Christmas Stocking for a Crippled Boy
Dorothy Winslow helps a boy with two legs give a Christmas stocking to his partner Billy who was injured. She plans to brighten both their Christmas by giving them the stocking and later shares the idea with her shopmates. The next morning the boy hangs Dorothy’s stocking and theirs together, and the shop floor rejoices.
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Dorothy Winslow
Dorothy
Barney Flynn
Cash
Billy
Barney
Youth
Catt
Peggy
A Christmas Miracle Gray Muff for Vida Lane
Vida Sumner Lane longs for a gray astrakhan muff shown by Sallie Carter. Santa forgets it, but a round box on the roof delivers a chinchilla muff with matching collar, making Vida the happiest girl in Christendom on Christmas morning.
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Sallie Carter
Vida
Sallie
Mrs. Carter
Dorothy Haines
Santa Claus
Aunt Jane
St. Nicholas
Christas
Mother
St. Nick
Vida Sumner Lane
Christmas Misunderstanding Brings Matching Gifts
In a humorous holiday tale, a couple abandons Santa surprises for a practical plan. Cartwright devises a no-fuss swap: let his wife pick any gift up to a limit, then she guides him to a matching pick. Both save for a Morris chair, face a near-miss when the chair sells to another. Christmas morning reveals a pair of identical green portieres, confirming their mutual wish.
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Cartwright
Santa Claus
Ellen
Fine Silver and Cut Glass Display at Local Store
A local shop highlights a display of silver goods and cut glass perfect for Christmas gifts. Tea sets, napkin rings, chafing dishes, cake plates, and tureens accompany manicure sets and jewel cases in gold and silver finishes. Libby glass offers water sets, pitchers, candle sticks, and pickle dishes, with a focus on quality and value.
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Canon City
Our
Libby
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Miss Winslow
Little Vida
Xendrick
Hope
Morris
John
Stouffer
Fremont County
Paul E. Wirt
Lewis P. Boyle
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