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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920, 1920-07-21
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IL seen 'he spo' ~ ~. 81
Two AUTOMOBILES TOOK elght =
St. Johnsbury to the Governs
birthplace. Gilbert E. Woods inv
in his car A. B. Moves, Frank n, &
and Harry H. Carr, the Caledo
county member of the repubM
state committee Charles A.; SHN
invited to ride in his car Cecil PMl
Ell, Harry w. Randall and Arthur
Stone. The St. Johnsbuey part
made the 200 mile trip very cp-nto
ably, leaving iov1t bout 9 in%;
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920, 1920-07-21
PEACHAM

Mark Adams who has been sick
for sometime, passed away Sunday,
July 18.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Taylor are par
ents of baby boy, Elmer Henry,
born Saturday, July II.
F. B. Allyn and family took an au-
to trip to Crystal Lake Sunday.
Henry Lawrence, who has been
boarding at Mrs. Mary Craig's, has
gone to Albert Peaks to board.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Murphy and
son, Theron, have be visiting in
Springfield, Mass.
Louise Bayley has gone to Spring
field, Mass, where she has a posi-
ton.
Miss Laura Chamberlain, an old
resident of Peacham, is boarding at
Mary Bailey's.
Rev. Nj. Chase and Rev. David
Hickland of Danville exchanged pull
pits Sunday.
Miss Jennie Sterling and Mrs.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920, 1920-07-21
ST. ,IOHNSBURY CENTER

Mrs. Nellie Smith of Burke is Wis
iting the family of her brother, Har-
ry Wheeler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Smitl; and two
children and Mrs. Dezetto Smith of
Lvndonville visited, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. F. Powers on Sunday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920, 1920-07-21

Velma Roberts of Lyndonville was
at her brothers, Raymond Roberts
last week.
MI. and Mrs. Jesse Gage ind Mr..
and Mrs. Gustin. of West Somerville,
Mass, were at Ezra Learned's on
Sunday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920, 1920-07-21
WEST BARNET

The grange meeting Tuesday even
ing was sparsely attended owing tt
church activities.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Carter >ant
daughter returned to their home il
Tilton, N. H., Tuesday. Mr.. Walter
Hoyt and son returned to Lowell
Mass, the same day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Blanchard oil
Tilton, N. H., Mr.. Albert Carter anc
Miss McCloud of lowell, Mass, re.
turned to their homes Friday
Mrs. Carrie Roy is staying with
Mrs. Julia Carter indefinitely.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Achilles were
in Newbury Sunday to attend the
funeral of friend.
The families of Frank Shaw, Gar
field Darling, B. L. Galley and Miss
Margaret Blair spent Monday at
Darling's cottage. ..
Walter Bushway of Cambridge
Mass, is visiting his father, Harley
Bushway.
Miss Mae White worked at Charles
Roy's this week.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920, 1920-07-21
DANVILLE

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Leslie Hardy,
Miss Lorinda Hardy and George Da-
Wis spent SUNDAY visiting Mr.. Hardy's
brother, Frank HARDY in Orleans.
Mrs. Winfield s. Fisher, who has
been spending the week in Sutton as
a guest of Mrs. Robert Vance, re-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920, 1920-07-21
WEST WATERFORD

Mrs Floyd Blodgett and three chill
dren from Lyndonville visited MIR.
and Mrs. Carl Blodgett last week.
Martha Blodgett returned home
Wednesday from East St. Johnsbury
where she had been visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Blodgett and from Lunen-
burg where she visited her brother,
Mr.. and Mrs. D. H. Thomas and two
neices.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-25
HOPE
FOR Recovery
OF F.S. OMBERG
Banker Who Took Poison Is
Still in Precarious condi-
tion, However-SWallowed
Five Tablets of Mercury.

