Holiday Dreams and Skating in a City Store
Betty, a department store worker, finds companionship and a social spark during a crowded Christmas season. She sketches a life beyond her lonely routine, joins an ice carnival, and navigates secrecy and romance with a hidden admirer among the store staff and customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude
Mina
Uncle Matt
Bill
Charlie’s
Hattie
Betty
Sunshine
North River
Beaver Bend
Department Moniger
Western Nowaraner Union
Christmas Shopping A Joyous Occasion by Mary Graham Bonner
Children carry bundles on a festive street scene with a rocking horse and an airplane hidden in packages. Snow lights wreaths and toy sounds fill the air as shoppers exchange wishes of Merry Christmas in a crisp holiday mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Graham Bonner
Arough
Western Newspaper Union
Peace and Good Will Ada's Timely Lesson
Ada Strather sits through a church sermon about peace and goodwill toward men. She battles wounded trust and pride weighing on her heart as the service deepens her unease about happiness and forgiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hess
Ada Stratnor
Stratnor
Ada Strather
Western Newspaper Union
Ada
Katherine Edelman
Daya
Timely Christmas Ideas in Acrostics
An acrostic list extols Christmas gifts of cheer for all. It calls for cheerfulness to the crabbed hopefuls to the hopeless and for riches, industry, salvation, truth, mirth, ability, and smiles to uplift friends and give contentment and health.
My First Christmas Tree Wonderland of toys and lore
A quirky verse describes a child’s first Christmas tree under a glittering boughs world of toys and animals. Kings and Queens with peering toads and a playful kitten dominate the scene as the tree glitters with gifts from many lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kittie
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Martha
Dover News
VanDenBerg
Weaver
Ernest Green
Bons
Butterworth Hospital
Chas
Fitzpatrick
Din. Fitzpatrick
Baptist Church
Harris & Hirt
S. A. Wilkinson
Jackson's Market
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