Christmas Toys Through Four Centuries and Nations
The article traces Christmas customs from Puritan declines in Massachusetts to Dutch and English influences in New Amsterdam, then to postwar abundance. It notes shifts in gifts from simple homemade items to elaborate toys, including wooden soldiers, dolls from German studios, and lifelike animals. It mentions Santa’s expanding list, evolving toys, and the 1914 spotlight on wartime and peacetime contrasts.
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Massachusetts
Stern
Rockboung
New Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Ginia
Church of England
New York
Santa _Kenigte
Colonies
Valley Forge
Santa Claus
New England
St. Nicholas
Christmas Revelry and the Lord of Misrule In Medieval Festivities
The article describes how Christmas in the middle ages featured the Lord of Misrule or Abbas Stultorum as master of merry entertainments. In Scotland the Abbot of Unreason led revels, with suppression in 1555. Feasts by feudal lords included the boar's head as a grand centerpiece, borne in procession with trumpets, rosemary, bay, a pippin, and a large pot nearby.
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Scotland
France
Abbas Stultorum
Anréason
Providence Intended Me for a Leader of Fashion
A humorous exchange unfolds with banter about fate and social chatter between Mrs and Mr pres, ending with Mrs’s retort that a certain woman did exist who didn’t gab about neighbors.
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Mr. Pres
Premchsane-TV Impudent Yankee Incident Noted
A brief report records an incident involving a television crew and a presumed American individual described as impertinent. Authorities or witnesses offered limited details, noting verbal confrontation and an apparent slap without further injury or formal action reported.
Cuticura Ointment Case Ad Promises Clear Skin
A vintage advertising note urges using Cuticura Ointment on the pimpled surface for five minutes followed by Cuticura Soap and hot water. It claims quick clearing of pimples blackheads redness and roughness and also scalp dandruff itching and hand chaps. Free samples offered via a Boston address.
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Cuticura
Dept. X
Boston
Clerk Demands Ten Dollars a Week Salary
An exchange between a clerk and his boss reveals the clerk asking for ten dollars more weekly pay while joking about marrying multiple women. The boss reacts with mock disbelief at the demand.
Magic Washing Stick sells with money back offer
Ad promotes The usche Wes Washing Stick as a non soap article that cleans clothes to a snowy white with no rubbing. Price 25c and money back guarantee from Box 269 Sherman Texas. Also notes miscellaneous ad lines and humorous quips.
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Sherman
Texas
Adv
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