Hope for recovery of Frank S. On-
berg, banker and poison ~ictinl, who
is at Gartly- Ramsay hospital, was
expressed by his physician and at
tendants Saturday. The banker set
Is in very precarions condition. lat
taches said, but slightly improved,
The length OF time since the poison
eRtaied Omberg's system has been
such that slight hopes caM. be given
out, medical men say. Mwallowed
five seven-grain tablets OF bichloride
of mercury Monday. Omberg was
said to have been drinking heavily.
He is manager of the Guaranty
Bank and Trust company's savings
department.
day as to where Omberg took the
poison. He entered his apartment at
the Chisca Monday afternoon hate
going Immediately to the bathroom.
His mother, Mrs. j. A. Ombsrg, and
Miss M. Bernice Fort, teller at the
Guaranty bank, were in the room at
the apartment at the time Omberg
rushed back to the living room
where he announced he had swai-
lowed poison by mistake.
He left the Guaranty bank some
hours before he went to the Chisca
Miss Fort rushed him to the hospital
in Omberg's own car.
One medical man Saturday said
that 20 or 30 minutes after person
swallows biehloride of mercury there
is burning sensation in the alb
dominal region which causes one to
rush for water.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-25
CHRISTMAS TRADE
REACHES CLIMAX
AT,ELEvENTH HOUR
tate Shopping Demand Re-
duces Stocks and Leaves
Merchants Facing Future
With Confidence.

Coming from behind with a rush,
retailers In Memphis did, enough
business Friday to swell the total of
Christmas business to Van amount
well above. the average for the sea-
son. The volume of business done
en- Christmas eve was said by mer-
chants to have been second only to
that Of 1919, the banner year. The
fact that prices were higher last
year had something to do with Civ
ing 1t the advantage over the cur
rent year in the matter of amounts
Of sales.
At any rate, Memphis merchants
have good cause for celebrating the
Tuie&dde, in the greatly lessened
stocks Of holiday goods, which it
looked at. one time, would have to be
dRrried ever to next year Many
merchants in clothing and other
staple lines took advantage of the
demand of the eleventh hour rush
10 materially reduce their lines OF
staples. y
The eleventh hour trade was un-
usually heavy. A few merchants re-
ported that their sales exceeded
those of last year, while practically
all expressed extreme satisfaction
with the business dones on Christmas
eve. In fact, to Judge from the de-
nland Friday. few, If any, people took
advantage Of the advice to shop
early.
With stocks lowered and trade ex-
Fperts predicting gradual better
tnent with the turn OF the year, mer-
chants Of Memphis face the future
with renewed, confidence.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-25
MOVING SCHEDULE
ADHERED TO WHEN
newspaper MOVES

This Christmas issue. OF The News
Seimitar ~ the, last which VIII be is
Aued from the Told plAEat at Madison
fayeaue and ,Thifd. street. The. next
editiony which win hassSiRted Mon
day will be put out from the news
home of the paper, on Union avenue,
just east of Third street
Every piece of furniture and equip
ment which could be spared had been
moved Saturday morning, before this
was written The moving schedule
was carried out with the same dis
patch that marks the going to press
Iof each regular edition. Had q
greet calamity ooGsfred--had .the
president been assas$inated or had
any big news story broken during
Christmas morning, 1t would have
been handled, but the couv would
have been prepared on the single
typewriter which was tssA for efner-
geneies.
The week-e will see the me-
chanical equipment of the PAPER
the last to be moyed7-taken from
the old plant and hauled to the new.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-25
HARDINGS DEVOTE DAY
TO CHRISTMAS CHEER

MARION. O.. Dec 25.--It was a
real Christmas today at the home %
President ELECT and Mrs. Harding in
Mount Vernon avenue, There were
TO political conferences-just Christi
mas.
Immediately after breakfast at the
Harding home the senator and Mrs.
Harding began TO take peep at what
Santa Claus had been sending for
the last two weeks or more. There
were literally hundreds of them.
ranging from cigarettes to Georgia's
'pOssums, Not single present was
opened until this morning A
The only company that the future
tenants of the White House expected
or had prepared for during the day
were a dozen newspaper men. They
were invited in by Mr.. and Mrs.
Harding to help eat the turkey which
an admiring friend had sent for the
Christmas dinner
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-25
WILSON SPENDING
QUIET CHRISTMAS
WITH HIS AM|Ly
Christmas Tree Lacking in Ab-
senCe Of Youngsters Child
fen Along Road to Golf
Club Remembered.

