davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-12-19

The Christmas Message
Brought " a Cyclamen

A s USUAL, the man stood before
\ the Christmas display In the
florist shop window. Instead of pass
Ing, he entered the shop. He wished
the cyclamen that was in the window.
he told Myra Gordon, the owner.
He was Jack Corwln, IN actor,
separated from his family, Myrn had
learned. The intense longing In his
eyes each year as lie saw tile Christ.
mas window touched Myras heart.
Don't bother about any change"
Offering a bill exceeding the value Of
the plant. ats worth everything
to me-"
ats my wifes favorlte flower" he
explained, q catch in his voice. ~
haven't seen her for three years. A
misunderstanding separated lis. Each
year your cyclamens have hidden ME
go back. / can't Ignore their mes,
sage any longer. I'm taking this to
her today. Merry Christmas" And
he was gone before Myra could
answer.
Joy filled Myra's heart to think that
she had again selected cyclamen for
her wlndow.-Blanche Tanner Dillln.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-12-19
Unexpected Surprises
Welcomed at Christmas

DOROTuY snt huddled dlsconsolnte
- ly In the bis urn chair before
the CRATE fire. 10 have tonsIIs out
just before Christmas WINS Ind enough
but TO be waiting foi sweetheart
md TO know thai there was q for
wnrde0 letter in another girls hnnd
writing, also awaiting him WIS much
worse.
"lIello, Dot" in breczcd jack, all
Joy and Christmas gniety. lie leaned
over and kissed her tcnderly:
"You poor kid. It's sure tough, at
Christmas. too"
Dorothy smiled wnnly and pointed
to the letter on the table.
"Who the deuce?' Jack SILT the en-
yelope, glanced over II ind thrus, II
into his pocket "Why waste time
reading your letters when I'VE got
you-but II wns sure good Of you to
have Mary write me-"
Dorothy's eyes frightened and he,
throat seemed almost well. Whit n
goose she was to have forgotten thn
she had asked Mary to write Jack
and tell him how she wns What n
wonderful time Christmas was with
Its unexpected Surprises T. Florence
Harris Wells.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-12-19
Keep the Pot Boiling
for Christmas Dinner

livery afternoon they stood ON op.
- poslte corncrs-ho in Santa
Claus outfit, beside u 'chlmney"--she
ringing n bell by the sign keep the
Pot Boiling" Younger people, puus.
Ing TO drop coin In the pot or the
chimney, wondered nt two old people
Out IN such wintry weather.
But the coins dropped often, so that
'Chrls,mas Dinners for the Poor" were
coming true. And the man tsucb n
thin S0ntal) said, "Thnnk you. SIR"
And the little old lady saId, "God
bless you"
Sometimes he wonld look across md
smile nhd she would Jingle her bell
the harder. But one day sbo WIS not
there. "Sick," they sald. I'hat night
he found where she lived md went to
see her.
"Nluch better" she told him. "But
II had gone out today might have
been very sick tomorrow --nnd whit
of my corner2
81 know" he said, I'VE love work.
Ing for othcrs--you md I--wlo know
loneliness"
They talked long OF their work,
then Of themselves, and two old people
grew young again. "Don't you think
he said nj Inst, ''that mnyhe--you md
i-coulh keep the pot boiling togeth'
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-12-19
:s4H<s
"Holx Night, silen, Night"

The song entitled "Holy Night, ST.
lent Night" was written by German
composer named Father Joseph Mohr.
This pretty little carol was written for
Christmas In 1918, while Mohr was an
assistant clergyman at Lauren, on the
Salza, near Salzburg, and was set to
music by Franz Gruber, schoolmGster
at the nelghboring village of Arnsdorf.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-12-19
How Psri,ian. Celebrate

Parislans celebrate Christmas eve
with joyful fete in the restaurants
on the grand boulevard. All night
the cafes are crowded with singing,
gayly dressed people from all walks
of life, even the poor clerk and the
shabby artist from the Latin quarter
managing somehow to save money for
this yearly good time.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-12-19
Baby Dolls Are Adorable

The baby dolls are quite the most
adorable of all. They come in triplet,
twin or single additions and they are
as real looking as 1t would seem pos.
sible to make Observation-Disclosures
Farmer.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-12-19
The Prince of Peace

