Christmas Boxes For Six Years
On Board The Ice-Bound Maud
:??: . ? ' -i ,innrf\ r* >1
Tl.cy have given jp
j-aiuo and Lebanon Belle "luur
Hi'1 !???!?? ? i?l ? 111 ;i I ? f \ ?? i|? | l?> tj?.? it.iir.f-* . 1
? I>i?triljtltc?l llv?
A. F. TOXEY & COMPANY
Writ Slir?-t.
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Nome. \ . l? ? -
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Mu'iil
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FO i???lnl? ?1 I: ?? i n . t! .tr m
'p ears i ? .???'- r ? l' ?? it-.
; .-r w. ? ? i . ? . ? ?? \f. ? :
:ir?-i ? tlriff ? : t: .?? ' t . .
Jill.' 2". 1 . . . I! I . - ? ?
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ii i aid rii?. ? r.i ? : ;; .u.: t
I:?-. >'? ;i i? I: ? ?Ii?? nl..r.d m . ;?
toi minal in' "I \vlih*h wiil .? t ? mi? ?!
Jv atf* el liii v.url'l'i h r
casting. Tin ir ? will mtiiij.
fly. . tu ?>'??< f vi n.
T!?eir l* a*b r. Captain l!uiilil Am
iindH tl. fan:?n: - arrlic utnl aut aro?Jc
explorer. is hark in (!>? I' n i t ???!
Still**}*, h avion ti lupoid n!> aban
doned *iis iirnjimii'il airp'.'ii*- il-:?t
across ih?* north pob*.
\ I'olni' ( lii i>liiia>
If ever there w*-ro a dr?ary >e?tin:.
for Christina* Day. it is tin* *?ne of
maddening roM and tracUhss i* >
wastes Hurroiindinu i!i?* cr?w of th*
300-foot schooner M.iud. who Isim*
?iicrificed the comforts* of limn** and
tii** civilised world in tin- interests
of Hint Merit ;.o<ld**t*s. Sri* no<
Hut they will have their ('tiii-liim*
just the mi mo; they an> not to bo de
nied this on*- day of celebration. thin
clinging remnant, of an almost-for
^otfi-n world, for packed in the ship's
hold arc six lars*v boxes, .inch of
then) marked with a dale. On*- was
opened last Christmas; the other*
are for the *ucce**diim ones.
Imagine, then, that it is Christ
mas on hoard tin* Maud. Insl?l?- the
little, Ktlly decorated cabin sit half
a dozen ni*u. eau**rly watchtnu Cap
tain Oscar Wistinu. their present
leaders and I'rof. II. I*. Sverdrup.
scientist of tio- expedition.
In front of Captain Wistiim is a
huge box marked. "To bo opi i.? ?i
Christinas Pay. 1022." Tin* captain
pri* s open th*? lid wliib- tin- im u 'liMiii
on expectantly.
First, ami best of all, there are
lettvrs from ilie oti**s at homo
l? ((?'!*?* thai list\ ho??n lyiiiL in
ilust li??\ for moit- llisiti a >eur an-lr
u halt', which. m-verthoicsx. ar<a
noh?(l i-a^prly and r*?atl flvidlv^juid
l?i inv unatdiainod ir.H to tlielr ?
I'lM'M'llts l or ,\11
Ami. separately wru|t|?ed. * arc
l?rv*t ins t<<r ? a?'l? i ? the crow. Krimi
I In* family, frmu friends and from
kind-art?-d Norw ? ulans ami Ameri
cans who won* h I in nil the j?ecr? t
and Insisted on contrllmtiiia.
So the lot tors are r^ad and the
|ir? M'lH:- aro ?1 i.-*t rihut*>d. and the
rr? w t';c:i >-its down to its Clirisi tints
dinm r.
