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MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1928 CHRISTMAS MAIL IS “} * BIGGEST IN HISTORY OF BISMARCK OFFICE Heads Have Not Had Time to Figure Out Pieces; Extra Men On; Work Overtime Christmas mail was pouring i: out of the Bismarck postoffice to in a flood of packages and missi ! it gs f OTTO DIRLLAM £ 218 MAIN AVE., aie BISMARCK, N.D. & Ts te tet BY vy NEW fe ¢ Fifth Street Stationery “A : Golden West A & Laundry GPRM THR ait * ae, B Tay Your Cu Be Ful Ri of Geer this Christmas / i Agnes Hat Shop 418!; Broadway | Oldsmobile Distributors SHOE SHOP. UNIVERSAL 109 Fifth St. . Conteal Motor co.8 in ine Seen cua pea. tthe | the office force knew it was handling he office seemed swamped. greates lume of mail in staff worked steadily among the big Gena TuLey tees | heaps, but they didn't seem to dim- a inish much as the hours sped by. How many pieces were being handled | middle of the day has witnessed a tae gat {Assistant Postmaster Larson didn't |targe queues of patrons waiting in| tet Se a inaeeen A) ede? hal cesses line to hand over their Christmas| of the causes of death. It is believed — sic, acai oe sis : packages. Ear.y morning hours have| this will help coordinate and simplity| Assisi, Italy, Deo. 24—()—The| Belgium Needs Doctors) Millions of Chinese been making seven and eight hours | not been so crowded, but after 10] the campaign against the ills that|sanctuary of St. Damian, associated the waiting stream has been so large | Tesult fatally. The health committee of the league | Assist, has just been enriched by the gift of a magnificent wrought} Geneva, Dec. 24.—(?)—Doctors who | had time to compute. verybody at the office is working overtime. Some of the men have extra daily. Three extra men were added some time ago and they are| that the line has curved and doubled jhandling outside deliveries. The! on itself_as it slowly shuffled to the | Will appoint a mixed commission to 2 whole inside force has been impressed | parcel post window. The office was | eal with what is called “the nomen- ‘chasuble, the ouver garment woin by) want a chance to go to Africa might | tionalist government estimat witnessing the homestretch of this|Clature of the causes of death.” Four |a priest at mass, the embroidery on apply to the League of Nations. \there are twenty million per ‘What was transpiring today was| today. But when the mailing out has| members of the International Insti- | which was done by Princess Giovana The representative of Belgium | but a repetition of what has been| ended tonight, there siill will remain | tute of Statistics will sit on the com-|of Italy. going on almost a week. Before that} a giant task in the delivery of the | mission. into the overtime work. * sii | slowly, but in mid last week it sud-| faces at least one more big wor! A small mountain of it was heaped | In the lobby daily for a week, the di. From that time on|day before it can draw breath. Geneva, Dec. 24.—()—In its com-| Italian Princess Pays on the subject of the protection of the | THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE League Studies Death Honor to St. Francis)|in. with the memory «{ St. Francis of blind and on trachoma. It will be |Count Vittorio F aro del Borgo. It/and granted them the same material Cost placed at the disposal of the inter-jwas a surprise visit, the royal party|treatment as citizens of Beiium. Liquor Tax Pays and Fatal Illnesses) national Ophthalmological Society. [arriving early 1. the morning, in time] ‘The doctors thus recruited ate on- —_——_—_ to attend the sanctuary mass. After/ gaged for a period of three years and it, the princess presented her handi-/ receive a salary which often amounts work to the clergy as a votive offer-| to $3,600. for Colony in Africa which has a mandate over the for- | the one province of Kiangs! who d2-|there were 20,000 Croatian. children Her Royal Highness made a spe-|mer German colony of ituenda| Sire an educatic but are una>le to] without school f2cifities of any kind ~ |the tide of holiday mail crept up| incoming packages. So the office] The health committee has collected|c:al pilgrimage here in ‘strict in-|Urundi told the League's manaate | get it, partly because they are sojand urged immeciate action. considerable valuable documentation |cognito, accompanied only by her|commission that Belgium wa:mly/ poverty stricken and partly because lady in waiting and her equerry, | Welcomed foreign physicians there | there are no schools. PAGE ELEVEN of Building Sehools J Zagreb, Jugosiavia, Dec. A—)—A. tax on alcoholic drinks to improve _ educational facilities has been. suc The mu: council received 9 - Never Go to School report of the building of new schools out of funds raised by taxing wines | Shanghai, Dec. 24—(4)—The na-jaad spirits. I‘ is planned to cons | | that |struct fifty new buildings durin~ the | ns in [next year. Steven Raditch, befor his jdeath, informed his countrymen t... Denver is one mile above sea level. ci the merriest. BROWN & TIEDMAN PHONE 1400 SEASON’S GREETINGS Wachter Transfer Company ; ce oe CHRISTMAS-CHEERS 14 R. T. GROCERY for ‘its continuation. mWe dae To all our friends, to the old ones and the new ones to come, do we wish this Christmas to be Merry Christmas and Happy New Year To all our patrons—those who have shared with us and those who will share with us in the fu-° ture—our heartiest and sincerest greetings. Christmas day itself is synonymous with cheer and happiness. The spirit of this occasion should: be carried throughout the year—and we ‘hope T’S HERE—the glad season of the year when hearts are stirred—the season when the feeling of good will becomes boundless. In commemoration of this notable event the adver- CHRISTMAS GREETINGS Our greetings of the season to all of you: may Christmas 1928 be your happiest and others to follow happier than this one. Melville Electrical Shop 820 Eleventh Street A Merry Christmas, Patrons, Friends, A Happy New Year, too. The best the season can bestow Is what we wish for you. TITTLE BROTHERS PACKING CO. To yourselves and to those dear and near to you may Christmas of this year mark the beginning of an era of peace, prosperity and contentment for all. That’s our wish. Bismarck Accessory & Tire Company Phone 944 " 216 Fourth St. Bismarck, N. D. We. greet you this Christmas day in the same spirit as.of other years. The community has been good to us—and we hope that we have been good to this community. Yellow Cab Company .-“ Phone 1-100 tisers subscribing to the support of this page extend to each and every one the sincere and cordial wishes for the good things —health, wealth and happiness. That’s their message to you. We've had a bountiful year, filled with blessings that have been gratefully bestowed upon us. May you duplicate our joys. Lenhart’s Drug Store GOLETIDE GREETINGS We hail Christmas day most heartily! The year just past has brought us cheer—and we hope that it has been as good to you. R. E. Barneck’s Jewelry The Perfect Diamond Shop A Christmas a year— That’s not such a lot, So let’s all be happy With grievances forgot. We are here to serve you and satisfy you. Bismarck Coffee Shop Happiness, peace and prosperity! What more could we wish you all—and what mor¢ could you want? May Providence be as kind to all of you as He has been to us in the last bountiful year. Bonham Brothers