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Show MANY XMAS GIFTS GOING TO EUROPE Chicago Dec. 17 Christmas presents pres-ents for European countries showed a decided Increase In the Chicago post-office post-office oer former years Although the mall which caa reach Europo by Christmas dav already baa been closed, clos-ed, the accumulation of packages and the purchase of money ordcr3 still continues. Packages for native lands show an Increase of 3S per cent ox'er any previous pre-vious car. Foreign money orders for the first fifteen days of December aggregate 5179.957 Domestic orders aro running ten per cent above last December, when they aggrogated $9.-i740,000 $9.-i740,000 A few packages have been held up 'and will never reach the friends for whom they were intended. One of these contained a small red turtle for a town in Ireland and another a plum pudding with a rubj ring concealed. |