January 1, 1928 (6 pages)

¢ THE. NEVADA CITY NUGGET, CALIFORNIA amend THE NEVADA CITY NUGGET glimpse of her. Spying on Santa In fancy, he told her frat, & gy By Ada C. Goodrich Published weekly at Nevada City; about Spud, the market, and even Nevada County, California, and de. ‘hinted of his lote for her. voted to the development of the resources of the community. Publication office, 305 Broad St: ‘A FULL STOCK SUBSCRIPTION RATES {One year, California .address, $2.00 ga ; fnree Months .. .i...5.+.One Month . -60 «25 Six Months ..2--.. Federals Are The of General A Legal Newspaper Circulation for Nevada City and Neas defined by State vada County, Published at and Printed. Law. airing "Cause he'd come down the chim-mi-ny. 1 waited till the clock struck ten. Then thought of what my mother sdid: That Santa never would come in Till all us children were in bed Rent not paid, he says. An'—then t heard my mother's voice: “Why, Alexander Rujus Fryer. You naughty, naughiy little boy!” {1 saw her face was quile severe. 1 knew that she was angry, too.) “Whatever ‘are you doing here?” “Merry Christmas,” yelled the rest, I told him he might be He'd gone back up the chim-mi-ny When An’ never left a single toy.” I felt a little sore and stiff, ‘here three AVHA —~n ARTIN jabbed his. knife into. name was Mary. Mj \ SSN age s2,Gr£ee9ti2ng6=s< mas was. different.” young man’ rolled down and—” “Even she—” his bitterness deepened, “with everything. Fifteen-pound turkey! Lord! I wonder what she’d think if she knew how I feel. More than likely doesn’t know I'm alive,.and luctantly. “All right. We are Now Supplying ., Crar Customers with Fresh Fish Every Thursday and Friday Finish that. Martin strolled gazed out at displays. body and-room out, there’s nothing The Quality is Right! into ‘Ten! Y FRIEND, will Christmas mean Redio Soovichua and Repairs Wark Called for and Delivered Nevada City Cleaners by. a “1005. Phones’. 109M heterugeneous CH ea Grass Ney THE ROSE LEE Hours: 10-12 a.m., 2-5, 7-8 p.m. Nurse in attendance month. AT LAW ae Or will you be “‘out in the cold,” _in — to $3.00 Free Garage Free Yellow Taxi 17 POWELL STREET AT MARKET Oklahoma A. and M. College J S, .% 0. OO. ve ©. OO. GO. 0, OO, OO. 60, tM Roetordoatoaerznegeefoeroarontooteoeeloesoerenseagenseesoezeasoeces tseege @ GOMETIMES I wonder about Christmas,’ as folks a it now— “The give an’ take 0’ presents, like swappin’, Attorney at Law it seems, somehow— . Office in. Union Building An’I can’t help doubtin’, a little, though City Nevada it airi’t fer me to say, % Phone 23. If He whose birth it remembers approves o’ the modern way. , EDWARD C. UREN The Heart of the City W. M. SELL, Jr. T. E. FARROW 1:00 p. m. for Tyler, North .Columy ) Gity daily except Sunday at 6:30 a. Leaves a. for Nevada City. at 6:30 Help Nevada City to grow by sub seribing for The Nugget, the home Ke feared the reindeer and the sleigh Were but a fairy tale; For somzone said—but they were wrong, The prayed-for toys are bere, town newspaper. Two dollars a year The home spent dollar builds up The faith thai he has held so long, your home community. Still shines, serene and clear. b toh et fo seotengeate rte este obeteatenteateate oo rdenteetiageee eat teat dent < oo poe. ge” MER CHRISTMAS AND A . HAPPY NEW YEAR W. E. WRIGHT . Of course it’s nice an’ pretty, all holly an’ mistletoe, ~~ With bundles tied in ribbons an’ greetings , Mining Reports Furnished' flyin’ so; Mining District Maps But what sets me a-thinkin’, in a sort 0’ Nevada City Phone 278R. doustful fear, Is whether exchangin’ presents is more’n a selfish cheer. WARD A. JOHNSON, D. C. ‘There wa'n’t no thought o” bezter, or gifts Chiropractor with strings to-them, Office hours: 10 a. m, to 12 m2 ‘When Christ wad p. m. to 5:30 p. m.; Monday, Wedn@sday,. Friday evenings 7 to 8. by appointmént. Residence Sund cr Mill St. Grags Valof! and ley. Sent to us, back there in Bethlehem. ; The comfort