Christmas Skip Turned to Wedding in Barnbury Tale
A London style folk tale follows a weary Barnbury baker who contemplates skipping Christmas to spare himself the trade stress. Widow Monk convinces him to keep Christmas, they wed with a sailor brother’s blessing, and the village rejoices with gifts and a New Year feast.
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Mrere
John
Fabury
Barnbury
Widow Bank
Baker
Monk
Monte
Tam
Brogher
Christ- Wer
Mistletoe Moment Baffling Maiden in Parlor
A playful verse frames a maid under the mistletoe unaware of an impending kiss. The imp of romance flits through the scene as a simple crossing becomes a halt at the holiday emblem. The poem hints at whimsy and uncertain social mischief.
Christmas Skates or Fight: Boy Quips About Santa
Mrs Smitem questions if Robbie may get skates for Christmas while he jokes about Tommy Slimson and a possible fight. The playful exchange centers on Santa's consent and rivalries among boys.
Boars Head Ceremony From English Kings Recalled
A fragment recalls how in England the boar's head served as a royal ritual at palaces and castles with kings in ermine, a silver platter, a baldachin, a gold and enamel canopy, guards, huntsmen, and pages bearing mustard for the dish.
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England
A Seasonable Set of Biblical Maxims and Calls
A compact devotional excerpt lists proverbs and exhortations: abhor evil, contribute to the poor, be sober minded, remember the Creator, arise to give thanks, seek wisdom, consider one another, kindle the fire, heed the destitute, increase joy, show love, turn mourning to joy, avoid meddling, assemble, and speak wisely to one another, with biblical citations interwoven.
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Ezeks
Ezek
Joel Fit
Misdirected Festive Chivalry at Christin Ball
A forty year old maiden laments the present generation's lost chivalry and sentiment at the Christin ball as she complains that despite standing under the mistletoe for an hour no suitor has approached. Miss Gannte asks a playful youth about the lack of attention.
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Monary
Wall Paper Industry Aims and Methods Across Cities
The article surveys wallpaper manufacture, noting about twenty Philadelphia mills and many in New York, with design work by women and schools teaching wallpaper, carpet, and oil cloth design. It explains block printing on wood rollers, drying and cutting into eight yard rolls, paste production in Baltimore, and the brisk value of successful patterns to manufacturers.
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Philadelphia
New York
Baltimore
Hough
New York School
Washington Star
The Guanecoy of South America Described and Hunted
The text details the Guanecoy a swift long haired deer like animal found in Peru Bolivia Chile and Patagonia. It notes its greyhound build soft pale yellow fur endurance and value for robes and clothings. It describes its alert herd behavior and hunting with packs of dogs as a principal sport in southern Chili and Argentine Patagonia.
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Peru
Bolivia
Switzerland
Algluy Vienna
Kubonepe
Chili
Argentine Republic
Patagonia
Opium Preparation Methods and Royal Dental Anecdote
The article outlines opium forms such as powder extract and cakes from poppy juice, noting colors and yields depend on night dew. It also mentions drying, inferior quality gummy cakes, and a Royal Tooth anecdote about Dr. Bowwell pulling Princess Maud of Wales’s tooth in London with lavish publicity.
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Times-Democrat
Willian CG. Bowwell
Baltimore
London
Maud of Wales
Dee Boswell
Hing
Escalloped Onions and Preserving Quinces Recipes
A composite page offers kitchen instructions for escalloped onions with butter flour milk sauce, baking until crowned. whole quince preserving with sugar syrup then pouring over fruit and sealing jars. Also included are cabbage boiling guidance with a milk sauce and optional egg, plus a discussion on apple dumpling crust and tin pudding moulds.
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Brooklyn Citizen
Chicago News
Juliet Carson
New York Tribune
Records and pensions report outlines 1889 90 activity
The War Department record and pension division details 1889 90 totals including 901235 calls received and 223788 acted on. 8601 cases treated in 1889 90. 23 424 calls pending July 8 1890 all disposed by September 30 1880. Capes on Esquimaux supply and Alaska deer plan noted. Armament upgrades for new cruisers discussed. Postmaster general orders curb Mexican lottery circulars. Palmer seeks foreign participation in World’s Fair. Ley to contest Scull’s Pennsylvania seat.
