Christmas Eve Fire Injures Santa and Other Boys
A Christmas Eve incident at a church observance burned Santa Claus and his wife, injuring his whiskers and clothes. In Plainville, multiple youths suffered burns from fireworks and a cannon cracker, with one eye and several facial injuries reported. A school basketball game and a Modern Masons entertainment followed the events.
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Renta
M.el
Santa
Gstist
Senta
Ralph Julian
Percy Mills
Mies
Plainville
Iquors
Richard Alison Atterburn
Wood Meno Gate
Peopl es National Bank opens savings dept in 1908
A savings department will be opened January 1, 1908 by the Peoples National Bank of this city, paying three percent interest. Any amount over $1 accepted, with interest computed semiannually. Government supervised. Women and children invited to deposit. pass books issued. Also notes railway statistics and John T Harris family Christmas visit at Loogootee.
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Peoples National Bank
Peopies National Bank
Railway Age
United States
Louisiana
Florida
South Dakota
Mexico
John T. Harris
Loogootee
Stores Invoicing Begins Across Washington Merchants
Washington merchants began their annual stock invoicing today as the week between Christmas and the first of the year usually unsettles business. Some merchants prefer to complete the stock count in the first week of the new year.
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Washington
Silver Wedding in Barr Township Acknowledges Myers and Quilliam
Grant Myers and James Quilliam of Barr township attended the silver anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Myers in Evanarilly at noon. Mrs. Myers was Ella Eliott, sister of Mrs. Stancil Cosy, and previously married here twenty five years ago. Mr. Myers formerly edited the Gazette and is ad birother of Grant Myers of Barr town famp.
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Grant Myers
James Quilliam
Barr Township
Evanarilly
Frank A. Myers
Joseph M. Feagana
Minnie F. Jones
Be, E. Davidsde
Christian Church
James Quilliam Owas
Mary Parsons
Misa Nellie Bell
E. O. Jones
Imai Fexxane
Fare Township
Alcohol taxes and wage changes ripple across states
The piece notes shifts in tax revenue from liquor and wage increases, highlighting Georgia Oklahoma and Alabama as key states where alcohol sales taxation impacts federal revenue. It mentions John Mitkell of the United Mine Workers spending Christmas in bed and the poor condition of mine workers, with optimism for his recovery but certainty of lifelong invalid status.
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Serge Iadianay der
John Mitkell
United .Mine Workers of America
Spring
Valley
Tilmots
Mine Workers
Christmas Weddings Brighten City Spirits
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day brought eight marriages in the city as Agnes Nolan wed Little Nobe Rankin, and others tied the knot at homes and churches. Local couples include Rankin and Nolan, Palmer and Yeager, and Emmick and McCracken, with receptions and gift exchanges noted.
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Circuit Court
Walner
Walter
Berthart Wilz
George C. Fenster
Toulk T. Sawyer
Voorhees Monument Aims to Make World’s Largest Library
A plan to expand the Washington Congressional Library seeks $1,060,006 to boost capacity to about 2,000,000 volumes. Proponents claim the project will create the greatest library in the world, noting a decade of non-book service costs and copyright fee earnings totaling $315,121, with Senator Daniel W Voorhees credited as originator and former committee chair.
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Great Washington Congressional
Congress
Congressional Library
United States
Daniel W. Voorhees
Congressional
Christmas inebriety arrests in city court
Five men were arrested for intoxication on Christmas Eve: C T Gales Charles Foster John Mahoney Andy Midd and George Seals. Gales Foster Mahoney and Seals pleaded guilty and were fined one dollar each Tidden pleaded not guilty. Mr and Mrs George A Faith on their honeymoon were in Indianapolis today attending the Republican Alcan Love feast.
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C. T. Gales
Charles Foster
Join Mahoney
Andy Midd
George Seals
Gales
Foster
Mahoney
Seals
Tidd
George A. Faith
Indisnapoli
Repube Alcan
Cleon Dancing Club Plans Dance at Masonic Hall
The Cleon dancing club will host a dance at the Masonic Hall on Friday evening inviting community members to attend.
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Cleon Dancing Club
Masonic Hall
Properly Armed Pie Etiquette In Shared Meal
In a rustic domestic scene Lizzie warns Uncle Ezra about using a knife to eat pie as guests arrive. Ezra replies with a plea to tell the waiting woman at the table to bring him an extra spoon, illustrating social norms and small pleasantries around serving sizes.
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Ezra
Lizzie
First Lynching in New State Triggers Nationwide Fear
In Henrietta Oklahoma a white man Albert Bates is killed after refusing to rent to a Black man James Garden. Garden shoots Bates over alleged eye condition then is lynched by a mob in Henrietta, with his body strung on a pole in Muskogee and riddled with bullets. Racial tensions sweep Henrietta as residents flee to Muskogee.
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Muskogee
Okla
James Garden
A & Telegraph
Henrietta
Oanden
Albert Bates
Bates
Gard Bates
Garden
Gates
LIQUORS NO TAXATION
Indianapolis Stars notes the temperance movement appears to have little effect on liquor consumption as tax receipts rise. It cites Treasury data showing Internal Revenue up in 1907 and expected to exceed 1907 figures through 1908, with Indiana taxes growing from 25.24 million in 1904 to 28.68 million in 1907 and Illinois from 52 million to 54 million.