stil!’s in folletin’ the example from above: The spirit o” that first Christmas was pure an’ simple love. : ; a. vada City daily at 8: a. m. for Rough n & Read,, Smartsville, Hammonto and Marysville. Leaves Marysville at ZL l p.m. Be had his doubts but yesterday His faith began to fail, letede Washington m. Marysville Auto Stage leaves Ne And cries aloud that he has feund That Santa: Claus istrue] —~ Aha eet es bia, Alleghany and Forest. Leav City. Forest 6:30 a. m. for Nevada Graniteville Stage leaves Nevada City daily except Sunday for Lake Moores Bloomfield, North City, Mm. a. “at and Graniteville at 7 » 7 a, Mm. for Leaves Granitevilleat Nevada City. . Washington Stage for Washington Maybert and Gaston leaves Nevada And sgarches stockings through Birch TURPIN HOTEL Myfriend it’s up to YOU To help your friendless feliow men, : Whose lives are drab and gray, And bring God’s sunshine back again To THEM—on Carisitmas Dav! Grass Valley Mass SAN FRANCISCO . If YOU are blessed with worldly wealth, By AUNT AGGIE Offices: Nevada City Sunday. Nevada City daily except Sunday at But what a reckless burglar this— A burglar. without fear, Whose rapturous little shrieks of hiiss The houseiold wakes to tearl. Who tumbles bundles all aromd ¥ Without a single FRIEND? @ fourth Sundays, s Alleghany and Forest Stage. leave A burglar! Just when Saria Claus Has scampered up the fite And madly dashed away, because There’s. much more work to dol A burglar, with an eager face -~ And wide and shining eyes Just as the sun comes up toci:2se The darkness from the skies! ville at 10:30. Pa Mestateam ©.Po Pr ahartortnsPetoctosteatatrateriestaste toteretoey Roeioelotes louie eee RortorteefoctorteoSectocloseelesleales ealeeie rosters NILON & NILON Attorneys at Law Third and Fourth And BLESSINGS without end? CHRISTMAS iT GIVIN’. CitURCH . REAR a rustling in the hell, The creaking of a chai:; A shadow steals along the watl, A step ts on the stair; A muffled tread thuds to and fro While, shrinking in the gloom, t watch and wait, for weil . know A burglar’s in the room, Third Sunday of eash month’ Mass in Cherokee at 10:30. F. M. Nilon . ¥. T. Nilon enver Downieville Mail ‘and Pass pt Stage departs at 1 p. m. ‘daily exce pSunday for North San Juan, Cam at tonville and Downieville, arriving Dowes Leav m, p. 5 at lie ievi Down nieville at 6:30 a. m. making conN. nection at Nevada City with the Cc. N. G. pasenger train for Sacra mento and San Francisco. in Missourt Farmer — . Mass at 8 o’clock. And friends whose hearts are true; BH. H. Armstrong 5M. Walling F. R. Wehe, Jr. CANICE CALHOLIC Masses at 8 and 1:30 a> m. ob s each the first and second SunuayOf . With wife and children; home and health, _Mining and Civil Engineer air Dressing and Beauty ork. Famous Adele Miller And all about you they abound— Will Christmas bring you gifts of gold, wa “118 Mill St. . s-. A home that’s bright with CHEER ? A wife, and laughing children, too, And all that-life holds dear? DR. ROBERT F. WERNER Physician and Surgeon Office: 400 Broad St., Nevada City See Better GEO. H. . SHIRKEY Opt. D. Optometrist . ~—se My friend, will Christmas mean to YOU @ Hours: 10-12 a. m., 2-4 p. m. Notary Public Telephone 41 . See Me— Seah dog, — strolled PROFESSIONAL CARDS ATTORNEYS — i Till each shall ken “Good will to men,” Gnd peace o'er all the earth. In hamlets, towns and maris; lighted. hoyses. intensified. Martin's Repairing Uphelstering JOHN W. DARKE a Bt means in Judah's manger-bert No loving friends will gather ’round To cheer THEIR lonely hearts! homeward. The excluding gayety of Christmas Eve laughter and brightly ~ W. H. Osborne Patronize Home industry ind gleaming mistletoe; Wut princess pine our halls to twine* Ch, no! J think not go. To some it means a cheerless day, With strangers all about, And not a single sunshine ray To wife the shadows out; tall young philosopher who, followed ¥ ~~ _ STAGE SCHEDUL > lay Christmas