WASHINGTON. Dec, 25,-Presi-
dent Wilson planned TO spend his
last Christmas in the White House
quietly today. His daughter Miss
Margaret Wilson. DR.. stockton AK
son, brother Of the presidents first
wife and a few OF Mrs. Wilson's inn
mediate relatives who are guests at
the White House for the holiday sea-
son, formed the family cireieA for the
simple Christmas dinner arranged,
The presidents other daughters,
Mrs w G. McAdoo, and Mrs. Francis
Sayre, and their children are not
here this season. On account of the
absence of the youngsters there was
no Christmas tree at the White
House. The president and Mrs Will
son, however, were expected to fol-
low their Christmas day custom OF
milking personal distribution of
gifts to children along the roadT
which the president used frequent
on his visits to a nearby Virginia
golf club
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-25
BLOOMS
IN new YORK ON
GREEN CHRISTMAS
Glory of Christ Child Reflected
in Treatment Administered
Wounded Fighting Men,
\ Poor and Unfortunate.

NEW YORK, bee. Ill. New York's
green Christmas" was marked by
unusual activities On the part of
charitable organiza tiDns to bring
cheer into the hearts Of the unfor-
tunate.
Disabled soldiers, sailors and ma
iirines who are patients in many hos
pitfalls, were recipients Of bounteous
gifts and special dinners The SAL
vation Army the Elks. Knights oe
Columbus and other fraternal So
cieties distributed dinners and gifts
to 1.-THE poor Thousands OF ftnmi-
grants, held up for the day aboard
tho ship and at Ellis island were
given sample of American hos
pitality.
Employees of thaa-Todd Shipyard
corporation assessed 10 sper cent Of
their wages to provide clothing for
banded together to provide cheer to
the thousands of patieDts in city
hospitals.
Honor Poet. ...-
Midnight masses In Catholic
churches were unusually well at
tended. At the church Of st. Rose Of
Lima. a mass written in l745 was
sung for the first time In America.
There was note of sadness today
in the services at the Protestant
Episcopal cathedral Of st. John the
Divine, where the late Bishop Charles
Sumner Burch was to have preached,
The community Christmas trees in
Madison sauare-lighted by 5000
electric candes-drew an immense
crowd last night and carols were
sung by great chorus.
Sunday school children visited
Trinity cemetery and placed wreaths
on the graves of Clement Moore au-
thor of y'Twas the Night Before
Christmas" and of Alfred Tennison
Dickens, son of Charles Dickens.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-25
DOLL OF MELLOW MEMORY
TO SLEEP IN ARMS OF NEW
MOTHER ON CHRISTMAS DAY

Miss Martha Rogers, stenographer
in the office of Miss Clara Ahlgren,
chief of the twoman's protective bu-
real of the Memphis police depart
mont. will enjoy real Christmas be-
cause she sacrificed one of the dear
est possessions of her life to make
the heart of little girl happy.
Tc the eyes OF the average passer-
by 1t was just big dolI--which
goes to sleep" when you lay 1t
down.
But there's ia story about the doll.
whose clothes were a bit old fash
ioned, n Bit faded by time.
II was Miss Rogers doll when the
now rather sophisticated young
woman was B little girl, The doll
recalled memories Of Christmas
long ago A week ago she probably
Hyould have refused " thousand dol
lars for It.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-25
Yanks At CObLenz
Get Biz Feed And
Light Wines, Too

coBLENz, Dec. 25.-old fashioned
homemade candy and popcorn balls,
with Salvation Army daughhuts arc
being dAerihuted to every American
Folder on the Rhine in the Christ
mas box which the American Red
Cross, the Y. NJ. G. A. and the sal
walton Army have prepared as part
Of the celebration
In addition all mess halls Ar
ranged for dinner to- include bout
all the dishes known 1t home and
prepared from the best f2nl cbtaina-
BILE,
The dinner win be washed down
with light wines, after wh clf~elctty
OF cigars will be at hand.
The American soldiers have CON
.tributed 100000 marks 'n a cInd for
warm clothing and toys for the POOR
German children of the occupied erea
and these presents viii be- .list.t5iI ID
from schristmas trees.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-25

