Santa secret query from a child about wishes
A garbled Christmas verse shows a child addressing Santa Claus about desires and gifts. The lines imply a wish for many playthings, with a playful, incomplete plea that Santa will listen.
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1919
Page
3
Holly Scratches By HARVEY PEAKE
A garbled text passage satirically blurs Christmas gift buying and social norms. It notes the excesses of holiday shopping and the temptation to buy and exchange gifts, ending with a wary warning about overindulgence and the hollowness of ostentatious generosity.
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Holly
Harvey Peake
The Christmas Card Origins in London History
A century ago Christian cards emerged in London as visiting cards bearing A Merry Christmas. Early examples featured plain verses, later adding scenic imagery and a robin image. The robin, called the English Christmas bird or the Savior's Bird, tied to old legends, helped the card gain popularity and variety.
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Christtian
London
Nightly fear in a Christmas tale of a hidden Santa
A child discovers his father playing Santa on Christmas Eve causing alarm and doubt about belief in the holiday magic. The scene portrays the strain between parent and illusion, with the kid confronting the uncanny reveal during a festive moment.
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Santa Haaas
Old Santa's Christmas List in Whimsical Verse
An old festive column mulls Santa’s list and reindeer as children fret over gifts. It notes good deeds and naughty marks, with names like Molly and Tommy, and recalls Santa’s chimney climb amid bells and snow. A lighthearted holiday snapshot ends with a nod to William the Conqueror’s coronation date.
Mistletoe harvestties from misted elms and myths
The article recounts early mistletoe season begun in December with hunters shooting branches for greens, later shifting to climbers who haul sacks of mistletoe to ground. It notes price variation, plant origins from Europe to America, and historical myths from Norse and Druids. It also recalls Christmas customs and a humorous exchange about Christmas spending.
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Kansas City Star
Cletleton
Pacific
Hotherus
Balder
Suiramer
Adgonarok
Christmas Toys and Wood Types in American Factories
The article notes a looming toy shortage due to the European war but highlights U.S. production. Basswood indestructible dolls, rocking horses, and other toys are made in Pennsylvania and across the country from basswood, sugar maple, beech, birch and white pine. Penalty to American doll making is rising as local industries expand. The piece also surveys wood uses in toy manufacture and outlines states leading in toy output with basswood preferred for dolls and animals. It adds commentary on Christmas customs and a note from Universalist leader about joy, unity, and the season.
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Y Cofter
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Penney
Vanié
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Broom
Horne
Unclear fragmentary text on Christmas plan appears
Fragmentary OCR text shows stray words about Christmas and memory and dates but provides no coherent facts or identifiable entities. No names, places, organizations, or outcomes are readable enough to summarize as a news item.
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