Making the Christmas List
A humorous eulogizing list of relatives and friends to shop for during Christmas. The speaker jokes about packing presents for a large family including aunts uncles cousins grandparents and household staff while musing over gifts for each person and the burden of holiday spending. The narrator hints at a diamond ring for a romantic interest and ends with the notion that Christmas comes but once a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria
Lizzie
Jane
Joe
Pete
Lem
Neil
Kate
Belle
Sue
May
Madge
Sam
Bill
Jack
Grandma Smith
Grandpa Smith
Grandma
Grandpa Jones
Hal
Maud
Grace
Gladys
Hannah
Hortense
Lulu
Clementine
Rose
Pearl
Frieda
Mary Ann
Will
Brooklyn Standard Union
Decorating for Christmas a guide to trees and greens
The article describes choosing a Christmas tree from red cedar white pine spruce fir or hemlock and storing it in a water filled container. It advises gathering holly laurel and decorations and notes mistletoe grows on certain trees in various U S regions. It stresses careful gathering not to harm plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
New Jersey
Indiana
Missouri
Oregon
California
Birds Christmas Tree Care for Winter Birdfeeding
Build a dense evergreen or wheat and corn-stalk tree. Hang suet filled baskets and nut mixes in wire containers. Add shelves with fruit and vegetables. Provide cotton-filled boxes for shelter and warmth and place a heated stone with water for thirsty birds.
The Real Christmas Essence in Heartfelt Generosity
The real Christmas is an invisible presence a joyful glance of the eye a expansion of the heart and a genre of comradeship with all mankind An abandonment of self to good impulses and generosity and love and no army of pessimists can banish that kind of Christmas from our hearts.
Forgiveness Verse From The Holly Bough Poem
A poetic plea invites readers to forgive past wrongs and reunite in harmony under the Holly Bough. The piece speaks to those who harmed or were harmed, urging reconciliation and renewed friendship this year of fading feet and renewed bonds.
Trustee Notices and Catarrh Remedy Ad Compendium
A composite notice includes Adams Township trustee meeting times in Morris Sunman and home locations, plus an 1886 affidavit by Frank J. Cheney asserting his partnership and a bold Hall’s Catarrh Medicine advertisement with a notorized claim of cures and testimonials. The document mixes civic notices with an unsolicited medical patent remedy promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Sunman
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. W. Gleason
Cheney & CO
Also Mentioned on This Page
Montgomery Ward & Co. Incorporated
the Great Mail Order House
Montgomery Ward & Co
House of Montgomery Ward & Co
John Burnham & Co
South LA Salle Street
Chicago, Ill
Tri-State
Thos. Daulton
Peebles, D
Tri-State Butter Co
Ordr
Cincinnati
Ohio
Janges Martineau
John Sieg
Adams Township
TOT
Batesville
Thrift Club
First National Bank
THE
Federal Reserve System
Thrift Club Savings
Ches. Field
Chesterfield
Copieu
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