III; but Miss Rogers caught We true
Perhaps it was the spirit of sac
rifice which the new mother-the lit-
tie girl---showed herself. which forced
Miss Rogers to the decision.
The little girl is the daughter Of an
unfortunate woman under the care OF
the women's department. The tot
wanted doll-~a ''go+to- sleep" doll.
The mother had only;A small amount
of money, and the little girl needed
clothing,
1t was a doll ora new dress. and
the little girl sorrowftilly consented
to the new dress.
When, Miss Rogers heard of the
childish heart abQut t03break because
there was TO he no i.g9stp-slsep" doll
she got the true Ehf1stmak splplt.
And so, on Christmas day. the doll
of mellow memory will hkyeA neS
mother Il " I
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-25
Er-SHppLy Sergeant
Held For Stealing

Last one weeN after ,.i4 ,lisch ,rge
from service at Camp C6fdon, Ca,
a supply sergeant. Il. II Hanhun,
Poplar avenue, Friday was taken into
custody by federal authoritisJ IN. a
charge of larceny oftU $. artny sup
plies. l4
About seven boxes of army tmi-
plies, valued at 800, whi>i Hannah
claimed TO have shipped to an5rher
ex- service man in Memphis were le-
covered By arresting officers The
warrant for his arrest was sworn
out by Assistant District Attorney
Swift. A preliminary hearing viii
be held by United States Cpmnis-
'sioner Poole, and Hannah returned q
Georgia for trial >SJ
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-25
-Four Men And Eight
Guns Taken In Raid

Four men. eight guns and three
pistols were taken in AFRAID Christ
mas on the Tamble garage, South
Second and Mulberry. The raid. or
dered by Capt Kehoe followed the
alleged resistance OF ans arrest of
X. L. Lee, $50 Mulberry by Notof-
cop Grumpy
Lee was charged with resisting an
officer. using abusive language. ex-
ceeding the speed limit and driving
a car while intoxicated. The others
taken were j. ID. Harper, +. B. Tam
BILE and Isaac Moeman.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-25
90 TONS OF TOYS
|. G|VENFRENCH KIDS
Children of Devastated Re-
gions Made Merry by Ex-
Soldiers.

PARIS. Dec, -25.-Sixty tons of toys,
donated by The children of France
are being distributed in the devastat-
ed Aisne and in Rheims by the
League Of Officers and EN- Soldiers
Of France under the direction of NJ
Binet -Valmer. the French writer, and
vice president of the league.
The idea first occurred to NJ. Bi-
net Nalmer last year when visiting
the centers Of the American COM
mittee for devastated France, and 1T
was through the aid of the caFnions
of the committee that 40 tons of toys
40, 600 packages-were transported
from Paris to the devastated area,
Appeals for old toys. written by NJ.
BinetValmer have appeared this
month in all the principal Partisan
papers and the response from the
children there has been enormous.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-25
PlayDiates Buy
ArmIess. Boy Arms,
Hugs MdntlisG

CHICAGO, Dec. aA- Merry
Chr.. ma. mother. let's share
hands" ,,
This was the remark with
which Henry Weigmann, aged
IL, took his mothers hands and
a moment later Mrs. Weigmann
felt the touch of her sons arms
around her neck for the first
time in her life, although they
meyer had been separated,
Henry was bofn armless. An
operation brought littla stAos Of
arms which helped Henry d lOt,
but mot enough TO enable lln to
realize hfs amBttion to b,coItie IN
artist. ..t,
Last week Henry's plrtuatea
took up a collection Of s4T5 Ind
bought him a pair OF arms for
Christmas present, They were
adjusted 1 and one lesRen W1g
enough To teahh HenFy hoy ID,
hug his mother. II
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-25
HARDING CONFERS
is WITH PRES. TAFT

( MARION, Ohio. Dec. 25.- presi-
dent.elect Hardlng's last conference
on t& proposed associatinn Of pa
tion4 before casting aside political
affairs TO enter into The Yuletide
spirit and its activities. was held
with former President William How
ard Taft. whose ideas as to the league
of nations have not always conceded
with those of the new party leader.
Neither the former president nor
the president elect would discuss the
result of the conference
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-25
DEATH STALKS INTO
BRIDAL CHAMBER
Christmas Wedding Ends With
Bride Blowing Out Gas.

