First freeze of winter chokes Raritan and Erie canals and sends barges and boats into Erie basin for the winter. Novel pictures of this barge city and its picturesque inhabitants. Thousands of bird houses are built by children in Toledo to...See moreFirst freeze of winter chokes Raritan and Erie canals and sends barges and boats into Erie basin for the winter. Novel pictures of this barge city and its picturesque inhabitants. Thousands of bird houses are built by children in Toledo to foster movement for more song birds. Citizens of San Diego gather on the Plaza of the new exposition grounds to attend a public concert. Interesting pictures of the fair. Former newsboys of Detroit, now wealthy citizens, resume places on downtown corners and vend papers for Goodfellow Fund. First hard freeze of season brings out score of ice yachts at Toledo for program of races. Waves driven inland by heavy gale batter down houses and wreck beach walks at Alamitos Bay and Long Beach, Cal. School children of San Francisco write thousands of letters to friends in the east telling them the Panama Exposition will open Feb. 20. Chinese maids join in indicting missives. Dinah, sick gorilla in Bronx Zoo New York is placed in go-cart and taken out for airing in the park. Newest pictures from Naco depict conditions there; show U.S. troopers squatted in bomb proof at one end of fence built by Mexican general to prevent flank attack across international boundary. Other typical scenes. Written by
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