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Newspaper
Acton Enterprise
Location
Acton, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1890
Page
7
Advertises holiday inducements and values in New England. Mentions slippers boots for house wear with price range 65 to 75 cents and up to 1.25 dollars. References 506 street address and assorted sale prices.
In 1662 Guilford Connecticut a stern farmer Abner Alling spots Dorothy, the governor's maid, sneaking from Leete's store on Christmas Eve. Samuel defends Dorothy as Abner presses a harsh verdict. The governor later halts the lash, frees prisoners, and proclaims a merry Christmas, transforming colonial tradition.
In a Ballycolman mountain cottage in County Cork on Christmas Eve a Gaelic speaking 70 year old Daniel Donovan sits by a turf fire with family and an American visitor. The visitor sings songs of Tara and home while Donovan nearly weeps recalling America and family, the scene filled with peace and glowing firelight.
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