Back In n niche Of time when the
quarrelsome world was momentariy
at pence, there was born one whom
the world delights to call the Prince
Of Peace. For nearly 1000 years that
day has been celebrated by unseltish
giving throughout all Christendom
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-12-19
Really Merry Christmas
Making Old Folks Happy

TT WAS Christmas night; one OF
those cold. clear nights. when Il is
n delight to sit by the fire. jack and
Nancy Lee were doing just this, md
they were very happy.
wasn't Christmas wonlerfuli
Nancy's eyes glowe1.
Jacks arm went round her: "Nnn
cy, you were an angel 10 do IT. he
said. "Anyone but you would have
just fretted In a strange city. Instead
you get up big dinner and everything
for lot OF lonely old people. It'll
was great! Honest, almost cried ms
watched them open up their gifts
beside the Christmas tree"
II felt the same way, Jack. was
tempted to just fret about being away
from our folks; but, oh, jack, I'm so
glad | didn't! 1t was wonderful to
see those old people so happy! And
and we had wonderful Christmas,
too. didn't we? A really merry Christ.
mns!-Katherine Edelman.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-12-19
A Parasite Shrub

Probably the height of dlsilluslon
in his day was when Mr.. Webster
defined nistletoe us "a parasite
shrub"
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-12-19
Christmas in France

Christmas in France is observed
chiefly In religious way, and the
great rerelry and feasting and ex-
change of presents are reserved for
the New Year.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-12-19
s9ssssySasaasssssess


The decorations used on Christmas
trees are made from various materials.
The colored balls are generally made
from very thin glass.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-21
10000 Lives; $472,OOO,OOO Loss.
(New York World.)

The fire loss of 1928 is estimated in money as S472,OOO,000 in human lives, 10000 The money loss would have built the Panama Canal including all defense cost with s1O00OOOOO to spare Of the lives lost second only to the automobile death squandered in preventable fires. Under procama- tlon of President Hoover this is Fire Prevention Week to be devoted to promoting means of saving
 lives and property.
 The six great causes of fires in order of inn portance, are careless handling of matches cigars ana cigarettes; defective chimneys and flues; de- lecuVe heating apparatus; sparks on roofs; spon- taneouS ignition, and carelessness with electrical apparatus Except in some of the cases of spon- taneous ignition these all preventable things. The same is true of most of the minor causes forest fires set by lightning being notable ex ception. ~
 And we are not gaining much on fires In Mahnattan, Bronx and Richmond last year there were l4l45 fires an increase of 5l5 over 1927 mere were eighty lives lost most of them in tenement houses The money loss without any signal conflagration, one-thrd as great as was suffered in 1885 in the great historic blaze that de- stroyeo the business section of the city, The na- Ilonal JOSS was nearly three times as great as that oi the Chlcago fire, the most destructive in his- tory. M A''
 Most fires can be prevented by common-sense measures Wmch practically every adult knows This VIII De good week to look into the matter of
 Ire satety; the defective furnace the outworn eec 'ricai apparatus the explosive cleaning fluid Four lunoreo millions 5000 lives are worth saving Cor rect the causes; the saving will follow
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-21
STRAWBERRY CROP IN COLD
 STORAGE.

More than 100000 barrels of strawberries were packed by the cold-pack" or frozen pack method In 1928 according to George M Darrow senator pomologist of the United States Department of Az rlculture This amount is the equivalent of 4OOO to 5000 carloads of fresh berries in crates he says
 Handling strawberries in this way is the out standing development of the industry in recent years MT. Darrow says. The fresh berries are packed in 50-gallon barrels, usually with 1 part sugar to or parts berries and placed in storage at temperature below freezing. Packed in this way they are like fresh berries when ready for use
 Preservers have found that better preserve can be made from cold-packed berries than berries fresh from the field
 Also because preserved berries deteriorate after time, cold packing and storage offer a remedy Tor this difficulty by making it possible to but up preserves as they are needed. Furthermore the pfeserVers can utilize their preserving plant the year through instead of for a brief period of a lew weeks at the strawberry season.
 still newer development Mir Darrow says is the cold packing and storage of both strawberries ana raspberries in small containers for home use several million packages were handled by the cold pack method this year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-21
EXTERMINATE BROWN BEARS.

