Stories of Waterloo Christmas Past and Present
Waterloo has grown yet still remembers a merry Christmas Eve from earlier days. People recall Santa’s stockings, local stores, church pageants, and community generosity with editors and printers sharing turkeys and geese. The piece celebrates enduring holiday spirit and shared memories across generations.
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Waterloo
St. Nicholas
I. M. Hay
Fourth Street West
Lauerman’s
Black's
Saint Nicholas
Mother
Santa
Wiliam Hicks
Hudson Way
Mr. Palmer
Santa Claus
Matt Par
Morning store call ends with gift of cuff-buttons
While greeting Charley with a merry Christmas a passerby receives a pair of gold cuff-buttons from the genial man. The gesture recalls the late millionaire Thomas Ryan who willed similar shirt-studs to his son.
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Charley
Charles
Thomas Ryan
Nine Thousand Ukrainian Waifs Rescued This Year
In Kharkov on December 25 records show nine thousand homeless waifs picked up in Ukraine. Most were small children though 150 were sixteen or older. Many were repeatedly rescued and placed in children’s homes yet ran away often. One boy escaped sixty nine times in twelve months.
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Kharkov
Ukraine
Ukraiian
Mexican Army Well Stocked with Generals
Mexico City December 25 The Mexican army numbers 389 generals with over 300 in active service government figures show. It lists 8,615 other officers and 64,079 soldiers in various branches, with 34,442 horses also reported.
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Mexico City
Prevent Flu Check Colds Immediately
Urges use of Vicks VapoRub to combat grip and influenza prevalent now. Keep a jar ready for first signs of a cold. Rub on throat and chest or sniff through nose to release medicated vapors, or use as a poultice on skin to ease tightness and pain, loosen phlegm, and clear breathing.
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Vicks
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Snowden’s
Shutts & Barber's
Ferry’s
J. G. Hoff & Son
Joe Bennett’s
Glover & Arthur's
Stanley’s
Charley Norton’s
Balliett & Weld
J. T. Coolidge & Co
Boston
McCabe's
Thompson's
Cutler & Parker
Joe Hacker's
Bailey & Edwards
Israel Brothers
Daniel & Slade and
Gwynne's
Phil Koebele
Old St. Nicholas
L. F. Walker’ Hose
Turn-Verein
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Madam Schumann-Heink
Jefferson Street
Additin
Maryland
Mr. Schertz
Bethlehem
Park Avenue
Fifth
C. H. Parmott
E. N. Barrett
Walter Curtiss
E. A. Raymond
Will Donnelly
C. Oo. Barrrett
Fannie Huff
Fred Robinson
Rose Morrison
Mae Harrison
Butterfield
Morrill
Manson
Logan
West Fourth
Washington
Lou Henry
Herbert Hoover
Charley Pierce
G. C. Kennedy
Phelps
Jefferson St
Iowa
GROUP
Lucky Tiger
Whyte-Fox
Price Pilendersons
East
Sycamore
Edelson
Commercial St
Tievland
West Fourth St
Kacsc
OPERA
Doorsay
Regent
Waterlog’s Fashion Center
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