The Dilemma of Minima and a French School
A woman travels with the sick child Minima to a remote French town. The narrator faces danger and poverty, contemplates aiding the ill man Richard Foster, and confronts a grim backstreet school run by Madame Perrier. Minima fears four years of harsh schooling, yet clings to the promise of courage and care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Minima
London
Epping Forest
Father Dominic
Richard Foster
Honfleur
Falaise
Madame
Monsieur Perrier
Ile
Mees
Aarpenter
France
Bronson's Luck Turns on Christmas Night
In San Francisco and Chinatown Philip Bronson, famed for “Bronson's luck,” faces ruin after selling his mine for $50,000 yet losing all to illness and poverty. Marvin Belknap, believed lost to him, reenters his life on Christmas Day as she offers love and a future, breaking his despair.
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Marvin
Philip Bronson
Bronson
California
West
Marvin Belknap
Boston
Hub
Chinatown
San Francisco
Marvia
Marvia Belknap
Philip
Servant Girls in Germany Highlight Factory Demand
The rising need for female workers in German factories draws attention to the servant-girl issue. The piece notes the shift in labor, suggesting prudence in alliances as women enter industrial work.
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Germany
Christmas Stockings With Feet Joke
In a holiday quip Cumso claims both stockings are full on Christmas morning when asked by Ed Cawker. Cumso clarifies the fullness means feet, delivering a light, humorous exchange.
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Cumso
Cawker
A Matter of Necessity at New Year
A judge explains why a man must renounce many things at New Year due to spending all his money at Christmas as Crabshaw notes. Willie asks why and the judge responds with the practical need to curb excesses after holiday spending.
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Willie
Crabshaw
Judge
Christmas Bells and Peace on Earth Poem by Longfellow
A fragmentary poem reflecting on Christmas day and the clash between hopeful harmony and harsh reality. The speaker recalls bells across Christendom singing peace on earth, then confesses doubt as hate endures, before a declaration that God remains awake and justice will prevail.
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Christendom
Longfellow
Germanic roots of Christmas lore teased by paw
In Chicago Record-Herald a child relays paw's playful tale linking Christmas origins to Germany and Spain. Paw credits Germany with Santa Claus’s first chimney, toy-making vigor, and a thrift infused sentiment, while Spain is praised for Columbus’s initial ventures.
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Paw
Spain
Amerika
Santa Claus
Kris Kringle
Santa
Ennybuddy
Fatherland
Germanny
Columbus
Georgie
Chicago Record-Herald
New Year's Greeting Between Brown and Green
Green teases Brown about a bundle of accounts while Brown reveals the bundles are for the presents his wife made him. The two men exchange a wistful handshake and shared sympathy over the cost of gifts.
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Brown
Green
Christmas in China as sun festival with winter solstice links
The piece describes Christmas in China as a sun festival connected to the winter solstice and called the festival of the Winter Sun or the Tree Spirits, with regional names like the Forest Dragon. It notes merriment and the renewal of ghost papers amid a tax on incomes Christmas.
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China
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Hesba Strett
Malaise
Lnst
Monsieur Emile Perrier
Monsieur Emile Parker
Madame Perrier
Leetle Mees
Paradise
Xmas
Elizabeth A. Vore
Mmaclale
Si Abby
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