Julia's Busy Holiday Surprises in a Quiet Street
Julia Shaw enjoys a rare half-holiday at home in a sunlit window setting in a small town. Edward, a restless neighbor boy, disrupts the calm with a toy train, until Mr. Winn intervenes, calming the scene and sharing stories of his own hard early life.
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Julia
Mr. Pell
Nancy
Mrs. Gaze
Edward
Alice Bates
Mrs. Gage
Teu
Mr. Winn
Pim
Tere
Mr. Wine
Dicky
Julio
Ife
Interest Blossoms as Mr Winn Helps Julia Near Exam
Julia Shaw hosts a tea for Mr Winn after he helps with study and errands. Mrs Wilcox and Mr Pell bring treats, boosting mood. Julia senses mutual interest as Mrs Shaw contemplates a future where Mr Winn stays after his civil service exams.
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Julia
Mr. Winn
Edward
Mrs. Shaw
Lure of South Seas Prevails in Hawaii
New York Times describes Hawaii as a vivid blend of ceremony and color with visitors and locals adorned in flower leis, fragrant garlands, and bright feathers. Alohas greet guests. Royal Hawaiian music fades as ships depart. natives wear leis, kukul nuts, and woven hats. The scene portrays island hospitality and lush imagery amid 20th century aviation.
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Hawaii
South Seas
Islands
Honolulu
Green Manon Valley
New York Times
Rarest Bibles On Display At Baker University
Rare Bible collection at Baker University Baldwin Kansas features over 225 editions donated by late Bishop William A A Quayle. Highlights include items from minute editions to the Synagog Roll made from 37 animal skins and 100 feet long. The oldest is a Latin manuscript from 1225.
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Baldwin
Kaw
William A A. Quayle
Methodist Episcopal Church
Andy Man Seeks Job With Quirky Claim
A man enters an office with a fibbed resume, declaring he is very handy and lives next door to “care.” The manager questions him about qualifications, eliciting a humorous exchange centered on the applicant’s boastful claim.
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Andy Andy
Andy
Tunnels and Death by Own Action
A reader recalls a Century Magazine essay by A. Studdert Kennedy describing a London editorial titled Tunnels. The note uses the tunnel metaphor to warn against suicide when facing hardship, noting that leaving the train in the tunnel worsens only toll and tears while life eventually reemerges.
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London
Slugh A. Studdert Kennedy
The
Century Magazine
Water Spider Lives Underwater In Glassy Dwellings
A correspondent from English Country Life describes a remarkable spider that spends most of its life underwater. It builds silk domes among pond weeds, fills them with air, and lays eggs inside. In autumn a deeper nest is built and the spider seals itself inside to sleep until spring. When removed, it resembles a normal spider, but returned to water the air bubble rounds its body like quicksilver. It is the only spider to lead a largely aquatic life.
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English Country Life
Sayy
Christmas greens from the woods a family ritual
A couple recalls yearly Christmas greens outings before and after moving to town. They walk or ride out to collect spruce, hemlock, ground pine, and sometimes mistletoe, then bring decorations home to share the spirit of Christmas with their children, valuing handmade wreaths over store bought greens.
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Christos
Norist’s
Dared Instant Death to Save Father's Life
A Lancashire tale recalls Betsie, daughter of a steeplejack, who braved a perilous climb at Repton to rescue her father after a rope slipped from the cross. She ascended the ladder, steadied by strength and nerve, and with a left hand grasp kept the rope, enabling a renewed ascent and rescue.
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Repton
Lancashire
England
Bessie
Kiss as the ancient seal of peace and betrothal
The article traces how early Christians used the kiss of peace as a sacred ceremony and prerequisite for sacraments, then describes Roman laws on kissing as a right, betrothal era sanctions, and later rules by Catherine the Great banning forced kisses in polite assemblies.
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Julia
Verona
Catherine
Be Trothal Blues Spark Wedding Guest Snubbed
A tale of May and December union plans ends in social snub as a guest, Mr. Sweetnote, is pressed to sing. The hostess jokes the proposer is aged, noting the couple’s age gap and calling the singer a great secret. The uninvited guest is the man nicknamed the centenarian.
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Moneybags
Birth of a King and Savior in Bethlehem Narrative
A vivid Christmas tableau unfolds at the old Inn of Chiuham in Becilden. Angels and shepherds recount the birth of a Child hailed as King and Savior as strangers from Nazareth arrive with gold and incense. A reading from a synagogue scroll proclaims the Child's divine titles, marking a miraculous union of humanity and divinity.
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Manning Herald
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Holiday safety call as Christmas risks rise
The National Safety Council warns that holiday season risks high injuries and home accidents. It cites last Christmas week where many children were blinded by rifle shots and fireworks, urging safer celebration practices nationwide.
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National Safety Council
When Animals Kneel In Christmas Night Legend
The passage notes a quaint superstition that animals such as oxen kneel in their stalls to worship the Infant Christ at midnight on Christmas night, reflecting traditional folklore surrounding the holiday.
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Christ
Executors' Sale of Personalty in Maryland Estate
Executors of D Warner Nignutt deceased announce a public sale at the late home near Concord Maryland starting at 10 a.m. The list includes livestock, tools, furniture, household goods, quilts, linens, kitchenware, a New Home sewing machine, a Waltham watch, dishes, and various farm implements. Many items such as two horses, a cow, hogs, lumber, 85 baskets of potatoes, clothing, carpets, and furniture are offered with a wide range of household and farm necessities.
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D. Warner Nignutt
Concord
Public Sale Of Valuable Household And Farm Equipment
One 5 passenger Dodge Touring Car. Items include plows harnesses wagons and farming gear plus furniture such as bedroom suits living room set rug tables cabinets stoves and chairs. Terms of sale.
Christmas Table Teemed with Silver Peacocks
A decorative centerpiece for the holiday table featuring a pair of silver peacocks or a large pleasing figure in either silver plate or pottery.
Old Christmas Saying Blesses Apple Trees in Sussex and Devon
A historic Christmas custom blessed apple trees in the English counties of Sussex and Devon shire. The observance links seasonal rites with orchard farming heritage and regional tradition.
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Sussex
Devonshire
Christmas Novena Marks Nativity Preparations in Italy
In southern Haly a novena begins before Christmas with name days observed and villagers crafting small nativity models in homes ahead of the holiday season.
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Haly
Tolstoy on happiness and future perception
A fragment reflecting Tolstoy’s view that happiness comes from living well in the present and past contentment rather than future expectations. It argues youth doubt in goodness but fear evil, and warns that chasing the future impedes true inner contentment.
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Ian
Tolstoy
Clergy Forced to Shave In English History
An old account notes that English clergy were long required to shave. A seventh century writer claimed clergy were so dissolute they could be told from laymen only by lacking beards, while Caesar cited Britons allowing only a mustache.
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Central
Western
Europe
Julius Caesar
England
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