Christmas at Mount Vernon in Washington's era
In colonial Virginia, Mount Vernon hosted lavish Christmas celebrations with guests, servants in Washington livery, and abundant fare. George Washington presided with formality, while Mrs Washington knitted for soldiers and the estate was kept by Mount Vernon Association after Congress refused funding.
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Mount Vernon
New England
Virginia
George Washington
Washington
George Cuatls
Lawrence Washington
Nellie Custis
United States
Congress
George
Martha
Old Bill's Camp Welcomes Granddaughter On Winter Night
In a Maine woods log camp Old Bill, a famed guide, shelters his longtime visitor Old Bill’s camp finds joy when Isabel Rogers arrives, revealing she is his granddaughter from Omaha. The reunion follows a cold December night when a lost hunter is fed and warmed, leading to a life-filled future at the camp.
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Maine Woods
United States
Maine
Bill
Bui
Tor
Frank Allen
Isabel Rogers
Omaha
Nebraska
Belle
Rogers
Greenville
Allen
Stelle
Isabel
Fifty Years a Pastor in Missouri’s Old Auxvasse Church
Rev Dr John Fleming Cowan marks half a century as pastor of Old Auxvasse Presbyterian Church in Callaway County Missouri. Since 1888 he has balanced Fulton teaching duties with active ministry, preaching 2500 times at Auxvasse and 1200 times elsewhere, guiding 535 baptisms, 200 children, 240 marriages, and 137 funerals among a community of industrious faithful congregants.
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John Fleming Cowan
Callaway County
Doctor Cowan
Auxvasse Presbyterian Church
Acore
Auxvasse
Auvaysse Church
Williamsburg
McCredie
Kentucky
Virginia
Cowan
Old Auxvasse
Potosi
John F. Cowan
Westminster College
Princeton Seminary
Mr. Cowan
Jane Grant
Callawey County
A Christmas Message on Peace and Charity
The piece reflects on Christmas as a gift of peace and kindness. It emphasizes the infant Jesus as a source of mercy, urges making children happy, and calls for forgiveness, charitable acts, and closing old grudges to foster goodwill. It links seasonal generosity to improved relations at work and in communities.
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Thia
Presumptive Evidence of a Scientist’s Marital Tale
A fragment hints at a scientist named Gilly famed for extreme devotion to science. The remark notes he married a “chemical blonde” linking personal life to his work in a playful, period-voiced aside.
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Gilly
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North Carolina
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Waspington
Associated Literary Press
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