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Indianapolis
Tazstion
Indiana
Ilinois
Ken
A Unique Ceremony In Paris Opera House Passages
In the subterranean passages of the Opera House a unique ceremony deposited in special cases discs bearing voices of twentieth century singers Taragno Caruso Scott Planton Patt Metha Calve and others. The double boxed discs are sealed from light and air and are to be opened after a century for future generations to hear the era’s voices and see the talking machine as made today.
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Paris
Opera
Taragno
Caruso
Scott
Planton
Patt
Metha
Calve
Thet Axe
54 Profit On 17 Hens In Milton Poultry Trial
A. Landis of Milton reports a profit of 54 dollars from seventeen hens and a crower purchased on December 1, 1306 as part of his poultry experiments on his town lot.
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A. Landis
Milton
Poultry Farmer Tracks Yearly Feed Costs and Profit
A farmer records the yearly feed costs and stock changes for his hens and chicks. He notes shifts from mixed to specific feeds, a hopper system, and a recent gain in stock. By February 23 he gathered sixteen eggs and reports a projected profit from his pen of seventeen hens.
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Incr Dee
Hla Poultry
Ancona
United Hebrew Charities of York Closes After Total Aid Decline
The United Hebrew Charities of York, the nation’s largest Jewish charitable group, normally aiding over 6,000 families and 35,000 individuals, abruptly closes its doors for the first time in its history due to funding shortfalls and internal challenges.
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United Hebrew Charities of
2 York
United States
Ely
Murle's Father Dead After Ill Health Long Suffering
The father of Charles FP Murle, a turk agent of the BE and J in this city, died at Riley near Terre Wante at 4 Ow lwk Wednesday morning after months of declining health. His widow and two children survive. Murle, aged about thirty, had recently obtained a railroad company leave to return home to care for his father. Funeral Friday. The oak peached big city in a message from J P Welphenstine, superintendent of the Washington Light and Water Company.
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Charles FP
Riley
Terre Wante
Indely
Coutvive
Murle
Big City
Blest Be the Tip of That Old Hymn Origin
The hymn Bleat he the Tie That Binds traces to Rev John Fawcett who led a Lockshire church in eighteenth century England. Facing a London call in 1772 he and his wife cried as wagons were packed, then chose to stay. He wrote the hymn to mark the moment of his decision.
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John Fawcett
Lockshire
England
Hix
London
Coor
Alphabet in the Woman's Ethic and Tragic Deaths in Indiana
A quixotic moral guide highlights a woman's alphabet of virtues with phrases like patience and benevolence. Meanwhile, two fatal incidents report a farmer in Laporte County hanged at a barn and a woodman named Wallace Dyal shot by a crowd near Waycross, Georgia. Roy Medcalfe visits from Flora, Illinois as families return home.
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Waycroes
Wallace Dyal
Waycross
Dyfax
Dyal
Purse Snatching Sparks Police Pursuit in Indy Transit
A chaotic scene unfolds as a man snatches a purse containing money and tickets near a railroad station. Authorities, led by Mr Piekoff, scramble to locate the suspect and assist the distressed owner, Mrs Pleket, who rushed to Kalamazoo after a failed attempt to reach her husband in Indianapolis. The ride to Kalamazoo lasts several hours as detectives pursue leads.
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William Pickell
Indianapolis
Kalamazoo
Selamapeis
Vitor
Birkel
Michhran
eRrAne
Paekedi
Piegeth
Sori
Revsonsa Sry
Healy Visits Brothers Amid Old Washington Reflections
John T. Healy, a farmer from near Greeley Colorado, returns after seventy two years away to visit his brother Will Healy a machinist. He recalls how Washington has changed since he once drove bank mules near town. The new west end fire station will be formally accepted by the city on New Year’s Day with speeches from Mayor Tussell Councilman Johnson and others.
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John T. Healy
Del
Washington
Will Healy
Abopa
Ives
Greeley
Colorado
West End
Tussell
Couartinian
Johnson
Third Ward
Fairbanks Meeting Attended by Mattingly Pritter and Naren in Indianapolis
Mr and Mrs Bern Mattingly John W Priter and Thomas Naren attend a Fairbank boom meeting in Indianapolis today in a local gathering reported by the paper.
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Bern Mattingly
John W. Priter
Thomas Naren
Indianapolis
His Christmas Gift Nathaniel Reynolds Weds Mary Dyer
Nathaniel Reynolds and Miss Mary Dyer were married Christmas at the bride’s stepfather home on Dewey Avenue by J A Chowning.
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Nathaniel Reynolds
Mise Mary Dyer
Dewey Axvonue
Furr
J. A. Chowning
Barquet Called Off at Meredith Hotel Storm Turbulence
A garbled report describes a windstorm at Innville disrupting a Meredith hotel event with a large local high school crowd. A towboat was blown aground and rammed a nearby steamer, causing damage and concern as authorities assess the wreck and safety.
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Meredith
Innville
Eakare
Disturbed Meeting Aide Charged With Disturbance at Church
Ed Carlisle alleges Lee Grigsby disrupted an A M church entertainment. Court records show Grigsby accused of intoxication and causing a disturbance during the event.
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Ed Carlisle
Lee Grigsby
A. M
Grigaby
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