Charity Greens Christmas Gift Of Hope
Miss Charity Green, a poor widow who sews to live, helps widow Mrs Russell by secretly delivering Christmas gifts to her three children. The gifts include a blue drum for Johnnie, a pink box tea set for Ellen, and a wax doll for Jane, along with a horn of plenty of sugar plums. The act brings relief and renewed cheer to the families, highlighting charity and community support during the season.
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Misa Green
Widow Russell
Mise Russell
Johnnie
Ellen
Jane
Mrs. Russell
Aliss Russell
Miss Green
Dolly
Canary
Christmas Joy in Miss Green's Room
A young girl Charity Green shares warmth and generosity with a widow and her children. The room fills with Christmas laughter as Johnnie drums, Ellen dreams of tea sets, Jane plays pretend, and Miss Green savors the holiday scene despite a cold night outside.
Charity Green Wears Simple Dress to Christmas Dinner
Miss Charity Green wore her old black silk dress to her cousin’s Christmas dinner. It looked gray and shabby, yet she felt happier than in the richest velvet an empress could wear.
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Jesse Russell
Chari Green
Miss Charity Green
Snow drifts broke by Kurdish riders in Asia Minor voyage
Captain Burnaby recounts a snow blockage between Erzeroum and Van where twelve mounted Kurds charged the drift. Their bold horses hacked a twenty by four foot hole, creating a passage as Persians watched. The band shouted Allah while the leader rode first through the wall.
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Asia Minor
Burnaby
Erzeroum
Van
Gambetta wagers interrupter’s fate in Assembly bet
Gambetta in the French Assembly predicted that interrupter Tristan Lambert would not repeat his conduct. The wager of 1000 francs was placed and lost, with Lambert not only failing to repeat the conduct but also losing his election. Gambetta donated the bet money to Versailles’ poor fund.
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Gambetta
M. Tristan Lambert
Versailles
Lisbon Earthquake of 1655 and Its Devastation
The account recounts the 1655 Lisbon quake and subsequent fires that wrecked the capital in less than a quarter hour. It details tremors, a towering sea surge, the collapse of the Praca de Comercio, and widespread destruction reaching Fez and even the Orkney Islands, with an estimated fifty thousand dead and property losses around $100 million. The event influenced plans to move the seat of government and reshaped the city’s landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans
Portugal
Tapus
Praca de Commercio
Morocco
Fez
Orkney Islands
Brazil
Black Horse Square
Praca de Dom Pedro IV
Matrimonial Wave Hits Pleasant Hill Shaker Community
A Pleasant Hill Kentucky Shaker community endures a string of marriages after a series of misfortunes. It began with a young man and woman eloping, followed by an elderly couple, and within a month nine more marriages have occurred altering the society.
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Pleasant Hill
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Charity Green
Corgad
Nathan
Onc
Rox
Joseph
Blake
Grané
Misa Charity Green
Tohnnie
Ahe
Bengin
Jeas
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