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Show The Grand Old man's Thanks. London, December 29. Gladstone has requested re-quested the press associations to convey to his friends his thanks for the many hundreds hun-dreds of congratulatory letters and telegrams tele-grams received by him on the occasion of the seventy-sixth anniversary of his birth. He also wishes to express his appreciation of the tasteful and beautiful gifts and tokens which were showered upon him from every class and quarter, and which .in many instances in-stances were accompanied by the most touching expressions of regard and affection, Gladstone says it will be absolutely impossible impossi-ble to acknowledge personally the many friendly communications and presents he has received, and therefore desires to express his gratification through the median of the press. . . . |