A Yuletide Tragedy and the Cigar Box Deceit
In a Christmas tale Josiah Gibbs laments a wife gift of cigars that his friend Joe Spicer devours. Gibbs hides sorrow as his wife praises the lapse, leading to professional ruin when Gibbs discovers Spicer consumed the cigars and lost his standing.
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Josiah Gibbs
Josiah ‘Gibbs
Gibbs
Joe Spicer
Joe
Josiah
Spicer
Jed
Spider
Mrs. Gibbs
Browning
The Reindeer Massacre Reveals Grim Snowbound Tale
A chilling old verse describes a sudden shot killing eight reindeer, a ruthless hunter, and a boy who learns there is no Santa Claus. The crime leaves a stark vision of loss beneath the snow and a life disrupted.
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Amar
Claus
Gifts From Hickory Nuts
Hickory nuts and horse chest nuts are used to craft inexpensive toys. Draw a grandmother doll on a nut head, attach cloth for body and arms, and dress in gingham with a cap. With chestnuts and simple tools one can form ducks, chickens, horses, and other barnyard animals for playthings.
Pop's Christmas in Yonkers Statesman
The Yonkers Statesman notes Christmas arrives yearly with mixed feelings. Some are joyful while others worry about money. Some pay with cash, others by check. Gifts vary, with comparisons across family members.
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Pop
Yonkers Statesman
A Dainty Holiday Dish
Bevop out yolks from two hard boiled and one tablespoonful of butter, half 2 teaspoonful of anchovy paste, a few drops of lemon juice, half a tea of white pepper and fill the recoat with liquid aspic jelly and persiey. Place up tomato slices eeadoned with olive oil and tarragon vinegar, edding salt Garnish with chopped espic and parsiey.
Christmas Table Decor Ideas with Tiny Village Scenes
The article describes creating an old fashioned village table setting using small snowbound cottages, a signboard, a paper framed advertisement, a glass sheet for a village pond with toy ducks, lanterns for candles, dovecots, and farm wagons with crackers to enhance a pantomime table display.
Japanese Toweling for Christmas Gifts
The article promotes Japanese toweling as a versatile Christmas craft material costing 75 cents to $1.25 per ten yards. It describes designs of wistaria, Fujiyama by moonlight, maple leaves, birds, and chrysanthemums, with uses including tea sets, napkins, nursery sets, curtains, laundry bags, and vanity items. A matron’s example includes blue floss markings and blue and white motifs for hostess gifts and bridal homes.
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Wistaria
Fujiyama
The Christmas Charity Revisited by Edmund Leamy
A reflection on charitable acts during Christmas. The speaker admits self satisfaction while admitting the poor remain in need. He warns that genuine aid must continue beyond the holiday and urges ongoing compassion.
After Christmas Day in a Humorous Flat Tale
A humorous verse recalls a post holiday scene in a small flat. The speaker notes a tense mood over unpaid bills and clutter, with a judge’s voice implied to seal the moment as a comic domestic anecdote.
A Christmas Tragedy Mistletoe Scene
Poetic fragment describes a maiden under mistletoe in a hall. A wife appears on the stairs and catches her husband in a covert moment, implying a romantic or marital tension amid Christmas imagery.
San Angelo plans $10000 fairgrounds upgrade
San Angelo citizens back a twelve month program to spend about $10,000 to improve the fair grounds. Galveston received the first cargo of free corn under the Simmons Underwood tariff, a 48 ton shipment to a Wichita Falls firm. Fort Stockton negotiates with a Boston company to irrigate 42 000 acres into small farms for colonization.
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San Angelo
Galveston
United States
Wichita Falls Illing
Fort Stockton
Boston
Moline Plow Co offers Good Enough Sul key for farming
The Norris Johnson Hardware Co promotes durable plows and farming gear from The Moline Plow Co. They urge buyers to choose reliable tools for cooperative farming success and practical repairs.
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Moline Plow Co
Norris-Johnson Hardware Co
Beckham National Bank Shareholders Meet Conducts Election
The Beckham National Bank in Graham Texas will hold its annual shareholders meeting on Tuesday January 13 1914 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at bank offices to elect directors and handle business. R E Lynch cashier signs the notice. Palestine sees new construction with a $90000 hotel contract and new courthouse theatre and public library. Fort Stockton voters urge a $50000 bond election for waterworks and sewer system.
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Beckham National Bank
Graham
Texas
R. E. Lynch
Palestine
Fort Stockton
Majestic Playhouse Nears Completion in San Antonio
San Antonio prepares to unveil a premier Southern theatre likely open to the public on December 1. Nearby Stockdale reports a robust range with active cattle purchases and strong calf prospects for next spring. Calvert Precinct in Robertson County awards a 50 mile graveled road contract to a local San Antonio firm and will start work promptly.
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San Antonio
Majestic Playhouse
Stockdale
Calvert Precinct
Robertson County
Big lot of kitchen cabins and dining furniture received
Mathews and Norris note a large shipment of kitchen cabins kitchen safes and dining tables arriving. A separate item mentions gas piping work last week from Moran and expected main line connection by January 1st.
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Mathews & Norris
Ciseco
Moran Anch
Morrison's Ad Teases Canned Goods Prices
An old newspaper snippet notes a sale at Morrison's offering 10c per can and 1-3c per can in bulk, signaling bargain pricing and limited one cent increments.
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Morrison's
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