
Nevitt
Heroic Stop Halts Runaway Horse in Southeast District
Herbert Higham of 16 B street southeast halted a runaway horse attached to John C. Meinberg's light phaeton after it bolted through streets. Pedestrians sought safety as the horse careened to Fourteenth and B streets where Higham grabbed the bridle and stopped it. Officers collected the horse and returned it to Meinberg, a baker.
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Herbert Higham
Fifth Precinct
John C. Meinberg
Eleventh Street
Fourteenth
Higham
Fifth Previer Police
Weather forecast summary from December news reports
The Weather Bureau reports generally clear conditions with snow in the Lake region and rain in the Pacific Northwest and North Central regions. Temperatures are rising in the Upper Great Basin and Central valleys, with warmer spells forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday across the West, and ongoing rain or snow into the Dakotas and Wyoming. Winds shift from southwest to varied directions along coasts, with storm warnings in the North Pacific and advisories for the Grand Banks.
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Wyoming
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Colorado
Great Lakes
Upper Lake Region
New England
Middle Atlantic
Atlanti
Lake Michigan
Grand Banks
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Columbia River
Loyal Weather Report
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Min & P.m
Asheville
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Christmas Day at the White House Celebrates Family Time
President Roosevelt spends Christmas with family and guests, riding with Theodore and Kermit and hosting a dinner for Longworth, Captain and Mrs. Cowles, and Senator and Mrs. Lodge. Cabinet meetings are skipped this week as work is set aside for holiday joy, while electricians aid a lively Christmas tree filled with boys engines and squeaks, and a Cairo party hosts children with a Santa Claus figure.
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Indiana
Governmental Business Kept Quiet on Christmas Day
Government offices closed for Christmas with only urgent matters considered. President Roosevelt worked briefly, others in Cabinet attended to essential mail and telegraph notices, then spent time with families. White House activity limited and few visitors received.
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Roosevelt
White House
Cabiet
Knights Templars Toast Drunk in Washington Observed
The Christmas Nations observance by five commanderies of the Knights Templar met at noon yesterday to honor the grand master. Stephen Berry of Portland chaired the Christus observance committee as the toast and responses were read, a custom said to be universal among Templars from Nome to the Philippines.
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Grand
Berliett A. Allen
Knight Templars
Frank H. Thomas
Knights Templars
United State
Wiliam ©. Andrews
Nebraska
David H. Fenian
de Molay
Orient Commandery
Hkaishes
Stephen Berry
Portland
Alaska
Nome
Philippines
Washington Commandery
No. 1
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Saks and Company Give Overcoats to Hundred Boys
Saks and Company at Seventh and Pennsylvania Avenue distributed overcoats yesterday as part of a 15 year Christmas charitable tradition. The Board of Associated Charities selected needy boys, and manager Isaac Gans reported every recipient was deserving. Many boys arrived cold in thin clothing, and some received additional warm garments beyond coats.
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Atore
Pennsylvania Avenue
Santa Claus
Saks and Company
Board of
Associated Charities
Soke and Company
Iseac Gans
Baks
Board of Associated Charities
Miss Sherley Keeps Secret Reasons for Engagement Breakoff
Baltimore society reports Miss Elizabeth Sherley and her mother are at the Green Spring Valley home of Mrs. George Ewing during the holidays. She confirms breakup due to youth but refuses to reveal the other reasons, saying they are her own. She met Thomas Shevlin last summer in Minneapolis and engagements followed. the announcement came too soon and the engagement ended within a week.
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Shevlin
Washington Post
Baltimore
Eizabeth Sherley
Thomas Shevlin
Yale
George Ewing
Green Spring Valley
Mr. Shevlin
Minneapolis
New York
Slevin
Demand for Eight Hour Day and New Conciliation Board in Anthracite Field
President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers outlines miners demands to coal operators in a prospective peace framework. He seeks an eight hour day and a continuously in session conciliation board with three miners, three operators, and a seventh mutually chosen member to travel to settle disputes.
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Philadelphia
Dec
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers’ Union
Miiers
Feasts Feed Thousands Across City Charities
Bountiful Baskets from Alman Temple Mystic Shriners and Salvation Army aided 2000 families with dinners and baskets. Captain Bayes delivered 450 baskets feeding about 3000 people. Homeward Bound Mission served 1000 hot dinners at 3 pm with second and third helpings available. Central Union and various asylums hosted turkey meals while inmates received liberties and visitors. Almas Temple distributed 700 food baskets plus half a ton of candy. private citizens provided further aid.
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Mystic Shriners
Salvation Army
Shriners
Homeward Hound Mission
Central Mission
Bayes
James Haslam
Haslam
Lewis Gordon
Santa Claus
Central Union Mission
St. Elizabeth's Asylum For the Insane
Almas Temple
Clergyman Franks Sudden Death Ends Life of Retired Pastor
Retired Episcopalian minister Frank D. Jondon, seventy four, died last night from acute indigestion in his room at 1220 Twelfth Street Northwest. Landlady Mrs. Mary West, who rented the room, said she knew little of his relatives whose whereabouts are unknown. Funeral under Masonic order auspices.
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Frank D. Jondon
Twelfth Street Northwest
Mary West
Joudon
Masonic Order
Switchman Mahlon Halford Killed by Trolley Car
Mahlon T. Halford, a switchman for the Suburban Railroad Company, was struck and killed by a traction car near Diatriet Two in Thyattsvilla last night. The body was taken to the morgue and Coroner Nevitt notified.
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Mahlon ‘T. Halford
Suburban Railroad Company
Nevitt
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