Christmas Eve in Boynton: a sleigh ride and a marriage plan
In 1880 a snowbound couple and Clara Welden, aided by Maj. Pendallas, drift through misdirections and a warm town host. A clever proposal of marriage and a shared life in the major’s country house unfolds as snow, art, and Christmas festivities converge.
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North Guard
Boynton
Dolliver House
Dollivers
Miss Welden
Mr. Dolliver
Mas. Pendallas
Muss Welden
Roek
Dolliver Place
Clara Welden
Maj. Pendallas
Colliver House
Chris Eve
Clara
Alwys
Macdiun
Cme
Cleveland
Lara
Napoleon's chair at Sedan linked to Napoleon III and Bismarck
The Bismarck Museum displays a straw-covered chair once occupied by Napoleon III after the Sedan capitulation on September 2, 1870. The plain chair, housed in a wooden case, was donated by Galdouin Schwarz of Cologne and is a stark relic amid many historic mementoes.
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St. Louis Republic
Bismarck
Schoenhausen
Donchery
Napolen III
Prince Bismarck
Sedan
Ardennes
France
Republic
Europe
Helena
Universe
Galdouin Schwarz
Cologne
Bismarck Museum
Judge Quips On Loneliness Of Months Away
A witty exchange reveals a judge joking about loneliness while a wife stays with her mother. The husband mentions a parrot left at home, adding a light moment to a domestic scene.
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Tomdik
Magnetic girl charged with electric offense on court
A cryptic exchange identifies a person nicknamed the magnetic girl as the accused in an electric related charge. The dialogue frame suggests a legal setting with a psi officer confirming the designation and charge.
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Puck
Psi
Christ on Calvary in Munkadlys painting scene
The work centers on Golgotha with the crucifixion as the focal point. Figures including the crosses of Christ and the two thieves, holy women, and St John appear at the foot while priests and Pharisees dominate the left. A crowd presses forward from the background as a Roman spear marks the action. The Redeemer shines with inward light amid suffering.
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Goelgotha
Mount Galvary
Christ
Redeemer
How a Home Made Article Can Be Obtained
A short guide explains making a simple letter-scale from a broomstick piece and cardboard with a weight. It describes attaching a weight on one end, a glass filled with water on the other, and adjusting balance to create a measuring device.
Letter-scale method by water mark and pasteboard tray
The text describes submerging a stick about eight inches, marking above the water line, and weighing with an ounce weight on a pasteboard tray. Repeating with additional ounces is possible. If the ounce mark isn’t pasted, the letter weighs less than the rate. if pasted, it weighs over, requiring extra postage. The scale is stable and never shows a lesser weight unlike others.
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Moon
Miss Welden
Sam
Dellivers
Pachens
How to Inspect a Horse Before Purchase
A St Louis Globe Democrat piece advises buyers to lead a horse down a steep or stony descent at the end of a halter with no whip. It warns that excitement around strangers can hide flaws and suggests hill and counter runs reveal forequarter and hind leg weaknesses, guiding shamers to avoid unimpressive mounts.
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St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Quite A Surprise. A Cat Has A Large Litter
A little girl bursts into a parlor full of guests and proclaims that their cat has a large litter. She adds she did not know the cat was married, prompting astonishment among the family and visitors.
Description of a Noted Place in New York City Bowery
Julian Ralph describes the Bowery in New York City as a long crowded street from Chatham Square to Cooper Union, wider than adjacent avenues, with shops lodgings and crowded retail presence reflecting old New Yorker life and its bustling character.
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New York City
Julian Ralph
Bowery
Chatham Sq
Cooper Union
8Th St
Son
Grocer
Cure Worse Than Disease Dog Burglary Gibe
A joke exchange has Billy asking Freddy about buying a dog to deter burglars. Freddy confirms the dog fulfills that role, but Billy quips that the burglar problem remains only as the dog causes nighttime trouble.
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Billy
Freddy
Humorous Exchange Between Mrs Second Time and Mr Five
A dialect joke features Mrs Second Time peevishly recalling that her first husband let her have her way in everything. Mr Five asks what happened next and she replies he died, delivering a punchline about obedience and consequences.
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Chase
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Dea
Burnet
Timothy
Mimsyelden
Mar
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Shade
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Avery
Maj. Vendallas
Bie
Ace
Len
Napoleon’s
Emperor
Pilate
Wanamaker
Munkacar
Christ Before
America
Charming Home Journal
Ladies Home Companion
Ladies Home
Mus
Itta
Caiaphus
Lme
Cesar
God
Mas
J.P. Eartu
Wheeling
J.a.miller
Concord
Dayikt B. Rowinson
Elk Creek
Munkadly
Christ ON
Workk OL Art
the Redeemer
Ladies’ Home Companion
Christ Om Casvalzy
Eobe
Boston
Masa
Texas
Mary J. Sapford
Mary Logan
Apt. Chas. King
Tulia Magruder
Arlo Bates
Terry Cooksngotave
Thanet
Emily Meigs Ripl
Erson
Catherine Will
Harriet Taylor
Hanmond
Grace Howard Peirce
Felix Oswald
Pollock
Hungerford
T. M. Cooley
Woolley
Little Tom Moohey
Owen, Maria Parlor
Prof. Mathews
J. Burdette
Lew Wallace
Shirley Dare
N. Allen
P. L. Stanton
Anna L. Dawes
John P. Finley
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the Bowery
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