mean but holly wreaths a . ©f David's line a Babe i tp, The King of Kings, was vou. . to YOU 520 Coyote St. \ Phone 152 <? eogeageresfeafente ofentenfeateatenteate niegeniesiesieote eos By JAMES J. MONTAGUE A day of blessings rare, but ringing bells Late shoppers, hurrying along, laden. Amdng good fricrids, whose hearts cre true, . oes Chricinas mena low; chanted vespers Gind . Whose happiness you'll shave ? with bundles, scarcely glanced at the . But sermons read and banquets spread? Will Christmas bring the.ones you love. . @b, nol FZ think not go. The\day with you to spend? If so, then thank the One above, Bt means in eberp strvaqcling heart For you’re in “LUCK,” my frienal A gentle spirit birth, CLARENCE R. GRAY De a Sa he Sas ie a a tea Christmas Burglar ot Onehalp-Ehriginas mori, Outside a light snow was falling. FINE WATCH REPAIRING . SOOOOSOD getting two hun. -€alanan and Richards in Ohio Farmer in Southern Ruralist dred dollars. cd . . By LELIA MITCHELL THORNTON Gad, it’s been a pull. focforineheefne. orforfooforlorfec]orlee]enfooteefve}oohoofoefonfor! seiejcefe long months to save Fix your ‘hineies on Love and Peace Till all orualty shall cease By JAMES EDWARD HUNGERFORD “In two business. i ‘OURCHRISTMAS THE off this joint! started Mercy will forever a you “cA Merry Christmas” respon months we'll have the mortgage paid long, FADE LEONG So thar whate'er may betide you, Let’s Make It Martin’s voice KEYSTONE MARKET — . never no Ae (©, 1927; Western Newspaper Union.) people take off to eat and give pres ents in, and if you don’t Know any sive tail without looking up. thought \you’d the east, one star seemed larger than the others. to it.” The Prices Are Reasonable “I placing a cynical philosophy. 09990995 905-9500009000090OO8 “It was a silent night like me ee said. Thoughtfully, he looked up, \ In No hurry.” wagged a May the memory of this Bie Linger with ye all the ah Spud had been waiting. His sleepy accusation as he arose from the doorstep was scarcely noticed. \ ‘he song of the little injured caroler \was running through Martin's mind ‘and re the other festive shop Spud your order eatly and take no chance of being one of the disappointed ones. Our meats are all government é inspected in évery particular. Greet the ioctl with joy and uiddeul Help to banish want and sadness] : ticed me!” to the window and “One thing, Spud!” Meats of all kinds for the Holiday Dinner. Place “Too busy to notice you!” Martin gasped. “Christmas 's just a day brightened. HOUT alone on Christmas morn, “Love and Peace this si were horn!” were entirely too. busy to notice me’ sleeves and reached for his coat. . HOLIDAY POULTRY OFFERINGS = up this afternovn to ask you, but you his cuts for her! Oh well, come on, Spud!” ; Spud crunched a meat scrap re FRESH FiSd Preasing By BELLE WILLEY GUE for a moment in his excited search . for scraps, eyed his companion quizzically, and returned resolutely to his sniffing. “Turkeys and ducks and chickens. she hesitated, “I don’t, suppose you'd ‘gs all they think: of. .Now and then care to, but I—we’d like to have you bacon or ham. I used to think Christeat Christmas\dinner with us. I went me falling’all over myself to save best leaning : Chaist’s Natal Day A brindle and white mongrel pauséd ; ae A ‘regular Christmas { pathetic. The 1 ' the block, folded the apron name, he said. She smiled. gingerly,. and jammed it, “That was a beautiful thing to do, into a hamper in the back. Bowman,” she told -him. “Did: room. He sighed. \ . . Mr. you notice the peace and happiness in “By Golly! The first time I’ve had. that little fellow’s face after the doceeven to think! Dread ‘em every year. tor had.told him? Mr. Bowman, [—” . Tomorrow's Christmas.” He shrugged Something about the deprecatingly. drooping half-sneer of his mouth was S Our @ C/N With heaps of presents everywi:sre: Oh gee, I jus? can't understand. Meteo serge ft For over me, with Dad's nume on, desperate picture of another ten . months of saving ahd sta!ling off the . . second mortgage, He walked home(with the girl, Her '! ~~ SERVICE me He had a fleeting. ' and his mother.” E eate trate teentente eotot tees teaeleootes teent oecteotete eoteogeteo Bul nol as cold as I'd of thought, months—well, 1 never saw a kid so down-hearted.” Martin hesitated. ."