The Alaska brown bears have claimed another victim-this time exceptionally shining mark A fine outstanding young man, of college training and useful experience, employed in his pro fessional capacity in the development of the pro- posed pulp and paper industry in Alaska. He was working with trained mind and body in the hills and valleys of Admiralty Island, right at Juenaus door way when he was attacked by a bear and in fewer minutes than it takes to write these few lines he was torn and ascerated and painfully yielding his young life blood He died within few hours after the ferocious animal had attacked him.
 Jack Thayer was large asset in the develop ment- of Alaska. He was of the sort of young men that must carry into execution the plans of those who would make Alaska grow and prosper. He was the pride of his parents and idol of a charming girl to whom he was engaged. Yet if he were the only man that brown bears had killed, we should say it was simply too bad. If there not con- stant fear that others will go the way he went, we should not ask that brown bear be extermnated in the parts of Alaska where engaged in the industries and the settlement of the country. The brown bears serve no good purpose They are es- sentially killers It is bad enough to have them destroy game animals and salmon. It is too much when they turn their attention to people upon whom must depend for he development of Alaska.
 It may be that there are places in Alaska where bears ought to be protected for the pleasure of sportsmen Whether that is so or not Southeast Alaska is not of those places We have too much to do to make for settlers and indus trial workers to permit this menace to hang over ls The brown bears in the First Division ought o be extermnated- the exterminaton work ought to begin at once
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-21
HonOring HamiIton's Successor.
New York Times.)

tNeW YOrk I1meSD
 The fund with which a statue of Albert Gal latin is to be erected in front of the Treasury at Washington lacks about $40,00O of completion AS soon as the public understands the peculiar appro- prlateness of the plan the money should be quick " forthcoming. Congress has already allotted $10- ooo and Sl2'OOO has come from public sources. Re- puphcans as well as Democrats, whose political an- cestor Gallatln was, have joined the movement to place side by side in front of the Treasury the pioneer financiers, both of whose bodies lie in Trinity churchyard. Subscriptions should be sent to Allen Wardwell treasurer care of the Guaranty Trust Company, 40 Broadway
 Hamilton was the first of the great Secretaries. ana Gallatins repute is the less because he fol- lowed so titanic figure. In his own party Gal iatln was overshadowed by his chief, Thomas Jef- 1erson while after Washington's retirement there was no Federalist to obscure the shining fame of Hamilton But financiers and students of currency questions agree that Galatin played very great part In laying the fiscal foundations of America His long service in the Treasury makes it fit to erect a statue to him there.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-21
The NIcaraguan Canal and international
 Goodwill.
Engineering and Mining World


 picked engineering battalion numbering 4oo oiiicers ana men today was ordered by Secretary 1ooo to outy ln the Central American jungle to survey the route of the proposed $1 .O00 GOO 0OO canal 50 runs an Associated Press dispatch from washington under date of September 5.
 by the Hay-Pauncefort treaty of 1901 the limited o'aees agreed that the Panama Canal should he open to all nations of the world on eo,aI terms congress considered the document as "scran of paper m 1911, when the Panama Canal Act was passed which provided for exemption from tolls lor Amercan intercoastal shipping-a violation that was was corrected by President Wilson in 1914 who repealed the Act N ""o
 1Ssuine the construction of the new Nicarag1an ..m ua,,a lon rates may be adjusted and probably VIII mil pc adjusted to favor American shippinp. tbe , atouS 'reates refer to the canal" subsequently, Anowh as the Panama Canada, not to "the canal VI oaiials' American shipping will therefore nat ioiiI1e Cne Nlcaraguan route.
 inc Panama Canal will still be evaiIah,e "fo. o use oi all nations on equal terms" But if Con sieSs actng With the irresponsible snirt that eu ,oa, o tne passage of the Panama Canal Act of .'li decides to raise the tolls above those levied . Iol Anercan shipping using the Nicaraeuan canal Iie ieetef of the ayPauceforte treaty will sti he observed but an interesting international sit,at,on VIII develop It is not too early to considar tba euects or such an eventuality
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-21
THE WINDS ARRIVAL By Mary Graham Bonner

