Where and How We Get Christmas Trees in Maine
An overview of the Christmas tree industry in Maine, detailing the eight week harvest, selective cutting practices, and the allout effort of workers. It traces the chain from forest to market, highlighting the role of foresters, gang crews, and transportation to bring trees to American homes, with emphasis on the care to avoid deforestation and the premium placed on properly shaped, tall trees for the holiday season.
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Maine
The Window Wishers Plea to Help Poor Tots This Christmas
Detroit Free Press appeals to readers to aid window wishers, children who fear Santa may forget them. The piece urges finding a child in need and brightening their Christmas with a simple act of kindness to preserve faith and prevent a broken heart.
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Santa Claus
Pune
Detroit Free Press
Christmas trees travel from Maine to cities to cost of transport
A discussion traces Christmas trees from Maine to big cities where transport costs raise a ten cent tree to two dollars. It notes tolls paid to rail and steam lines, retailer margins, and the risk retailers bear with seasonal stock. It also mentions New York state forests and Catskills supplying trees with spruce valued for beauty and sturdy branches to hold presents.
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Maine
New York State
Catskill Mountains
Vermont
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Michigan
Middle West
Christmas Trees Tie Nation to Yuletide Joy and Wealth
The piece notes pine and hemlock trees as affordable popular choices, with three million trees cut in the United States yearly. New England contributes about one million, others two million, while Germany lags far behind. The tree is portrayed as the central symbol of Christmas under the flag, uniting families as parents plan decorations and children dream of Santa, from grand twenty foot giants to humble attic varieties.
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United States
New England
Union
Germany
Maex
Uncle Sam
His Homecoming Christmas Tale of Miss Marshall
Miss Marshall, a overworked dressmaker, greets Christmas with cheer then faces a past romance. A lost engagement, a broken family, and a hospital room memory unfold as Jack Ralston returns on Christmas Day, reigniting old feelings and a shared past.
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Jack
Almot
Duck Karstin
Main Marshall
Miss Marshall
Jack Ralston
Mr. Marshall
Cate
Abe
Marshall
Christmas Cheerfulness and Holiday Juvenile Humor
A collage of humorous vignettes from Washington Star and Tit Bits includes a tale about a late husband and a clock striking three, a dogged doggerel misadventure with mistletoe, a mother’s pudding quip, and a boy who bursts after eating too much pudding. Other items joke on joint bank accounts and marital blunders, with pithy lines from Youth’s Companion and Story tales.
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Champ Chirk
Griggs
Georgia
John
Washington Star
James
Jimmy
Plenty of Game. City Sport Shoot At Farm
A quirky dialogue sets a scene of farming and visitors. Two tramps occupy the barn with a book agent in the kitchen and a lightning rod agent at the front door while a tin pedicher stands at the gate. The Toledo Blade records the odd encounter and invites a choice of who to encounter.
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Toledo Blade
Misrepresentation in New York Weekly Jokes About Women Shopping
A brief snippet from New York Weekly presents a quarrel between a wife and husband over jokes about women shopping all day. The man remarks the jokes are less funny, while the wife notes excruciating humor in the piece.
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Aughligiy
Hotly
Les
New York Weekly
This Christmas Shopping Is An Awful Nuisance
A New York Journal quips about Christmas shopping as a burdensome task with Henry lamenting the burden and others noting the duties of carrying parcels. The exchange highlights social expectations around holiday preparations and domestic chores in a light humorous tone.
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New York Journal
Percy’s Education Question Sparks Curiosity
In a cryptic exchange, Blanche notes “His Feet All Right” while Puck questions Percy’s upbringing. The dialogue hints at a mystery over where Percy was educated, leaving readers pondering background and origins.
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Blanche
Percy
Belle
Puck
Art Not In Vain: Son’s Statuary Attracts Orders
Louisville Courier-Journal notes a craftsman sculptor in a cornfield who has turned art into revenue as his son’s work draws more orders than he can fill, reflecting growing demand for his statuary.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
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