First Christmas in the New World on Hispaniola
The 1492 Christmas aboard Columbus’s voyage on Hispaniola marked the first celebration in the Americas. The Cubenos or Taino greeted the Spaniards, shared resources, and showed them the land before the ships wrecked in a storm. The article reviews Irene A. Wright’s The Early History of Caoba and its depiction of Taino society, encounters, and decline after Spanish enslavement.
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New World
Christopher Columbus
Haiti
Cuba
Asia
Black Republic
Columbus
Ferdinand
Isabella
Mies Irene A. Wright
Caoba
Macmillan
Misa Wright
Seville
Marvel
Hayden Inlet
Colummbus
Miss Wright
West Indies
Stram
Spain
Indies
Clorigo Frry Bartilome
Mrs. Astor Aids Runaway Genius Willie Naumann
William Maximilian Otto Naumann, a 15 year old Berlin born boy in Rhinebeck New York, ran away from the Church of the Messiah choir school after being supported by Mrs. Astor. He returned to New York to sell papers and sought lodging as cash ran low, with his future as a potential famous tenor seeming uncertain.
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Willie Naumann
William Maximilian Otto Naumann
Berlin
New York
Astor
Church of the Moasiah
Willie
Willia
Sum
Willie Placed Under Guardianship After Yorkville Court Appearance
Willie, held by W. B. Sherwood of the Children’s Society, appeared in Yorkville court singing German folk songs and popular ditties in an anteroom. The magistrate agreed to release him into guardianship, with Mrs. Astor promising to continue funding his education, ending his Broadway ties for a period.
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Willie
Broadway
New York Tribune
St. Jacobs Oil Promises Quick Rheumatic Pain Relief
An old-time liniment advertises St. Jacobs Oil to stop rheumatic pain and stiffness when rubbed on the tender spot. It claims quick relief from pain in joints muscles and bones without skin burning, urging a small trial bottle from any drug store to limber up and end suffering.
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St. Jacob's
Old-Time Cold Cure Teas With Hamburger Bros Thee
A vintage remedy promotes Hamburg Brest Tea or Hamburger Bros Thee as a cheap vegetable cold cure. Consumers are advised to steep a tablespoon in boiling water, strain, and drink a teacup full to relieve congestion and loosen bowels, claimed to break a cold quickly.
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Hamburg
Brest
Hamburger Bros. Thee
How Appendi cites Can Be Prevented
Cheyenne residents learn a simple mixture of buckthorn bark glycerine and other ingredients marketed as Adler-Ika that claims to relieve or prevent appendicitis and ease chronic stomach trouble. The ad promises rapid relief from constipation sour stomach and gas with one spoonful and touts Adler-Ika as the easiest thorough remedy sold by A E Roedal druggist.
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Roeda
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Santa Claus
Citizens National Bank
W.harper
Mae
Mrs. Astor
Santa Claus Headquarters
Itchell’s
Carey Avenue
Ier
Candy
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Athens Candy Company
Lincoln Highway
Dan Bergman
W. 16Th St
Tude
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