Christmas Despair and a Bracelet Plot Unfolds
In a fraught holiday tale Lilla Sprague clashes with Randolph Watts over a gift and his past deceit. Watts plans a bracelet, a memento from his mother and a watch, to win Lilla back as Christmas morning brings tension, secrets, and a turning confrontation.
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Mrs. Sprague
Randolph Watts
Lilia
Tlow
Moore's
Lilla
Randoph
Mattie
Randolph
Lilla Sprague
Watts
Higgins
Moore
R. W
Cyanide’s Deadly Attraction at Potassium Cyanide Work
A tin of manufacturing chemists describes cyanide of potassium as dangerously alluring to workers who handle it. He notes repeated suicides over ten years among intelligent staff and says two workers must operate together with antidotes and precautions due to the drug’s strange compulsion to be ingested.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Smaoking
Grand Canyon
Detryer and Rio Grande Railroad
Buffalo Concern
Gany
Sky
Boston
Doctor Faces Pay After Emergency Call Ruse
A Chicago doctor treated a drunken husband faking illness to avoid charges while his wife faced the bill. The tale ends with the husband suggesting his wife pay, then the wife dodges responsibility as the doctor recalls the episode.
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West Adams Street
Chicago
Home for the Holidays
A brief holiday tribute echoes a festive mood and hopeful spirit. The fragment hints at a joyful, timeless sentiment celebrating gatherer cheer and familiar warmth during the season.
Bracelet Clue Unites Lovers In Hidden Message
In a tangled scene, Lilla Sprague resists suitors while a bracelet carries a secret. A stocking reveals a note from R W and a painted miniature suggests a deep bond, prompting the heroine to weep and reflect on past actions and illicit pursuit.
Christmas and the Children
A festive Atlanta Constitution piece recalls how children imagine Banty Claus bringing gifts. Mothers stay patient as youngsters write letters and guide Santa to their home, eager for holiday joy and the chance to earn warm praise.
Beat of All Cue Guiding Self Improvement
Advice urging self improvement through kindness and restraint. Encourages making oneself more pleasant and helpful to others and avoiding hastiness or evil habits for the blessing of those around.
Santa and the horse seek good roads for Christmas
A light verse notes Santa asking the horse which pulled the load and would wish for better roads. The quip suggests a Christmas bus would be a better gift than a pugilist aid.
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Santa Claus
One Hundred Dainty Dinners and City Firemen Bicycles
The text notes a comic exchange about meals titled One Hundred Dainty Dinners. It then reports DC commissioners deciding to equip the fire department with forty bicycles and designate firemen to use them. Also mentioned is infant mortality in Sweden and Norway versus Germany and the Bavarian highlands.
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Maria
Thomas
District of Columbia
Fire Department
Sweden
Norway
German Empire
Bavarian Highlands
Marriageable Age and Other Humorous Tidbits
A compilation of jokes and notes ranges from the marriageable age remarked as between seminary and cemetery to a quip about typewriter invention creating jobs. It also advertises remedies, tonics, and products, with brief notices on railcar upgrades, Colorado scenery, and a classroom gag about Milton as a poet.
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Colorado
Nichol
Washington Street
Portland
Southern Pacific Company
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Hite
Doctor
Sprague
Mr. Watts
Baie
Lilla Ba
Oumnay
Mrs
Santy Claus
Atlanta Constitution
Hope
Chicago Daily News
Poward
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
J. Cheney
Businss
Mexico
United States
E. W. Grove
Heaven
Piso Co
Warren
Wyoming
Wline
Kline
Areb St
Philadelphia
Roberta
Swanson Rheumatic Cure CO
Dearborn St. Chicago
Oregon Short Line
Portland-Chicago
Granger
Union Pacific
Ogden
Rio Grande Line
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
W. H. Hurlburt
Milton
Bobby Smart
Columbus (Co
State Journal
Hood
Latiger Vn
M. Roberts
Cathartigo
Sterling Remedy Company
Montreal
New York
California Fig Syrup CO
Fence and Wire Works
Portland Wire & Tron Works
Cawston & CO
First St
Poole
Portnam
Oricon
Varterl
Worthington
Tatum & Bowen
First Street
Portland, Or
T. P. Andrews
Montgomery Rt
San Francisco
Renaud Drug CO
la Salle Street
All
Drugi Stein Metal Box
Mie AV Yne
Ted
Take No Attire Rug Co
Pearl Bt
New Yor City
Ferris
Ferry
Detroit
Mich
Bosanko
Philada
Expresa
Express
Athry Ar Chemical CO
DR. Gunn
XNI
N. T
Arnes
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