Christmas Feast Aboard Peary's Arctic Expedition
Adventurous account of Admiral Peary's Christmas at 600 miles from the pole on the Roosevelt. Races for Eskimo children and matrons, aurora lights overhead, piano concert, dinner with musk ox meat and plum pudding, prize distribution, and a playful quest for practical gifts reflecting Eskimo tastes.
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Admiral Peary
Arctic
North Pole
Cape York
Greenland
Roosevelt
Etah
Cape Sheridan
Grant Land
Arctic Ocean
Pole
United States
Peary
MacMillan
Percy
Tookoomah
Electricity In Toyland
This article describes electric toys for Christmas including a trolley car powered by the lighting circuit, toy motors and generators for machines, illuminated doll houses for girls, and a miniature electric range for girls that is safe and teaches cooking with a free utensil set and a child friendly cookbook.
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Santa Claus
Yule Doughs and Mince Pies Through Christmas History
The piece traces old Christmas dishes Yule doughs or Yule babies and mince pies, noting Rome origins where images of Jesus and Mary were sold on Christmas Eve. It cites a traveler’s account of a Christmas pie with meats and spices and mentions plum porridge as a related dish.
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Rome
Jesus
Tey
Herrick
Lemonade Methods and Homemade Beverages
A guide to extracting juice from citrus, making lemon and orangeades, pineapple lemonade, caramel lemonade, and iced teas and coffees. Includes steps for boil prep, syrups, cooling, bottling, and serving with ice and fruit garnishes. Also covers currant shrub and other berry shrub preparations for summer drinks.
Europeans Forgiveness Could Take Years to Complete
A fragment notes that if Europeans begin forgiving their enemies now the list is so long it may take years to forgive them all. The remark hints at broad moral reconciliation without specifying names or events.
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H. B. Stow
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