Busy Jolly Santa Claus in lore and stockings tale
Jonathan Joyce narrates a 1901 copyright piece recounting Santa Claus as a jolly gift giver who fills stockings each Christmas Eve. The origin of chimney and stocking legends is explored with moral notes on behavior and rewards, including playful cautions about laziness and misdeeds.
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Hamilton Mark
Santa Claus
Nicholas
Br. Nicholas
Alwave
Hoya
Jonathan Joyce
Infants mittens span a vast variety and price range
A New York Sun feature notes hundreds of mitten varieties for infants and toddlers from wool and silk blends to Angora and goat hair coverings. It highlights colors, linings, and styles including suede fleece silk lined and fur topped pairs, with many mothers buying multiple pairs per child and per year.
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New York Sun
The Humble Mistress of the Varennes Inn
Count Fersen recounts how Mme de Lagny aided the French royal family after Varennes. Madame Antoinette thanked the hostess for cheerful, swift service as the queen requested to meet the mistress who had welcomed them. The tale highlights the beauty of kind words in deeds.
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Count Fersen
Marie Antoinette
France
Varennes
Paris
Mmere Wagny
Madame
Mme. de Lagny
Bucklen’s Aru se a shows relief for wounds and burns
The ad proclaims Bucklen’s Arnica as the best remedy for scratches bruises cuts wounds sore feet and stiff joints along with burns scalds boils ulcers skin eruptions and piles. Sold for 25 cents at McMheath Drug Company.
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McMhreath Drug Company
Cedar Boxes Dwindle in Cigars Trade Amid Cedar Scarcity
A New Orleans Times-Democrat report notes cedar boxes are scarcer for cigars as cedar becomes less plentiful. Experts say fine and costly cigars still use cedar, but cheaper grades now often use imitation woods like stained poplar and stained oak.
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Cuba
New Orleans Times- Democrat
Irish Solicitude and the False Ambush on the Moor
A tale recalls rent disputes in Ireland when landlords faced vigilante justice. Two would be executioners waited in the bracken behind a stone wall, but the landlord did not arrive. After a long delay a farmer's market cart rolled by and the watchers left, fearing harm may have befallen the target.
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Mick
Pat
Kennesaw Cigars Rise Quickly in Favor Here
No cigar grows faster in local favor than the Kennesaw made by Warters at Rome.
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Warters
Rome
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