There was tremendous stirrine up of things. The shutters on the castle began to blow. The doors even trembled And the trees waved and bowed their heads.
 Hes comingp Jack Frost shout ed. He's coming He's on his way now"
 Come on out-of doors, Jack called voice. We can talk better there"
 "Whew- woo whew- woo who" the visitor whistlcd, come on outside 7
 Jack Frost, John Peggy and the Little Black Clock went outside.
 There stood very tall, thin gem tleman whose arms were waiving whose hair was blowing, who was whistling for all he was worth.
 Hello, Jack!" he called.
 Hello, Wind said Jack.
 This is John, and this is Peggy. and this is the Little Black Clock, :" said Jack Frost.
 Hello John, wh e w--woo-whey -woo-whooo, shouted the Wind.
 Hello, Peggy, whew-woo-woo --whew-eee," shouted the Wind again
 Hello, Little Black Clock, whew -woo-whew-woo-who-eee," he cried.
 And then he went around and shrieked in the windows to all of Jack Frost's workers.
 I've never seen him before like this" Peggy said. But she didn't say anything more, for the wind was starting a game of races.
 He raced with Jack Frost, he raced with Peggy, he raced with John, andshe raced with the Little Black Clock.
 And he beat every one of them None of them could beat him.
 Oh, it was such fun. It was so But still they didn't un- derstand why Jack Frost said the Wind made him quiet.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-21

Perhaps reason-and a good o,,o ,, than million New York children have rora . haas So school despite the fact that our Educational system has broken down all along the line .s that you Know 1t and we know it but the children don't know it.-(New York Times)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-21
INVESTIGATE THESE HOBBIES.

While Senator Caraways lobby Investigating committee is about it why would it not be a good plan for it to look into the Hobbies of the Anti Saloon League and the Methodist Episcopal Board oi Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals? They nave regular organizations with headquarters near the capitol And the Anti Saloon League, at least has spent more money on legislation and politics than any other organization, political or other wise, during the last score or so of years The methods and ethics of both of these organizations have been very severely criticized. They ought to be investigated.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-21

pos,os s !. occur to anybody that Censor Casey of :. III Danning-as the headline writers caIl .'-oooks and plays, that Bostonians have to rn bo so Mew York to see those plays or to buy those DOCKS DOCKS may be propagandst for the Neu Hauar Rairoad?-tNew York World w ie" naVen
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-21

It is declared that one of the reasons for the action Of the Senate in withdrawing the Presidents power to change the tariff on the recommendation of the Tariff Commission is that since that pro- vision was placed in the tariff act in 1922 the President has raised the tariff 32 times and not reduced 1t once Every time a reduction has been recommended by the Commission the recommends ton has been disregarded This contention is based on a statement given out by Senator Shoot &C., cordng to the New York World)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-21

Henry Ford who threatened to close his Ameri- can factories if we do not maintain our Prohibition laws is already according to information developed at the Senate tariff hearings shipping trucks from hs factories in wet countries to the United States. tariff amendment was designed to correct this. Is it possible that Mr. Ford is just looking for an excuse to make all of his cars in wet countries and ship the products to the United States?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-21
LA GUARDIA EXTOLS GOV. SMITHS
 VIRTUES.

Republican Fusion Candidate La Guardia for Mayor of New York announced the other day that If he is elected to be Mayor of New York the first thing he will ask for will be authority to appoint nonpartisan commission to work out plan for the reorganization of New Yorks government, and he declared, that if he got it he would name former Gov. Alfred E. Smith to head the commission. Justifying his purpose to select Democrat for that important task he said that it Gov. Smith himself that recommended Charles Evans Hughes, Republican, to be chairman of similar commis- sion for New York State. They formulated plan
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-21

After hunting vanly around tou,, ,or .,-
 ns pace local we-todo motorist drove int5 the police pound recently and recovered .,a .''o .,,e later for S3.-Detroit News) e euaii
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-21

that was worked out by Gov. Smith and former Gov. Hughes Major La Guarda's announcement was made at Republican Fusion meeting, and New York papers say the Republicans and Fusion ists cheered Gov Smiths name to the echo as their candidate extolled his virtues
 There is no doubt about it at all Al Smiths name is one to conjure with in New York He is easily the great metropoliss first citizen
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-21

Dell E. SherlII, Juneau's plano uner. Hotel Gastineau. -adv
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-11
DRAFT MANAGER BILL
Measure to Be introduced
Next Week.