“T've got two hundred dolars,” he heard himself . saying. “If .that would do the kid Bi R. E. HARRIS An’ then . saw ‘twas broad daylight “I wanted to ketch Santa Claus, Bul didn't mean.to stay all nighi.” Dad said, with such a curious look, “If you'd caught Santa Claus, my boy, Seems he’s been earning all they’ve had. THE DEPARTMENT DRUG STORE So then I kep’ just awful still. An’ snuggled close up to the fire, doctor finally announced. “Sad. case, though, Little fellow is moaning now about who’ll take care of his mother. ELSIE P. WILLOUGHBY Associate and Manager ; * Coess Valley An’ once I was so sure . saw Him peekin’ through the door at me= Of course, I know he didn't, though, “Not.as bad as we had feared,” the_ Editor and Publisher An’ almost? wisht I'd stayed in bed-Suppose I just imagined that Some one was walkin’ overhead dent for she had come out and was ARTHUR A. WILLOUGHBY 110 Main St. saying that she had called an ambulance. They both rode through the crunching snow to the hospital and waited silently. Nevada City. ACE TIRE SHOP Oh gee, but 1 was geltin’ scared An shivery an’ trem-bi-ly? ‘ lheard a rustlin’ several times Martin carried him to the light. It was the fellow who bought bits of liver and now and then a scrawny soup bone. The girl must have seen the acci Congress of March 8, 1879 Guaranteed Vul-‘canizinz and Rep Down the chim-mi-ny close by ma. tin found frightened children: shivering over the writhing form of a boy. Advertising Rates on application. Entered. as mail matter of the second class in the postoffiee at Nevada City, California, under Act of *' Best Buy Today Pretty story. to listen. How lovely she— D—n! The carol had broken off into terrified screams. A car sped away. Mar -05 Single Copies ...------------So's . cud keep awake and wait -. To ketch old Santa when he'd come Too bad. é times refuted it. lcrep’ downstairs beside the grate @n spread a blanhet on the floor She had-,eome to the windgw now Outside Califernia in U.S. . 2.56 100 When ail us kids were snug in bed €n’ sound asleep—I made believe. When all the house was still as mice That happened to me Chri§tmas Eve . es js carried at all ‘LL tell ‘bout the queeres? thing From down the street a group of children carolled “Silent Night.” . Martin smiled bitterly. He, too, had believed that story of the birth of a Christ child, once. A “prof™.at college had * @IRES tn Wisconsin Agnicuburi? EE OEE eqHpHinieiewieieieioins FEDERAL loijeilfness. He passed fhe housé where she lived and strained his eyes for a. ae? Your Holiday ne will be an enjoyable event if you buy the “fixings” and the tidbits here for it. Our stock is large, fresh and reasonably priced. Our delivery service to your door is yours for the asking. J.J, JACKSON Dhone Number One : ~ We Deliver ed —

¢ THE. NEVADA CITY NUGGET, CALIFORNIA amend THE NEVADA CITY NUGGET glimpse of her. Spying on Santa In fancy, he told her frat, & gy By Ada C. Goodrich Published weekly at Nevada City; about Spud, the market, and even Nevada County, California, and de. ‘hinted of his lote for her. voted to the development of the resources of the community. Publication office, 305 Broad St: ‘A FULL STOCK SUBSCRIPTION RATES {One year, California .address, $2.00 ga ; fnree Months ... .i......5..+.One Month .. -60 «25 Six Months ...2--... Federals Are The of General A Legal Newspaper Circulation for Nevada City and Neas defined by State vada County, Published at and Printed. Law. airing "Cause he'd come down the chim-mi-ny. 1 waited till the clock struck ten. Then thought of what my mother sdid: That Santa never would come in Till all us children were in bed Rent not paid, he says. An'—then t heard my mother's voice: “Why, Alexander Rujus Fryer. You naughty, naughiy little boy!” {1 saw her face was quile severe. 