Mistletoe and a baby in a Christmas tale aboard a ship
The voyage from Key West to New York unfolds a Christmas story of mistletoe, a sick mother, a stoker Hargan, and a hopeful rescue. Ainslee guides a change in fate as the baby Alice nears a guarded reunion, love, and mercy amid prison bars.
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Key West
Col
Old Fort Taylor
Orig
New York
Florida
Tito
Haris
Llargan
Hourkan
Dean
Ehitgan
Cece
Pat Hatem
Tiki Cwonan
Weed Eireann
Farein
Atlee
Itty Alva
Jo Bude
Babs
Hargan
Mlatleton
Simpsy
Mission Chapel
Henri Monet
Alice Hangas Calnsler
Homeless Child Seeks Family Despite Barred Contact
The speaker laments his ignorance and longing for his child Alice now housed with a committee on homeless children. He insists on honest communication and reveals a plan to speak openly about baby Alfen, seeking guidance on her future while insisting the man behind bars has a heart.
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Alice
Sam
Alce
Tlargiin
Alfen
Committee On
Roman
Hargan to Care For Orphaned Baby Alice
Alice Washorn, nearly three, becomes the focus of a foster care pledge as Hargan exits jail and a charity seeks to provide a home. Nurse Ainslee weeps while a torne newsreel bell rings over a cold world scene. Ainslee vows to raise the child with love and security.
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Alice
Ainslee
Hargan
Reading
Signs Of Joy From Man And Boy Proclaim the Lord Is Born
Poem by Margherita Arlina Hamm from 1900 proclaims joyful signs of nativity. The work reflects pious themes and celebrates the birth of the Lord with reverent tone.
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Margherita Arlina Hamm
Star of Redemption in a Christmas tale
A former street worker named Hargan reforming for his child Alice's life story unfolds through dramatic tableaux and music. He finds resolve after a dire illness, faces a moral dilemma about revealing a past to a fiancé, and ultimately attends a Christmas wedding with redemption symbolized by a star and sacred music.
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Alnsiee
Henri Monet
Lfe
Hfe
Hargan
Stoker
Hargant
Hirgan
Tearl Monet
Athas
Targan
Mendelysohn
The Star of Bethlehem Returns in a Salvation Army Scene
A narrator recalls years of aiding Alice Hargan and a New Orleans street Salvation Army performance. A diverse crowd, drums and fiddles, kneeling prayer, and a towering speaker lead to a choral moment quoting a hymn about the Star of Bethlehem. Alice, grown and educated, shows musical genius fostered by mission friends.
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Alice Hargan
New Orleans
Salvation Army
Mark
Bethlehem
Hargan
Star of Bethlehem
Alice
Florida
The Commerce of China and Global Trade Forces
Chinese commerce is vast due to its enormous population and productive capacity. Britain leads trade with China, with Russia potentially rising if partition fears materialize, followed by Germany France the United States Australia India and others. China imports opium cotton goods raw cotton woolen goods metals coal oil seaweed and fishery products while exporting tea silk sugar straw braid hides paper clothing chinaware and pottery.
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China
Great Britain
Russia
Transsiberian Railway
Germany
France
United States
Australia
India
the Straits
Prince Charles and Swinburne Read with Window Open
Lord Rosebery visits Marlborough House and chats with the prince who reads Swinburne by an open window. The prince admits Swinburne is “sultry” yet notes he enjoys the author despite the heat. The exchange underscores the kingly curiosity about literature.
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Lord Rosebery
Marlborough House
Swinburne
Putrescent Codfish From Archangel Roils Russian Market
A Russian delicacy named tresca is a codfish fermented for a year after catch. Foreign visitors describe its odor as overpowering beyond words. In Archangel during hot weather the scent is strong, reportedly rivaling Cologne in pungency.
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Russia
Archangel
Cologne
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Hezekah Butterworth
Zah
Caran
Hezekiah Butterworth
Geatowi
Gaete Ag
Couray
Payne
Reformatory
Associated Charities
Jose Alfnstee
Belileve
Miatam
Tam
Christmaas
Haregan
Margtrenita
Washorn
Mrs. Ainslee
Prince of Peace
Vargan
Mr. Hargan
Fargan
CIENA
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