Santa Claus Pulls a Dreaming Leg in Sleepy Tale
In a New York Sun verse, Santa naps by the fire as Toddie Tot Wee awaken and tug his leg. They plot gifts and recall granny’s kindness, waking Santa who jokes about a stretched limb and calls for his reindeer before sending the children to bed to dream of a gold and red fairy tree.
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Send Claus
Granny
Santy
Wee
Santa Claus
Teddie
Frosty
Meg
New York
Odd Christmases across the world travellers recall
Guests at a New York dinner discuss extreme Christmas memories. Captain Leonard Smith recalls an arctic whale ship feast with polar bear meat and seal blubber. William Pender McLean remembers a sweltering Port Darwin Christmas in Australia. Dr. Edward Bedloe recalls two Christmas days at sea near 180 degrees west. Walter Hutchinson recounts a monsoon flooded Malay coast Christmas near Singapore.
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New York
Travelers’ Club
Leonard Smith
New Bedford
Alaska
William Pender McLean
Hongkong Telegraph
Port Darwin
Australia
Mohave
Scrooge
Marley
Edward Bedloe
United States
Canton
China
Pacific Ocean
San Francisco
Pacific Mail
Walter Hutchingon
Liverpool
Singapore
Sir Stamford Raffles
My Oddest Christmas in Egypt and a Palace Dining Scene
The narrator recalls a lavish Christmas in Egypt hosted by Dr James F Love pasha. The palace blends Arab and Egyptian relics with opulent decor as guests and guards move through a 4000 year old setting. The feast features pistachio stuffed turkey muligatawny red mullet pilau and Mocha coffee.
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Egypt
James F. Love
Pasha
Tommy Atkins
Great Britain
England
New England
Philadelphia
Mahmoud the Terrible
Moses
The
Nile
Cesar
Joseph
Mary
Alexander
Ptolemy
Cleopatra
Mark Antony
Cyril
Napoleon
Woodman Spare That Tree Christmas Cigar Controversy
Mr Firkins warns against cutting Christmas trees to save forests but later buys a $5 box of cigars for himself, creating a ironic twist in the small town debate about conservation and tradition. Mrs Firkins questions the timing as they debate holiday preparations.
Cigar store rush ends with $5 plan to cheat wife
Mr Nuwed bursts into the cigar shop asking for a box of Cuba Superbas at 59 cents to outsmart his wife who he fears will buy them at 65 cents. He hands $5 and urges the clerk to sell the cheaper batch to save his life, then slips out the back as his wife enters.
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Mr. Nuwed
Charlie
Little Girl Challenges Peddler Sign in City Building
A bold child visits a Hyde Park building office and demands removal of a front door sign reading Peddlers and Beggars Not Allowed In. The desk man hesitates but agrees to a compromise: the sign is taken down the day before Christmas and restored after.
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Hyde Park
Santa Claus
Papa
Chicago Post
The Mystery of Santa Claus and the Broken Heart
A Washington Post tale reflects a child’s growing realization that Santa Claus is mythical. The narrator recounts the puzzle of chimney descent and a blue white dress doll, leading to the disillusionment of discovering there is no Santa.
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Santa Claus
Minnie Christmas
Washington Post
Christ Child Message Promotes Love and Obedience
A Christmas poem from the Chicago Evening Post tells of the Christ Child born to children on a humble manger bed. It urges every child to welcome the message from his Father, to love and obey, and to offer a home in a pure loving heart for the Christ Child.
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Christ
Chicago Evening Post
Lesson in Money Worth From a Florist Child
A little girl in a military cloak visits a Fourteenth Street florist and asks for a chrysanthemum she cannot afford, learning first the value of money as the flower is priced at ten coins. The scene ends with the child consoling herself that it is for her mother, a touching cost of poverty. A second item reports on Joseph Arminius of Jerusalem profiting from a German postcard scheme, selling five cards to mark Wilhelm II’s visit and netting about 190000 marks after expenses.
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Fourteenth Street
Chrysanthemiums
Noree
Washington Post
Joseph
Arminius
Cologne
Jerusalem
Venice
Constantinople
Yafa
Cairo
Wilhelm
Walnut Growers Build Mechanical Sorter for Empty Nuts
Two Anaheim County walnut shippers devised a machine to separate good from bad nuts. A four foot blast fan powered by a three horsepower gasoline engine blasts nuts along a trough, with heavy nuts dropping into a bin and lighter ones blown to a separate receptacle.
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Anaheim County
Cal
Philadelphia
Window Shade Reversing Trick for Bright Reuse
A housekeeper can extend shade life by turning the shades end for end so the bright new end faces outward. Reattach the roller carefully to keep the shade rolling true, and square the end with a paper square cut at right angles using a newspaper as guide.
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Tim
Ree
William E.S. Fales
W. A. Haynes CO
Maynard Mass
Hier
Corvarend
Glenwood and Highland Ranges
George G. Keith
Concord Junction
Jardinieres
Tuttles
South Acton, Mass
Hutchinson
Main St
Chaplin
P. O. Box
Concord
Horace Tuttle
Walden St
Mass
J. Cy Friend
York
Thos H. King
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