Madagascar’s Queen Ranavalona I and Christian Revival
The text recounts Ranavalona I’s cruelty toward Christians, Radama I’s support for missions, and Ranavalona II’s rise as the island’s first clearly Christian ruler. It notes Bible printing in Malagasy, idol destruction at coronation, and Madagascar’s Christmas celebrated twice yearly under local time reckoning.
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Ranavalona
God
Madagascar
Africa
Indian Ocean
Marco Polo
Europe
Fort Dauphin
Radama I
Radama
Ranavaionai
Rasoherina
Ranavalona I
Ranavalona II
Igen de II
Lg Éthiehem
Christmas Eve Temptation Over a Baby’s Money Box
On Christmas Eve a beautiful woman sits by a fire in a dim room. She frets over buying a gift for a baby and eyes a money box on the mantel. She suspects John would disapprove but resolves to take money from the box to fund a present.
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Baby
John
Christmas Spirit and Prayer in Kingsley Text
The excerpt emphasizes seeking peace through faith and prayer rather than intellect. It urges approaching God the Father with honesty about fear and lack of peace, quoting Kingsley on the immutable, eternal Godhead in perfect rest and love.
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Kingsley
Christmas Day for Kiddies Reflects Shared Giving
A reflective appeal urges temperate gift giving this Christmas. Emphasizing unselfishness, it notes many children lack gifts due to poverty while soldiers serve abroad. It calls for distributing aid and offering love and support to needy families in the spirit of Christmas.
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Santa Claus
Christmas Spirit And The True Christmas Spirit
Two artists copy a painting one by calculation the other by spirit. The second creates a warm life like image. Louisa May Alcott recalls a family habit of sharing wood with a cold neighbor child and mother sick. The piece urges selfless generosity as Christmas spirit.
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Louisa Alcott
Mr. Alcott
Providence
Alcott
Christ
Truthful But Unioralde Christmas Tale
A fragmentary note recalls a truthful man who gifts impractical items on Christmas. He speaks of not wanting those gifts yet embraces honesty, a paradox that hints at social misfit and lingering unpopularity.
The Time Hat Witnessed the Heed Radar
A fragmentary note mentions time keeping and radar, with sparse readable terms including heed and Git. The item appears as a clipped historical snippet with unclear context and no identifiable events or names.
Christmas Traditions Through Centuries and Joys
The piece traces how December 25 became a Christmas standard from sun worship in northern Europe to Christian celebration. It notes Yule roots, trees and holly, the German Santa Claus, community trees, and evolving gift customs, ending with a tale of a traveling man gifting a warm Christmas dinner to strangers.
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Frederle J
Haskin
Christ
Europe
Thor
Germany
Santa Claus
Madison Aquaré
New York
United States
Baltimore
The Christ Babe Cradle in Our Hearts
A devotional fragment describes Christ as setting up a cross and throne within believers hearts, portraying spiritual transformation through inner worship and reverence. The language emphasizes a sacred presence guiding faith in the soul.
A Real Good Fellow and the Christmas Spirit
A real good fellow is a man who keeps something of the Christmas spirit all the year round.
Puritans Celebrate Christmas in Plymouth Settlement
The first Obriatning celebrated inside a house on the American continent occurred December 25 1618 at Plymouth Mass after the company of 19 families received house and garden lots. Some were left outside in the cold while the Babe of Bethlehem was prayed to and sung to with fervor.
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Plymouth
Mass
MAKE IT A MERRY CHRISTMAS Christmas
Margaret Mott Gordon writes about Christmas spirit lasting beyond the holiday. The piece encourages giving to others, finding joy in sacrifice, and carrying the Christmas mindset into daily life.
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Merry Christmas
Margaret Mott Gordon
Bestowing Gifts in Secret the Legend of St Nicholas
A historical note traces Christmas stockings to St Nicholas of Myra, born December 6, 1842 in Lycia. The archbishop helped a poor family by giving gold unseen, inspiring the custom of placing stockings for children to be filled at night.
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St. Nicholas
Lycia
Asia Minor
Myra
Christmas Love Beams Across the Night Sky
Poetic wartime style verse urges gentle cheer and loving gifts. It appeals to shine with kindness during the Christmas season and to comfort the needy as a public sentiment from Chicago.
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Undertaker
Dillon, Montana
Burke Auto Transfer Co
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H. Brundage
Black Reés
Black
Dillon Furniture Co
General Furniture Distributors
Tribune Book Store
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Louis DE Grignis
Allo
Corsi
Standard &Coall Co
North
Montana St. Dlo
Chicago
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P.O
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