Christmas Eve Weather and Yuletide Bells
A nostalgic Christmas Eve scene describes blustery winds, falling snow, and busy shoppers with bundles and toys. The piece notes holly and mistletoe, carols, and the legend of the Babe in Bethlehem, attributed to E A Fergerson.
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Hethlehem
E. A. Fergerson
Christmas Across Empires A Memoir of Winter Voyages
The narrator recalls Christmases spent in Nijni Udinak on the Great Post Road and in Belgrade with Serbian royal festivities. He describes trains from Paris to Petersburg, a Lapland sled journey near Alexan drovk, and a wary circle around an Arctic port. A final note mentions a meal at Ciro's in Monte Carlo during a Yuletide voyage.
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Nijni Udinak
Petersburg
Irkutsk
Servia
Belgrade
Balkans
Kalemegdan Garden
Danube
Paris
Vilna
Dunaburg
Laplander
Alexandrovek
Kandalaksha
Kirkennes
Arctic Ocean
Archangel
Ciro’s
Monte Carlo
How December 25 Was Chosen
A historical piece traces Christmas date choices from early Christian debates through Julius IIs papal confirmation in 286 and Cyril's date estimate, noting other candidate dates, English Civil War abolition, and Puritan bans in Massachusetts with fines for observance in 1659.
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Julius
Rome
St. Cyril
England
Bradford
Plymouth
General Court of
Massachusetts
Christmas Jibes and Questions on a Quiet Train
Comic exchanges unfold at a city train table as a man jokes about paid for presents while Santa and family questions spark humorous digs. A child inquiries about turkey origins, exposing a playful Christmas mood with thrift and mischief.
Christmas Proverbs On A Bountiful Holiday Table
A prident quotation notes that excess breeds sickness while restraint saves the feast. The piece calls wine a gadding companion and frames Christmas as a time when the splendid tendril of abundance winds through the whole world.
Threshing Returns From Western Canada Show Big Yields
The Threshers report unusually large yields from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. A sample of Marque wheat at the St. Louis land exhibit yielded 53 bushels to the acre and could net about 37 per acre after costs, suggesting strong profitability versus other crops.
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Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
St. Louis
Spokane
Visible means of support and vagrancy name
The snippet includes a courtroom line about vagrancy and lack of visible means of support with a humorous response about the prisoner’s wife. It also advertises Dr. Pierce's Pellets as a stomach and liver remedy and mentions Roumania's population and blindness figures, followed by a cake flour plug and a debt of gratitude line.
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Dr. Pierce
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