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War Department
Secretary of War
Bath
Adjutant-General's ‘Office
Surgeon-General's Office
Prominent Figures in Satirical Portraits of Era
A collage of brief, humorous sketches portrays General Suckman’s aging, Ian Hannipall Hamlin in antique attire, and Jay Goat accumulating wealth at 13 million dollars yearly. It notes ex Governor St John’s wife drawing crowds as a West Coast lecturer, a widow joining Carmelite life, and other tinted misfits, including Reid in Paris rent and Cyrus Field’s wedding party, amid eclectic remarks on Austro-Hungarian figures and notable magnates.
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General Suckman
Ian Hannipal Hamlin
Jay Goat
St. John
Kantog
Maurice Esterhazy
Austria
Cyrus Field
New York City
Thurman
Austin Conus
Auststa Victoria
Germany
Shei
Vick-Puesipest Procron
Singer
Sowmye
Brunost
August Belmanti'Co
Doc
Ay Dela Billy
Senate Passes Election Force Bill Amid Tariff and Finance Debates
The Senate resumed discussion on the Election Force bill as Mr. George opposed it and Mr. Wilson and Mr. Frya led the main speeches. Other actions included confirmations of Romualdo Pacheco and C. A. Dougherty to diplomatic posts, amendments to the tariff act, and various House bills on public buildings and fortifications.
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Senate
Orr
House
George
Wilson
Farwell
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Treasury Notar
Frya
Romualdo Pacheco
California
Central American
C. A. Dougherty
Pennsylvania
Mexico
Hoar
Dolph
Congress
Jones
Arkansan
H- R. Whitehouse
New York
Italy
C. A. Dough
Calla
Fort Marion
St. Augustine
Fla
Arkansas
Gamilenark
Orn
Parrett
Robert Dale Owen
Smithsonian Institute
Kilgorn
Crain
Corpus
Territory of
Utah
Nettleton
John L. Rhea
Joseph R. Anderson
East
Tennessee
House Comitutes On Agriculture
Blower
McKiney
Fort Greens
Brooklyn
Gurthings
Seventh Regiment of
Abram Duryee
New York City
Walker
Pierce
Ways and Means Committee
Sub-Treasury
Global News Briefs From An Early 20th Century Wire
Scattered items report weather, disasters, and politics worldwide. Notes mention wheat and corn yields, bank failures, epidemics, and military tensions. Also listed are explorations, railroad progress, and colonial interests across the era.
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Ocean
Addington Symonds
Ker
Cerigtimab Etory
Bambury
Looker
Higson
Sailor
Burnbury
New York Commercial Advertiser
Christefis
Huon
Jesus
Hugh
Shrewsbury
Polson
William IL Greene
University of Pennasyvahia
Pittaburg Dispatch
Barbers
Spain
American
Chicago Herald
Enonel
National Capital
Washington
Report of the Record and Pension Bureau
Esquimaux
A. A. Healy
United States Revenue Cutter
Bear
Sheldon Jackson
United States Commissioner of Education
Alaska
Henry
Siberian
Alaskan
Navy Department
Nutober
Ordnance Bureau
Ordnance, Bureau
Postmaster-General
du- Usery
Palmer
The
World's Fair Commission
Miller
Thomas H. Ley
Edward Scull
Scull
Japan
Texas
Yellow Pine Trust
Indianapolis
Ind
France
Vera Cruz
Kansas
Portugal
Oklahoma
Columbus
Ixttsors
Missouri
Birurx
AusTnaria
New Hebrides Islands
San Jacinto
Cal
Nort Carolina
San Francisco
Powesome County
Iowa
Heligoland
Cuxhaven
Excnisy
Capittalists
Sequatches Valley
Tenlesce
Aspen
Cherro Wold
Touayl
Wings
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Pepepst
Agvull
Amvaouotr
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