NEWARK. n. T., Dec. 25.-A
small dark-eyed girl who arrived
here Thursday from Naples. Italy,
and her soldier hero, Rocco Brulllo,
whose Bride she became few hours
later. were found dead from asphyxi-
aion yesterday in their snug Aead-
emy avenue apartment.
A month ago in Italy Carmalla re-
cetyed money for steamship fare and
with II note: Come to me. my
sweetheart and we will be married
at Christmas time"
after the simple wedding at Ellis
Island, relatives Of Bruillo feasted
the veteran and his bride. The cele-
hration lasted into the earlS hours,
Wien the couple retired ii Is be-
lieved iCarmalla,' who at home was
used I'd oil lamps, blew out the gas
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-25
Old Resident Dies
After Short Illness

Mrs. Kate Cuneo, heroine of the
first Memphis yellow fever plague
died at her residence. $50 Vance ave-
nue.. Friday afternoon. following an
Illness of several months, Mis-.
Cuneo was born in Italy. but had
lived in Memphis for 20 years.
She is survived by two sons, Louis
+. and John B. Cune0 both of Mem-
phis, and Mrs. Mamie Dikeou, of
Denver, Col. Funeral services will
take place from >the residence, Sun
day afternoon, at 80 o'clock. burial
being in Calvary cemetery. services
viii be held at St Patrick's church
at O'Clock
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-25
FIND NO TRACE
OF HOLDUP men

Police Saturday had found no trace
Of the three hoidup men who FRIDAY
morning took a diamond ring, val
ued at $1,000. and $500 in cash from
D. Goldman, in the Workingmat's
store. MI West Iowa, of which he is
proprietor.
The three men asked to be shown
merhcandise, As Goldman ,esar
showing II, one of them struck him
over the head with an iron mar.
Goldman, who is 80. was stunned
for several hours, The highwaymen
escaped in an automobile.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-25
CITY COURT CLOSED
FOR THE HOLIDAYS

City court will be closed for two
days in succession\ this Christmas,
and court employees are looking to the
Blue Monday After" with dread. 1t
.Mill have the largest docket city
court has had for many years with
all cases for Friday, Saturday and
Sunday,
The main feature of Fridays court
which had a small docket, was the
binding over of r.. l., McVey, alias
Red, on charges of highway rob-
berry and assault TO murder. II is
alleged that McNey held up j. NJ
Anderson, of Tunica, Miss, several
days ago, taking diamonds valued at
So 900 from him.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-25

Xmas Cheer
In Message
From HOOUer
Pledges for European Relief
Now Sufficient to Save
Million Kiddies.

NEW YORK. Dec. 25.-.In a cable
message of Christmas encourage
ment to the overseas workers of the
organizations comprising the Euro
pean relief couneil. Herbert Hoover,
director, announced that more than
sl0,000,000 has been pledged to the
councils $4,000, 900 child saving
fund, meaning that 100000 of the
$1,000 600 destitute children in Eastern
and Central Europe are assured OF
life until the next harvest"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-25
PAIR HELD UP
81 IN BATHROOM

An inside holdup man. with ten
denotes toward the habits of the
famed "Raffles" has made his APP
pearanee in Memphis, according ic
police.
When Price Hit and R0bers Tons.
man. 2lO Poplar avenue, wefs into
the bathroom of their home. Christ
mas Eve. they were greetad with
Hold EN- upl"
Tonsman was relieved VI sac. lit
had nothing, SO lest notkinR. The
man escaped down rear staircase.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-25
TAKE COIN FROM
CAR CONDUCTOR