1.51 t? that is not all. Shut off
Untiluli tlx->* aro, they are. within
rcaeh of the \viiv|? ?s that i?rol?o?? ?i.??
etlier f-r them it ^r.larly from tin*
Norwegian roast
The Maud's biys radio will i??- K?*|*t
busy t!.i- Christmas Pay icoiviiiL
iiixl s< ti?liii- l l??t ?????? I!?.?
lli-?ahi?l*** in Ninwii) aiul tin- frozen
u( tlu> io|i of ilu wiirhl.
WIm-ii iu*'ii, rut off froui t'o- world
us t!??->?? aiv, villi ito u^iiraiic1 ?.f
I Sterling SHrvr I'fiitil
for SI..H).
This value cannot be dupli
cated. Full line of Kversharp
I'ens and Pencils.
All |M*iuil? liw 11\
, i>iii Knui'<i\fi'
ia h is sku<;
Lcidiiifj Jtjrtlrr
?+2
Tin: sciioonku .\i\rn. ahovk, ritoiv h. r. svKitimrr ?i.Ki~n
AMI CAPTAIN o.-C m: wist inc.
MiKKh.s i;oi?\ i?<>rri..\Tio\
i\rKK\>i\(i in >oi tiiwist
Washington. l)<ccmker 24 ? 1h?
center t?f; for? uu-l><>in :ti??n ??!
tin* country i? lorited in Allen
Coiinty, Indiana. hks mih's ?-.???t of
Ni*w 11;?\ ? t?. having, I :i k ?'?!! a -Mil:
westward ti?-w?l aitvr two (l> ? ? 1"
"?>uth? > a>:ward movement. In de
termining th? foreign-horn c? iih r.
the Census nun-ail found it ii.nl (
moved ls.9-mUi-ft in tie- t? n y- .irs '
from 1910 t ? li#20. lis movement
was 11.r? miles puntfard ami 15
miles southward. |
"The change in direct ion of the
movement of 'his center from ea??t
lo went is jjue principally to the lii
crenne iti foreign horn white popula
t ion in loo sfate of California. ' says
the ureaii. ?'Tin- total incr<?ill"' in
the foreign horn white pop
ulation of the l/niled Stat - v as
367,209 and the lip-reuse in I.??
Hate* of T? xan. California ami A- z
onn wan .114.222 ttr per cent of
the total inrrast.
kn<;im:i:i:^ covi n \<t
ioi: hk; suvst i;\ri:i:
Cleveland, IWe. 2 1. The contract
f?>r the in w Hrotherhood of l.ocomo
li\e EncIntern $4,000,000 20-ntory
office building. at the southwest cor
jer of St. Clair avenue and Ontario
? treet. ha* he? n awarded and the
work of wrecking the huildiiu- now
on the g|te in under way. The con
tract call* for compltlon of tli'e work
In 16 month*.
The Hrotherhood Hulldinu Com
pany will construct the building |t
will he r f Me?*l, with white exterior,
hinii!;'! t-? the present eng.ile ? :
'.itildln*- on the opposite corm I .
which is owned by the Hrotherhood
rf Locomotive Knicineers.
ARIDOR
Candy Caddy
Tin- jar alone ha* h re
tail value of .Sl.2.> and
in a practieal lipcen?lly in
(lie home.
Your (Irogifiixt or ffro
rrr will deliver you a
ea<l<l\ with 2 |Hiund? of
hiyh grade rniitlie.* fnr .'J.
At this price you itet two
:>ounds of candy for prnc
? cally the cost of one.
A MERRY
Christmas
May (his be the happiest <>?'
all for you and yours is (he1
wish of the?
Auto & Gas Engine
Works, Inc.
Christmas Thoughts
May your Christmas Day be
one long to be remembered in
the coming years, because of
its cheer and happy friendship;
and may the New Year of 1924
be one of brightness and sun
shine undimmed by the sor
rows of tears?
OLIVER F. GILBERT
MITCHELL'S DEPT. STORE
For PEOPLES BARGAIN STORE
GILBERTS BARGAIN SHOP