Christmas Eve at Latchton Mere Sparks New Affections
At the Christmas Eve gathering at Latchton Mere, Ross Cumnor and his stepmother Lady Cumnor clash over tradition and power while Lady Viola Carlton and Leam Dynevor allure with their beauty. Ross forms a protective bond with Leam as carol singers perform outside, and Leah Dynevor grows drawn to him, signaling a developing romance amid family tensions.
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Latchton Mere
Austen
Ross
Lady Cumnor
Drimmor
Viola Carlten
Sean Dynevor
Ross Cumnor
Larchton Mere
Sir Austen
Lady Cummer
Cummner
Leam Dynevar
Leam Dundas
Major Dynevor
Leam
Commnor
Viola Carlson
Mr. Ross
Spain
England
Viola
Leamy
Lenam
Abe
Cumnor
Great Western
Lena
Leah
Lenin
Viola Carlien
Umbrella Law and Century of Property Rights
A New York judge declares stealing an umbrella from a theater a serious offense with a $300 bail. The piece discusses ownership as a evolving social construct, noting umbrellas as a relic of common ownership and predicting future protections. Also reported is the death of Miss Patty Sanderson of Waltham at 102, with a centennial birth anniversary celebrated last April.
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New York
Blaockstone
Justice Patterson
Springfield
Mass
Patty Sanderson
Waltham
Polly
Prospect Hill
Santa Claus as seen through unsettled child’s verse
A Chicago Tribune fragment presents a child’s playful jumbled letters to Kriss Kringle. The poem pivots on questions about Santa’s duties, gifts for Bessie the washwoman’s girl, and social remarks about wealth and equality, ending with a request to bring her playthings wrapped separately.
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Bessie
Santa Claus Grants Christmas Ride for Two Children
On Christmas Eve Tommy and Rosy wake to Santa in his icy workshop filling stockings. He whisks them via sleigh to Santa Claus country and his candy house, where toy workers choose a doll gift for Rosy and arrange warm fur and candy pockets before returning them to bed.
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Tommy
Rosy
Sallie Ann
Dolly
Santa Claus
Roay
Coma Dasher
Dancer
Little Rosy
Prancer
Cupid
Sud
Ape One
Christmas Morning Dream of Tommy and Elf Rider
Tommy dreams a wild Christmas tale with a bicycle ride by an elf and Santa figure. A fall ending in wakeful eyes reveals Rosy asleep beside him and a new bicycle awaits in the nursery on Christmas morn.
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Tommy
Rosy
Ops
Santa Claus
Biowale
Tomm
Toga
How Hal Was Singed
Two brothers Joe and Wal find rusty muskets in a shed and, with their father away, Hal steals blasting powder. He tries to fire a gun with a lit match and the powder singes his eyebrows and eyelashes. He returns crying to his mother as the father punishes him for stealing.
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Joe
Wal
Hal
Boston Miss Earns Living By Domestic Servitude
A well-bred Boston girl on Commonwealth Avenue leaves home to be a cook for a Dartmouth Street family. She breaks soap etiquette, reveals fine underwear, and abandons the job after claiming a trunk at Providence Depot. Her mother later appears. the lamb returns home as a tale of flight and exposure. Marvin the forger has a new clerkship at Richmond Penitentiary.
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Boston
Commonwealth Avenue
Dartmouth Straet
Providence
Zoston Gazette
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Ennie
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Young
Will
Paradise
Harry
Mary
Desere
Hother
Dora Thorne
Juin
Evan Lady Cumnor
Philadelphia Chronicle- Herald
Bittie
Kriss
Krisse
Terisy
Krias
Krigs
Chimney
Chicapo Tribune
Marvin
Seay
Shoe Department
Richmond
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