A lone negro, masked and flourish
ing q pistol, held up A. S. McLain.
conductor of Raleigh Springs street
car, at Vandalia Station at about IL
o'clock Christmas Eve. The negro
highwayman got the conductors re-
ceipts, s47 and small amount of
his own money.
Three negroes who were riding the
car are believed TO have signalled the
masked man that the road was clear
Tor him to stage the robbery. All
left the street car after McLain had
been searched
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-25
SANTA MAKES SPECIAL
TRIP WITH 100000

TACOMA, Wash Dec. 25.-Santa
Claus came a day early TO the home
of Mrs. Ray d, Goodale, in Puyallup,
and left s5O0000 in her stockings for
herself and baby son.
The gift~cane in the form of news
that the woman and baby have in
herited the estate Of Ray Merwin.
New York stock broker, who recent
" died.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-25
- -------
Burns To Death
Playing Mrs. Santa

RICHMOND. Va, Dec. 25.-Anne
Lee Bowdef l2year-old daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. w T. Bowden, prom
inent citizens Of Zuni, Va. while
playing the part Of Mrs Santa
Claus" in a school entertainment.
caught fire from a lighted Christmas
tree and was burned to death. Be
tween 600 and 700 persons were in
the school house at the tiGne Anl a
near panic ensued,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-25
CHARGE MAN WITH
BEATING HIS FAMILY

Charged with having beaten his wife
mother-in law and his brother in
law. w, A. Bllngsley. Arkansas
street. was arrested Friday by De-
tective Scrgts. Joyce and Long
Charges OK carrying pistol. assault
and battery and drunk and disOrderly
were put against the man.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-25
Christmas Coin
Goes To Police

Twenty dollars with Which
Frank Pidgeon. - North Second. had
planned to buy Christmas prnsenLA.
was presented instead to Dest Serst
Hen .Camferdam al police headnnar-
ters. Christmas Eve, as forfeit for
his appearance in police court Mon
day for speeding. He Is charged
with going 32 miles an hour.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-25
Harding Issues
Greeting To All

MARION. Ohio Dec. 25.-Presi-
dent elect Harding issued the fol
lowing Christmas greeting tonight:
Nike every normal human being
I wish everybody a very merry
Christmas. 1t CELSIUS out of rut
to join in a national chorus of cheer
and good will.
There is peace, there is confidence
in the morrow. There Is even cheer
in the belief that the distress Of to-
day is quickly 10 pass. and We may
hope as we'll as wish for a Hrosper-
Gus new year"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-25
RESERVE BANK PAYS
BONUS TO employees

OMAHA. Neb. Dec. 25S Distribu-
ton of cash gifts totaling about
$4,000 to 1876 employees OF the Omaha
branch Of the federal reserve bark
OF Kansas City to help them offget
high living costs was .--announced
by l.. II. Earhart. the banks
manager. The action was authoriz-
cd by the directors OF the Kansas
CITY federal reserve district,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-25
vW7ibx1AaEEaR7s ri aEa7s

Tennessee--Cloudy warmer.
Mississippi--Cloudy; warmer.
Arkansas-R Rain warmer.
Alabama Cloudy; warmer.
Kentucky---Cloudy; warmer.
ouisiana-@-Cloudy warmer.
Oklahoma Rain. warmer.
North and South Carolina, Georgia
and Florida-Fair; cold.
East Texas--Cloudy; warmer.
West Texas-Fair: colder
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-25
ProUide Xmas Tree
For Draft Horses

BOSTON, Dec, 25.--At
Christmas tree, set up In Post
office square. draft horses of
the business district gathered
round for gifts today. From the
tree they nibbled apples aad
sugar Jumps, and from feed bags
ate their fill Of sugared corn On
the cob. carrots and oats.
The MASSACHUSETTS s. f. G. A.,
which arranged the heFsts'
Christmas tree, also served sand
@iches. dnuEhnnts and coffee for
the drivers.