The Star That Brought a Bethlehem Christmas
Tommy Nesbitt, a nine year old in a grand house, learns to see the poor and miserable around him. He secretly writes gift cards for those in need and, with Mary’s help, plans a Christmas by bringing aid to the needy. His faith moves his parents to share warmth, breakfast, and care, ending with a tender family Christmas.
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Tommy
Duke of Wellington
Lis
Hawkins
Mary
Trish
Miss Herrick
Patsy
Ile
Dresed
Jesus
Manger
Tom
My Nesbitt
Papa
Mrs. Nesbitt
Bethlehem
Miss Merrick
Mamma
Star of Bethlehem
Fred le Roy
Streator
Ill
Independent Times
Stolen Umbrella Or Mere Recovery At Club
A man left an umbrella at a club and found it later in the club rack’s matching umbrella. Its handle and top were altered, with a paper filler securing the top and knob. He claimed it was his and took it, prompting a legal question: did he steal or merely recover his property?
Left side relief for indigestion in medical talk
A medical note advises sleeping on the left side to relieve indigestion by crowding the stomach and pushing gas upward. Fifteen to twenty minutes of this position can erase distress and belching, with natural, lasting relief and endorsement claimed from osteopaths and even Mark Twain, per Medical Talk.
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Ole
Mark Twain
Rings of healing and old superstition revived
The article recalls a medieval belief that metal rings blessed during Good Friday ceremonies could cure rheumatism and epilepsy. Originating with a king’s blessing of a silver bowl of rings, the rite spread from a Westminster abbey pilgrim ring once linked to Edward the Confessor.
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Edward the Confessor
Westminster Abbey
Help From an Unexpected Quarter
A distraught gambler walking home from the races searches his vest pocket for relief and discovers a disk shaped twenty five cent piece hidden between lining and cloth. The sudden find lifts him from despair and prevents a fatal outcome. The Baltimore American notes the ironic stroke of luck that saves him at last.
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Baltimore American
All of the Same Religion Remark Echoed at Leland Event
Charles Godfrey Leland, editing Knickerbocker Magazine in New York, hosted weekly literary receptions. A heated debate on religion arose until Leland declared that intelligent persons share the same religion. When asked to name it, he replied that it is “in what intelligent persons never tell.”
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Charles Godfrey Leland
New York
Knickerbocker
Leland
Mr. Leland
New York ‘Tribune
Settled happiness after second marriage noted
Interview reveals speaker says they are much happier after a second marriage, enjoying clear control and smooth life. They contrast with the first marriage, admitting uncertainty about who ran the home, while praising the current partner as master and the household as plain sailing.
Politician James Quips On Cleveland And Roosevelt Difference
In a Kentucky congressional speech Ollie James answers a heckler asking the difference between Grover Cleveland and Theodore Roosevelt. James replies that Cleveland is too sedate to hunt while Roosevelt is too restless to fish, reflecting a humorous contrast.
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Cleveland
Roosevelt
Ollie
James
Kentucky
Congress
Mr. James
Grover Cleveland
Theodore Roosevel
Saturday Evening Post
Emerson's Striking Appearance and Lecture Manner
J Trowbridge in Atlantic recalls Ralph Waldo Emerson as tall and spare with a stoop and a probing gaze. His aquiline nose and winged ears stand out, while his head seems ordinary yet towering in moral regions. He argued through questioning perception, not logic, and spoke with a clenched right hand driving his imagined stakes, occasionally misplacing manuscripts with stoic calm.
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Emerson
Jim
J. T. Trowbridge
Atlantic
Spectacled Boston Teacher Uses Tangible Instrumentality
A Boston girl who ran a country school recalls initial hardship. After attempting moral suasion she resorted to a tangible instrumentality a stout hickory switch. The trustee listens in astonishment as she explains the corrective measure with a dry wit.
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Boston
New York Press
Base Deception at the London Farm Visit
A London woman touring a farm with her cousin is misled by a boastful trickster. In the cow shed the cousin jokes about crowded cows to produce condensed milk, prompting the unnamed narrator to chuckle at the crude ruse.
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London
Fragmented theatre scene with Siddons and Isabella
A garbled passage describes Mrs Siddons briefly taking a role in the Grecian Daughter, the Isabella part drawing an Irish audience member into near hysterics, and a demon remark about Siddons not acting that night. The text is partially unreadable and inconsistent.
Illustrator and poet spar over interpretive license
The piece recalls a quarrel about creative interpretation between a writer and an artist. It cites Holman Hunt illustrating Tennyson’s The Lady of Shalott and the playful exchange over whether the line about the heroine’s hair was spoken or implied.
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Holman Hunt
Tennyson
Shalott
Hunt
An Advance In Value Between A Married Couple
A conversation reveals a wife claims her affection and kisses increased in value after marriage. He expresses concern that her appreciation has changed, while she quips that kisses now buy finer items like a dress or hat. The exchange underscores shifts in marital expectations and affection.
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George
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