1 knew that she was angry, too.) “Whatever ‘are you doing here?” “Merry Christmas,” yelled the rest, I told him he might be He'd gone back up the chim-mi-ny When An’ never left a single toy.” I felt a little sore and stiff, ‘here three AVHA —~n ARTIN jabbed his. knife into. name was Mary. Mj \ SSN age s2,Gr£ee9ti2ng6=s< mas was. different.” young man’ rolled down and—” “Even she—” his bitterness deepened, “with everything. Fifteen-pound turkey! Lord! I wonder what she’d think if she knew how I feel. More than likely doesn’t know I'm alive,.and luctantly. “All right. We are Now Supplying ., Crar Customers with Fresh Fish Every Thursday and Friday Finish that. Martin strolled gazed out at displays. body and-room out, there’s nothing The Quality is Right! into ‘Ten! Y FRIEND, will Christmas mean Redio Soovichua and Repairs Wark Called for and Delivered Nevada City Cleaners by. a “1005. Phones’. 109M heterugeneous CH ea Grass Ney THE ROSE LEE Hours: 10-12 a.m., 2-5, 7-8 p.m. Nurse in attendance month. AT LAW ae Or will you be “‘out in the cold,” _in — to $3.00 Free Garage Free Yellow Taxi 17 POWELL STREET AT MARKET Oklahoma A. and M. College J S, .% 0. OO. ve ©. OO. GO. 0, OO, OO. 60, tM Roetordoatoaerznegeefoeroarontooteoeeloesoerenseagenseesoezeasoeces tseege @ GOMETIMES I wonder about Christmas,’ as folks a it now— “The give an’ take 0’ presents, like swappin’, Attorney at Law it seems, somehow— . Office in. Union Building An’I can’t help doubtin’, a little, though City Nevada it airi’t fer me to say, % Phone 23. If He whose birth it remembers approves o’ the modern way. , EDWARD C. UREN The Heart of the City W. M. SELL, Jr. T. E. FARROW 1:00 p. m. for Tyler, North .Columy ) Gity daily except Sunday at 6:30 a. Leaves a. for Nevada City. at 6:30 Help Nevada City to grow by sub seribing for The Nugget, the home Ke feared the reindeer and the sleigh Were but a fairy tale; For somzone said—but they were wrong, The prayed-for toys are bere, town newspaper. Two dollars a year The home spent dollar builds up The faith thai he has held so long, your home community. Still shines, serene and clear. b toh et fo seotengeate rte este obeteatenteateate oo rdenteetiageee eat teat dent < oo poe. ge” MER CHRISTMAS AND A . HAPPY NEW YEAR W. E. WRIGHT . Of course it’s nice an’ pretty, all holly an’ mistletoe, ~~ With bundles tied in ribbons an’ greetings , Mining Reports Furnished' flyin’ so; Mining District Maps But what sets me a-thinkin’, in a sort 0’ Nevada City Phone 278R. doustful fear, Is whether exchangin’ presents is more’n a selfish cheer. WARD A. JOHNSON, D. C. ‘There wa'n’t no thought o” bezter, or gifts Chiropractor with strings to-them, Office hours: 10 a. m, to 12 m2 ‘When Christ wad p. m. to 5:30 p. m.; Monday, Wedn@sday,. Friday evenings 7 to 8. by appointmént. Residence Sund cr Mill St. Grags Valof! and ley. Sent to us, back there in Bethlehem. ; The comfort stil!’s in folletin’ the example from above: The spirit o” that first Christmas was pure an’ simple love. : ; a. vada City daily at 8: a. m. for Rough n & Read,, Smartsville, Hammonto and Marysville. Leaves Marysville at ZL l p.m. Be had his doubts but yesterday His faith began to fail, letede Washington m. Marysville Auto Stage leaves Ne And cries aloud that he has feund That Santa: Claus istrue] —~ Aha eet es bia, Alleghany and Forest. Leav City. Forest 6:30 a. m. for Nevada Graniteville Stage leaves Nevada City daily except Sunday for Lake Moores Bloomfield, North City, Mm. a. “at and Graniteville at 7 » 7 a, Mm. for Leaves Granitevilleat Nevada City. . Washington Stage for Washington Maybert and Gaston leaves Nevada And sgarches stockings through Birch TURPIN HOTEL Myfriend it’s up