Final draft of a bill to amend and
strengthen the city manager law
was being prepared today by Claude
H. Anderson, legislative committee
chairman of the City Manager
League, for introduction next week
in both houses of the legislature.
Most important of proposals in
the measure is that to establish the
proportional representation method
of voting, replacing the plurality
method of electing city commission
erS.
Other amendments in the bill
would compel city clerks to act upon
petitions for city manager election,
insure transfer of the taxing power
of the present sanitary district and
board of park commissioners to the
new city commission, protect the
present school system here against
change under the new form of city
government, establish department
to supervise and operate public utili-
ties intended to facilitate acquisi-
ton Of the Citizens Gas Company
by the city, and to safeguard the
police and firemen'S pension system.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-11
MJRDERERS PURSUED !
RY VETERAN INDIAN HUNTERS

The Apaches, reported to be di-
rect descendants of Geronimo and
his fighters who terrorized southern
Arizona forty years ago, have plum
dered along the border for two
years, attacking ranches on both
sides of the border. The search for
them, however, has been confined
mainly to Mexican territory.
The Apaches raided Fimbres'
ranch in October, 1926 Mrs. Finn
bres was shot and killed and small
son was snatched from her lifeless
arms. FimbreS and his young
daughter were held prisoner while
the outlaws committed the murder.
No motive ever has been found for
the KIDNAPPING. No ransom ever has
been asked for the boys return.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-11

Indians by the smoke of their
campfire and it was believed almost
certain the Apache outlaws were
surrounded.
The Fimbres party, including
such famed hunters as Villabos,
HuSsaco. Quejada, and Beltram has
been gone since Jan. 8. Nothing
has been heard from them since,
but veterans here held little fear for
their safety. Fimbres was equipped
with supplies for an indefinite per-
iod.
AS q precautionary measure, how
ever, Presidente Rigerio Loretto of
Aqua Prieta ordered another troop
of fighters and scouts to assemble.
A troop of cavalry also was ready
to take the saddle in event of a
clash between Fimbres and the
ApacheS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-11

BIZ United Press
DOUGLAS, Ariz., Jan. 1.-THE
white man. lodging ambush and
Indian trickery as of old, was track
ing the plundering Apache again
today.
Through the canyons and rugged
crags of the Sierra Madre mountain
range, a determined group OF vet
eran Indian hunters advanced
cautiously, seeking the outlaw
Apache band in its rendezvous in
the Colonia Morelos district.
At the head of this modern band
of frontiersmen was Francisco
Fimbres, Sonora rancher. Fimbres'
wife was murdered and his son kid
mapped by the Indians, two years
ago.
Fimbres and his scouts trailed the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-11
DURANT TOPAY
STOCK LOSERS
MisIed Investors Will Be
Reimbursed, He Says.

2 NEW YORK, Jan. 11.-w. C.
Durant. one of the most. pictur-
esque financial chieftains of Ameri-
Ca, is determined to reimburse in
vestors in enterprise under his
name.
Announcing his retirement from
active management of the Durant
Motors, Inc, Durant declared many
investors had been induced through
Misrepresentation to invest in his
companies.
Because of this. he intends to re-
imburse them. with interest, he said;
and this will apply to Durant Motors,
Star, Flint, Durant of Indiana and
other ventures.
He revealed. too. that in the last
year he had invested for banks, in
dividuals and trust companies more
than 81 600, 100000 in vast new en-
terpriSes to which henceforth he
will devote his main attention.
Among other undertakings in his
great scheme will be rayon silk
plant in Virginia and an engineering
project in New Brunswick, N. j.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-11

Then write an alliterative story
cone in which almost every word
begins with the same letter. of
not less than forty words and not
more than 200 words on the same
subject.
Send the result TO Alliterative
Al at The Times right away. The
most clever, humorous and neatly
arranged story will be awarded 81,
and the next best viii get 81. The