Banker Santa Revealed as Sioux City Benefactor Mickey Finn
A mysterious Santa Claus persona in Sioux City is unveiled posthumously. Ed T. Kearney, a banker and real estate man, funded joyous gifts for prisoners under the alias Mickey Finn. Letters to the sheriff and bank ties show a long practiced philanthropy and a concealed identity revealed during his final illness.
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Ancient Holly Spreads Holiday Cheer Across America
The holly tradition ties to pagan and Dru id festivals in Europe and thence to Christmas decor in the United States and Britain. Holly grows from Massachusetts to Missouri and Florida to Texas but overharvesting has reduced native plants. Now most holly is cultivated near Norfolk Virginia and along the Atlantic coast and Gulf states to Louisiana.
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Gulf Region
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Strange Christmas Badger Feast in Haches ter England
In Ilchester, England, villagers revive a rare Christmas custom. Poachers once bait a live badger and roast it on a spit over a large fire on Christmas Eve. The feast includes singing and dancing as the entire village and nearby farmers join the improvised celebration.
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Hachester
England
Lonely Rodanthe Town Keeps Old Christmas Twice a Year
In Rodanthe North Carolina residents observe Old Christmas on January 6 alongside the standard December 25 holiday. The isolated town imports a Christmas tree despite having only one gnarled oak, and Santa visits twice each season. Parents and coastguardsmen celebrate with old customs, while children recall legends of Old Buick and Old Buck as part of the festivity.
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Nature and wisdom in a stray aphorism collection
The excerpt presents a series of aphorisms on nature wisdom belief and action. It includes lines about a bachelor and liberty, the vamp’s appeal sympathy for self pity, and the Golden Rule—urge to move from memory to life. It notes fat men's tempers and critiques seeking praise through others’ words. The text hints at sketches and self-made character.
Town Improvement Sale Showcases Tiny Pincushions
Town Improvement Association hosts a sale in the village hall with cropt stitched pincushions sold for Christmas. A hostess displayed sold tickets and noted a benefactor's contribution to the booth. The article describes cross stitch basics using tapestry or linen, stuffed with sawdust, and promotes Ruth Wyeth Spears books offered for sale with autographs on request.
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IE Town Improvement Association
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Inquiries On Science, Geography And Nature Answers
The text poses questions about South American investment, European totals, coast erosion, three carnivorous plants, a famous quota tion, an animal that makes no sound, Gala strength, congressional lava seeds, planetary order, gorilla growth, and a Louw newspaper construct. It notes Gargantua the gorilla at 400 pounds and plans for a large 19th century newspaper house built of rolled paper in Pigeon Cove Massachusetts.
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Fragmented trivia quiz row from a damaged page
A garbled list offers scattered trivia items across continents plants animals astronomy and a political note. It includes numbers about South America Europe plant names giraffe measurements and a stray quote, all presented as an unreadable miscellaneous segment.
Optimistic Pretenders in Colier's Weekly
A Colier's Weekly piece lists Grand Duke Vladimir, son of the late Grand Duke Cyril, as the most optimistic claimant to various thrones. It also names Anthony Henry Malt, the Kantest Worker, as hoping to become King Anthony I of England after attending about five meetings.
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