Christmas Eve Triumph Reunites Hartley Lovers and Play
Marion Hartley helps her husband Gilbert overcome a failed manuscript and a scheming rival Mainwaring. At a Christmas Eve theater visit Gilbert asserts authorship in a dramatic confrontation, revealing Mainwaring’s deceit and sparking a joint royalties deal. The audience cheers as Hartley is publicly affirmed and the play achieves success.
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Marion Hartley
Gilbert
Waa
Marion
Mainwaring
Gilbert Hartley
Hartley
Prave
Iain
Eilbert Hartley
Christmas in French Canada a holy day of devotion
Jean Baptiste Leblanc notes French Canadian Christmas begins at midnight mass in Notre Dame and St James in Montreal with elaborate services, music and illuminated altars. Rural towns see lantern-lit processions, family feasts, and traditional doughnuts with potted head. Gifts are attributed to le petit Jesu, not Santa.
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Jean Baptiste Leblanc
Lower Canada
Dominion
Ming
Notre Dame Church
St. James
Montreal
Notre Dame Cathedral
Jean Baptiste
Santa Claus
Lepetit Jesu
J. MacDonald Oxiny
Christmas Feasting customs from old Germanic to modern times
A survey of Yuletide traditions and foods from medieval and early modern Europe. It notes the boars head ceremony in Christmas banquets, mentions Chaucer and Wynkyn de Worde, and recalls old plans for holly ivy cypress and mistletoe. The piece highlights a lasting love of nature and seasonal fruits among revelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Europe
Wynkyn de Worde
Croker and Wellington in Waterloo Caps Dispute
At a dinner party Thomas Raikes notes John Wilson Croker contradicting the Duke of Wellington on a Waterloo incident. The duke yields politely on one point but stands firm on the percussion caps debate as Croker again disputes the hero of Waterloo.
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Thomas Raikes
John Wilson
Croker
Duke of Wellington
Waterloo
Natures whisky factory and apples as remedies
A plant trap described as a nature’s whisky factory uses a pitcher fluid to intoxicate and dissolve visiting flies and gnats. The text extols apples as nutritious medicinal tonics aiding digestion and voice, correcting stomach acidity, and aiding rheumatism insomnia and liver issues, noting apples provide comparable nutriment to a potato in a pleasant form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature’s Whisky Factory
Lincoln autograph request echoes through odd letter
A fragmented OCR note recalls a request to Abraham Lincoln for a sentiment and autograph. The illegible fragment hints at a reply and mentions a stranger and a partial quotation, conveying a sense of historical curiosity about 19th century correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
Portraits of a Turkey Buzzard and Scottish High Village
An observer praises the turkey buzzard for graceful flight yet calls it homely and repulsive on land, noting a law against shooting. The essay then recalls the Duke of Marlborough’s putty joke about Blenheim Palace and identifies Tomintoul in Banffshire as Britain’s highest village above sea level, once overlooked by tourists.
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Sharer
Duke of Marlborough
Blenheim Palace
England
Tomintoul
Banffshire
Scotland
Britain
Notice of Dissolution and Hunting Restriction
Notice advises the dissolution of the Stoller and Wallace partnership by mutual consent and that Ern. Srollee will continue the business, with no responsibility for Wallace’s post date debts. Also warns all persons against hunting on the ranches and properties, dated Dillon October 1, 1807.
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U. S. Land Office
Missoula
Mont
John Walchli
William W. Bentley
IL. C
Beaverhead Co
Wisdom
WA. Francis
Eph Stoller
W. H. Wallace
Stoller & Wallace
Ern
Srollee
Great Rock Island Route Opens Fast Link to East
The new Ogden Salt Lake route via Pueblo Colorado Springs or Denver creates a fast connection between Northwestern states and Omaha Kansas City Ft Worth Chicago and the East. Rock Island offers perfected service with quick transfers to D R G and Colorado Midland trains at key cities plus Pullman sleepers and fine dining cars. For rates and folders contact the ticket agent or W H Firth Denver. John Sebastian Chicago.
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Ogder
Salt Lake
Colorado
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
Denver
Great Rock Island
Omaha
Kansas City
Ft. Worth
Chicago
Rock Island
Colorado Midland
Ogden
W. H. Firth
17Th Street
John Sebastian
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T Wrote
Chaucer
Rankloin
Lincoln
Ely
Hayfever
ELY Lybrotting
Warren Street
New York
Nervia Medicine CO
Detroit
Mich
N. M. White Drug Store
Dillon
United States Land Office
W. A. Francia
U. S
Wiedum
Vizio
Sonia Minder
D. L
H.I
August Wenger
Fox
Montana
Jorgen Jorgenson
Reuben Sazton
Gero. StavpaAima, G. J. Staudaher
Klondyke
Millroy
Alaska
Canada
Tripuns
Trieune
Sxtays
Srnnams
Bapars
Trion Pusuisamya Co
Hansma
P. O. Box
Tribune Publishing CO
Dillon, Montana
Tribune Pub. CO
Dillon, Mont
Fisher
Merchants Exchange
San Francisco
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