No Kiddies No Christmas Santa Claus Fades If No Babies
A Metropolitan Magazine essay questions a world without children during Christmas, noting how the season hinges on kids from infants to teens. The piece imagines Christmas losing meaning, stockings, trees, and toy markets if child presence vanished, then argues against such a catastrophe and urges gratitude for children of all kinds. SOUND An ideal price to spend any evening: Ascher Bros. Forest Park.
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Ascher Bros
Forest Park
Christmas Greetings From Forest Park Folks
Purely personal notes show Superintendent and Mrs Henry Buel Vestfeld and others sending Christmas wishes to relatives in Forest Park and beyond. Festive gatherings at homes on Christmas Eve and day include Mrs Knereher and Mr Tesnow families, Leona Boldwyn, Mary Schruge, Lorenz Murman, George Warner and many neighbors sharing dinners and greetings from New York to Canada. Numerous guests planned, travel to Wheaton, Champaign, and California noted, with residents extending best wishes and holiday cheer.
Early flags and the Stars and Stripes history
Smithsonian notes many colonial flag forms before the United States flag. The 13 stars on a blue field joined 18, 15, 20, 39, and today 48 stars through conflicts from Revolution to the Spanish American War. The flag predates the British Jack and French tricolor.
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Spain
The Painter's Dog and Sir Edwin Landseer Visit Tales
Mrs. Ritchie, daughter of Will Not Makepeace Thackersy, recalls visits with Sir Edwin Landseer the animal painter. She recounts his delight in company and stories told to children while he painted huge canvases. The dog would wait all day, then Bring back the painter’s bat at five.
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Not a Bready Worker Estate of a California Beelhop
The estate of a California beelhop is estimated to be worth about $80,000. He must have been sick a great deal of the time, or otherwise incapacitated for work.
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