Christmas Eve in Bethlehem at the Nativity Grotto
A vivid account of Bethlehem Christmas Eve rites as the image of Christ is taken from St Helena to the Nativity grotto. The Latin rite, Greek rights, midnight mass, and procession to the silver star mark the site of Jesus birth with devout Bethlehemites and solemn chants.
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Ethlehem
Holy Land
Christ
Basilica of
St. Helena
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Jesus
End of Service Notes from London Sphere
On the opposite side of the grotto, St placed into a rock cut manger. This concludes the service as reported by the London Sphere.
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London Sphere
Canon City's Apple Crop Sets New Nationwide Record
Canon City's apple harvest of 1905 is described as the largest in the area’s history. Shipments over three months reach 665 carloads about 339,150 bushels, with totals likely surpassing 750 carloads for the year. Orchardists store stock for higher prices, and crop sales promise about half a million dollars in income. New homes rise as four to five hundred acres more are planned for spring.
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Canon City
Great Britain
German Empire
United States
Lincoln Park
Christmas at Sandringham Royal Family Keeps Traditions
The royal family observes a festive Sandringham Christmas in an old fashioned, family centered style. Decorations and mistletoe fill the house while gifts are exchanged and servants remembered. A church service follows breakfast and a lavish luncheon for the children.
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Great Britain
Sandringham
Royal Christmas Dinner Description From Historical Regency Style
A narrative describes a royal Christmas dinner with 8:45 arrival, drawing-room procession, grand salon tables, king and queen at opposite tables, served by footmen. Dishes include boar's head baton of beef and plum pudding, followed by a ball or performance in a state ballroom with Indian trophies. Also a recipe for chocolate caramels with molasses sugar chocolate and butter.
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Pictorial Magazine
Christmas Eve Traditions in Cornwall Shine
Christmas in Cornwall is a special holiday. Children may sit up till midnight and drink to the muck as the Yule log is called there.
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Cornwall
Woehler’s List: Acreage Ranch For Sale And Exchanges
For sale a 46 acre fruit ranch with bearing trees, small fruit, a brick house costing 4500, large barn and chicken houses on a prime site near city limits, price 96000. Also offered for exchange 87 cents per acre fruit and alfalfa ranch with 7 rooms, and a 480 acre Wet Mountain Valley ranch with oldest water right on Texas Creek, plus hay and grain lands and improvements.
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Wet Mountain Valley
Texas Creek
The Animals At Christmas Tale and Carols
A long, dated verse piece recounts animals asking for Christmas gifts and a moral about generosity. It quotes a verse about Santa, a caterpillar, a reindeer, and other creatures, followed by moral reflections on Christmas giving and several brief vignettes about holiday scenes.
His Christmas Sermon by a Sussex Parish Visitor
An aged English clergyman recalls a Christmas night encounter when a hungry, elderly woman sought shelter. He took her to his lodgings, where a modest meal awaited and the landlady had prepared hot toast and tea, highlighting a three word sermon on contentment from a stranger.
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Sussex Downs
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Thedford’s
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Colorado
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Central Hotel
M.E. Collins & Co
Woehler’s
Santa Claus
Heras
Carolyn Wells
Tommy
Johnny Jones
Thomas
W. E. Woehler
President Roosevelt
Wilkesbarre
Orrine
Orrin
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