Christmas Carols and Family Morning Revelry
A nostalgic Christmas vignette blends poetry by Frances Havergal with a family scene. Aunt Amanda and Uncle Hiram spark lighthearted banter as Nellie wakes on Christmas morning to a stocking, a cherished portrait, and tender reminiscences of loved ones. The piece closes with a postal reminder about holiday package labeling and postage.
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Aunt Amanda
Uncle Hiram
Nellie
Anne Amanda
Eliza
Sien
Nellie Finds Christmas Spirit at Winston Farm Home
Nellie and Lucy abandon Milton for Uncle Dallas Warrenville visit but Nellie adapts to the Winston cottage. She helps Eliza, brightens the house with humor and care, reading and singing, improving relations and spirit, despite a quiet Christmas Eve with no tree or gifts.
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Livy Sherman
Ste Warrenville
Dallas
Amele
Warrenville
Mtr
Teiss
Eliza
Netlie
Martin
Nellie
Lacey
Amanda
Liza
Milton
Lucy
Egeosin
Chrismas Nellie
Mess
Winston Homestead
Sump Am Qatlas
Jet A
Christmas at Grandma's and Nellie's Gift Reveal
A fragment from a holiday vignette shows Nellie receiving a treasured watch as a gift at Grandma's house amid laughter and family warmth. Uncle Hiram welcomes her with joy while Lacy envies Nellie's prize, and the scene closes with a note of gratitude and festive feeling. An essayon New Year customs and reflections follows, contrasting personal growth with acceptance of life’s course.
New Year Resolve and Courage for a Better Future
The piece advised entering the New Year with courage hope and resolution. It argues past misfortunes stem from natural temptations and self blame, urging focus on improving the future rather than dwelling on regret or wishing for altered outcomes.
Farewell to the Old Year
A nostalgic year end verse bids farewell to the old year as a faithful companion. It recalls Christmas bells, moonlit banks, violets, springtime fruits, and autumn leaves, celebrating nature’s gifts and seasonal awakenings.
Packages by Mail Do Not Mark as Photo or Printed Matter
Guidance warns senders to avoid labeling Christmas packages as photo or printed matter when mailing gifts. The note emphasizes truthful contents declarations to prevent misclassification and ensure proper handling through postal channels.
How Mistletoe Comes to Be in Winter Birds
The article explains mistletoe seeds spread by birds, especially robins. A seed sticks to a branch, sprouts later, and roots into the tree bark to siphon sap. It keeps its leaves to photosynthesize in winter when the host tree is leafless. From Ladies' Home Journal.
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Earth
Ladies’ Home Journal
Christmas memory question in Brooklyn Life
Mrs Torkins asks if John remembers a gift from Mrs VPage last Christmas. He recalls it fondly and suspects he may have sent the same gift again this year. The exchange reveals lingering humor and holiday reflection.
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John
Torkins
Brooklyn
Frigid wave from Medicine Hat grips Mississippi valley
A winter blast from the Northwest plunges the Mississippi valley into subzero weather with widespread cold, wind, and snow. Cities report coal shortages, rail delays, and strain on streetcar service as forecasts warn the chill may persist for days. Coal inventories vary across Chicago Detroit Milwaukee St Paul and Omaha, with some markets nearly exhausted while others still hold limited supplies.
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Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Lake
Huron
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Chicago
Great Lake
Weather Bureau
Minnesota
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Williston
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Moorehead
Minn
Havre
Mont
Vaul’ Appelle
Swift Current
Canada
Qu'Appelle
Assiniboia
Detroit
Milwaukee
Duluth
St. Paul
Cincinnati
Kansas City
Omaha
The Old, Old Story of the Nativity Lesson
The Sunday School Christmas Lesson recalls the advent of divinity into human life in humility and pain. It emphasizes Jesus as a unique, fully human child whose life reveals both the incarnation and the path to the cross, urging a practical daily faith grounded in the Son of God becoming a child.
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Christ
God
Aed
Jesus
Joblammine
Cartoonist Nast Dies In Guayaquil Consul General Thomas Nast
Consul General Thomas Nast died at Guayaquil Ecuador of yellow fever after a three day illness at noon. The funeral was attended by the governor consular corps American colony and many friends. His coffin lay wrapped in the Stars and Stripes. Nast born 1840 in Landau Bavaria came to the United States in 1846 worked for Frank Leslie then Harper's Weekly. His Civil War cartoons helped topple Tweed and his Tammany tiger concept became famous. He served as consul general at Guayaquil May through July and lived in Morristown New Jersey with his invalid wife.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Thomas Nast
Mr. Nast
Landau
Bavaria
New York
Frank Leslie
Harper's Weekly
Tie
Hls
Iws7z
Boas
Tweed
Nast
Grant & Ward
Menador
Disease Strain Hits Brooklyn School Pupils
Fourteen thousand Brooklyn pupils face eye and parasitic woes as 4800 children are diseased and 3200 barred from study since September. Last week 676 pupils were excluded. Health inspectors found outbreaks across many schools with cases of mumps measles whooping cough chickenpox skin and head parasites among the affected.
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Ano
Brooklyn
LOS
Board of Health
Buried in Mortar: Chicago Workman Rescued, Injured
John Cleary a Chicago laborer was crushed into a bulk mortar bed by a derrick fall at a partially built structure. He survived but is blinded with a wrenched neck and spinal injury. Fellow workers pulled him from the hot bubbling mix as the mishap unfolded. A stray remark from a street corner observer adds local color to the radio-like clipping.
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John Cleary
Chicago
Cleary
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