Christmas for Two Confessions in a Bachelor Club
In New York a bachelor club faces a Christmas breakup as Miss Galbraith plans a country holiday. The narrator discovers he is chosen to join her retreat while his twenty two members assemble with gifts and plans. Ultimately they opt to stay and renew their lease, embracing the festive siege.
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Miss Galbraith
Bachelors’ Club
Society of Women
Fenson
van Olcott
New York
Jack
Frank A. Munsey Co
Santa charade in wild west camp sparks feathered prank
A terse wartime era style line recalls a camp incident where a stranger played Santa Claus last Christmas. Cherokee Charley to Alkali Ike are named as those involved in the feathering of a horse thief.
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Santa Claus
Ike
Charley
Christmas Proverbs and Holiday Sayings
A collection of Victorian style Christmas proverbs from Woman's Home Companion. Sentences discuss generosity and social humor about gifts, mistletoe, and social divisions during the season. The tone blends wry wit with festive observations.
Great Mystery Solved. Papa asks about Santa between Christmases
A humorous exchange imagines Santa Claus consulting aides from his creditors between Christmases, framing a playful holiday finance joke.
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Papa
Santa Claus
The True Santa Claus and the Joys of Hope
A nostalgic reflection on Christmas belief and the magic of Santa Claus Kris Kringle as a child, describing the thrill of waiting, the hiding places for gifts, and the warmth of father’s teasing before the wonder faded with growing up. The piece contrasts childhood faith with adult doubt and longing for a simple Christmas miracle.
Baseball Tragedies in 1913 Report Record Toll
The 1913 baseball season saw fifteen deaths from games with Chicago accounting for three fatalities from pitches. Twelve victims were struck in the head by pitches, four tips caused the rest, and all the players killed were unskilled. M Ruth of Jacksonville Ind is listed among the dead, June 25. The G A R ladies held a regular meeting Tuesday with two new members, new officers, and lunch after business.
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Chicago
Deadie M. Ruth
Jacksonville
Ind
Lodge
Change In Parcel Post Rates and Weights Approved
Postmaster General Burleson’s proposals to raise parcel post weights in zones one and two to fifty pounds and extend to books entered, with reduced rates in zones three to six, were approved by the interstate commerce commission. The changes set March 16 1914 as the effective date with new rate schedules including book weight rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burleson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Zone Parcel Post
Fountainville the New Town in Kingman County
The article recounts Fountainville as the newest town in the country now part of Kingman. It describes development from a railroad crossing plat laid off by David Ratcliff on January 1, 1886 and notes John Russell later platted an addition named Fountainville. The Chicago and Indiana Coal Railway extended to Brazil from Yeddo, with rail laid Christmas 1885.
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Fountainville
Kingman
Chicago&Indiana Coal Railway
Brazil
Yeddo
David Ratcliff
Harveysburg
John Russell
State Street
Railway
Kingman Name Supersedes Fountainville in 1890 Incorporation
Hillsboro reports the death of Mrs Anna Napier 69 a Covington native who had lived with her daughter Mrs John Wilt in Hillsboro since moving to town about a year ago. She died Thursday from complications after a long decline and her funeral was held Saturday with burial in Covington. Brady's Book Store now open evenings until Christmas.
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Hillsboro
Anna Napier
Covington
John Wilt
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Thomas Lmasson
Man
Hart Schaffner
Louis Nathan
Attica, Indiana
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Michael Sterns
the True
Santa
Father
Kris Kringle
Altho
Hart Schaffner & Marz
Town of
Brady’s Book Store
Jacobson Bros
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