to YOU To help your friendless feliow men, : Whose lives are drab and gray, And bring God’s sunshine back again To THEM—on Carisitmas Dav! Grass Valley Mass SAN FRANCISCO . If YOU are blessed with worldly wealth, By AUNT AGGIE Offices: Nevada City Sunday. Nevada City daily except Sunday at But what a reckless burglar this— A burglar. without fear, Whose rapturous little shrieks of hiiss The houseiold wakes to tearl. Who tumbles bundles all aromd ¥ Without a single FRIEND? @ fourth Sundays, s Alleghany and Forest Stage. leave A burglar! Just when Saria Claus Has scampered up the fite And madly dashed away, because There’s. much more work to dol A burglar, with an eager face -~ And wide and shining eyes Just as the sun comes up toci:2se The darkness from the skies! ville at 10:30. Pa Mestateam ©.Po Pr ahartortnsPetoctosteatatrateriestaste toteretoey Roeioelotes louie eee RortorteefoctorteoSectocloseelesleales ealeeie rosters NILON & NILON Attorneys at Law Third and Fourth And BLESSINGS without end? CHRISTMAS iT GIVIN’. CitURCH . REAR a rustling in the hell, The creaking of a chai:; A shadow steals along the watl, A step ts on the stair; A muffled tread thuds to and fro While, shrinking in the gloom, t watch and wait, for weil . know A burglar’s in the room, Third Sunday of eash month’ Mass in Cherokee at 10:30. F. M. Nilon . ¥. T. Nilon enver Downieville Mail ‘and Pass pt Stage departs at 1 p. m. ‘daily exce pSunday for North San Juan, Cam at tonville and Downieville, arriving Dowes Leav m, p. 5 at lie ievi Down nieville at 6:30 a. m. making conN. nection at Nevada City with the Cc. N. G. pasenger train for Sacra mento and San Francisco. in Missourt Farmer — . Mass at 8 o’clock. And friends whose hearts are true; BH. H. Armstrong 5M. Walling F. R. Wehe, Jr. CANICE CALHOLIC Masses at 8 and 1:30 a> m. ob s each the first and second SunuayOf . With wife and children; home and health, _Mining and Civil Engineer air Dressing and Beauty ork. Famous Adele Miller And all about you they abound— Will Christmas bring you gifts of gold, wa “118 Mill St. . s-. A home that’s bright with CHEER ? A wife, and laughing children, too, And all that-life holds dear? DR. ROBERT F. WERNER Physician and Surgeon Office: 400 Broad St., Nevada City See Better GEO. H. . SHIRKEY Opt. D. Optometrist

. ~—se My friend, will Christmas mean to YOU @ Hours: 10-12 a. m., 2-4 p. m. Notary Public Telephone 41 . See Me— Seah dog, — strolled PROFESSIONAL CARDS ATTORNEYS — i Till each shall ken “Good will to men,” Gnd peace o'er all the earth. In hamlets, towns and maris; lighted. hoyses. intensified. Martin's Repairing Uphelstering JOHN W. DARKE a Bt means in Judah's manger-bert No loving friends will gather ’round To cheer THEIR lonely hearts! homeward. The excluding gayety of Christmas Eve laughter and brightly ~ W. H. Osborne Patronize Home industry ind gleaming mistletoe; Wut princess pine our halls to twine* Ch, no! J think not go. To some it means a cheerless day, With strangers all about, And not a single sunshine ray To wife the shadows out; tall young philosopher who, followed ¥ ~~ _ STAGE SCHEDUL > lay Christmas mean but holly wreaths a . ©f David's line a Babe i tp, The King of Kings, was vou. . to YOU 520 Coyote St. \ Phone 152 <? eogeageresfeafente ofentenfeateatenteate niegeniesiesieote eos By JAMES J. MONTAGUE A day of blessings rare, but ringing bells Late shoppers, hurrying along, laden. Amdng good fricrids, whose hearts cre true, . oes Chricinas mena low; chanted vespers Gind . Whose happiness you'll shave ? with bundles, scarcely glanced at the . But sermons read and banquets spread? Will Christmas bring the.ones you love. . @b, nol FZ think not go. The\day with you to spend? If so, then thank the One above, Bt means in eberp strvaqcling heart For you’re in “LUCK,” my frienal A gentle spirit birth, CLARENCE R. GRAY De a Sa he Sas ie a a tea Christmas Burglar ot Onehalp-Ehriginas mori, Outside a light snow was falling. FINE WATCH REPAIRING . SOOOOSOD getting two hun. -€alanan and Richards in Ohio Farmer in Southern Ruralist dred dollars. cd . . By LELIA MITCHELL THORNTON Gad, it’s been a pull. focforineheefne. orforfooforlorfec]orlee]enfooteefve}oohoofoefonfor! seiejcefe long months to save Fix your ‘hineies on Love and Peace Till all orualty shall cease By JAMES EDWARD HUNGERFORD “In two business. i ‘OURCHRISTMAS THE off this joint! started Mercy will forever a you “cA Merry Christmas” respon months we'll have the mortgage paid long, FADE LEONG So thar whate'er may betide you, Let’s Make It Martin’s voice KEYSTONE MARKET — . never no Ae (©, 1927; Western Newspaper Union.) people take off to eat and give pres ents in, and if you don’t Know any sive tail without looking up. thought \you’d the east, one star seemed larger than the others. to it.” The Prices Are Reasonable “I placing a cynical philosophy. 09990995 905-9500009000090OO8 “It was a silent night like me ee said. Thoughtfully, he looked up, \ In No hurry.” wagged a May the memory of this Bie Linger with ye all the ah Spud had been waiting. His sleepy accusation as he arose from the doorstep was scarcely noticed. \ ‘he song of the little injured caroler \was running through Martin's mind ‘and re the other festive shop Spud your order eatly and take no chance of being one of the disappointed ones. Our meats are all government é inspected in évery particular. Greet the ioctl with joy and uiddeul Help to banish want and sadness] : ticed me!” to the window and “One thing, Spud!” Meats of all kinds for the Holiday Dinner. Place “Too busy to notice you!” Martin gasped. “Christmas 's just a day brightened. HOUT alone on Christmas morn, “Love and Peace this si were horn!” were entirely too. busy to notice me’ sleeves and reached for his coat. . HOLIDAY POULTRY OFFERINGS = up this afternovn to ask you, but you his cuts for her! Oh well, come on, Spud!” ; Spud crunched a meat scrap re FRESH FiSd Preasing By BELLE WILLEY GUE for a moment in his excited search . for scraps, eyed his companion quizzically, and returned resolutely to his sniffing. “Turkeys and ducks and chickens. she hesitated, “I don’t, suppose you'd ‘gs all they think: of. .Now and then care to, but I—we’d like to have you bacon or ham. I used to think Christeat Christmas\dinner with us. I went me falling’all over myself to save best leaning : Chaist’s Natal Day A brindle and white mongrel pauséd ; ae A ‘regular Christmas { pathetic. The 1 ' the block, folded the apron name, he said. She smiled. gingerly,. and jammed it, “That was a beautiful thing to do, into a hamper in the back. Bowman,” she told -him. “Did: room. He sighed. \ . . Mr. you notice the peace and happiness in “By Golly! The first time I’ve had. that little fellow’s face after the doceeven to think! Dread ‘em every year. tor had.told him? Mr. Bowman, [—” . Tomorrow's Christmas.” He shrugged Something about the deprecatingly. drooping half-sneer of his mouth was S Our @ C/N With heaps of presents everywi:sre: Oh gee, I jus? can't understand. Meteo serge ft For over me, with Dad's nume on, desperate picture of another ten . months of saving ahd sta!ling off the . . second mortgage, He walked home(with the girl, Her '! ~~ SERVICE me He had a fleeting. ' and his mother.” E eate trate teentente eotot tees teaeleootes teent oecteotete eoteogeteo Bul nol as cold as I'd of thought, months—well, 1 never saw a kid so down-hearted.” Martin hesitated. ."“T've got two hundred dolars,” he heard himself . saying. “If .that would do the kid Bi R. E. HARRIS An’ then . saw ‘twas broad daylight “I wanted to ketch Santa Claus, Bul didn't mean.to stay all nighi.” Dad said, with such a curious look, “If you'd caught Santa Claus, my boy, Seems he’s been earning all they’ve had. THE DEPARTMENT DRUG STORE So then I kep’ just awful still. 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