Christmas Story? By Robert Stead
Clare Carson climbs the hill at sunset to think and dream of Fred, whose secret plan tests wealth and pride. After six months of a promised message, a Christmas eve reunion reveals Fred has allegedly lost a fortune to win Clare, but the real twist is a staged loss that paves their union.
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Clare
Carson
Bert McVain
Bert
Fred
Julia
Mwn
Cutter
Julia France
Koob Hill
Bob
Western Newspaper Union
Three Yulets In One Bethlehem Church Not On Same Day
The Montreal Herald notes three Yuletides in Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity. Latin Christmas occurs December 25 at the Itoman Catholic altar, followed by Greek rite by Orthodox Eastern Christians on January 7, then Armenian Byzantine ceremony on January 25, with each rite observing its own date.
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Bethlehem
Itoman
Montreal
Shades of Difference in Term Thoroughbred
A Washington Star passage debates what defines a true thoroughbred woman beyond physical traits. It notes nine ideal features like clear skin hair eye and voice, but suggests temperament, manner, and mental traits may matter more, with an example of a woman with short fingers who embodies the breed.
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Washington Star
Dog's Faithful Friendship Through Thick and Thin
Readable excerpt celebrates the dog as man's most faithful friend. It reflects on loyalty beyond wealth status and hardship, citing a Chicago Post quotation about a dog following and protecting its master through triumph and punishment alike.
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Man
Dog
Chicago Post
Electrified Dust Storms Baffle Plains Readers
Popular Mechanics notes dust storms east of the Rockies raise high voltage on barbed wire and disrupt ignition. In Kansas a man linked a serial with ground through a 32 candlepower light and saw as bright a spark as from a car battery. No thunder or known link to magnetism. insulated metals become highly electrified.
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Great Plains
Rockies
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Kansas
Sounds That Climb High Into the Air
A Popular Science Monthly excerpt notes rooster crowing and church bells pierce nearly a mile, cricket chirp reaches 2 500 feet, frog croak 8 000 feet, dog yelp 5 900 feet, rifle report similar, locomotive whistle over two miles.
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Popular Science Monthly
Little Margaret Attempts to Catch a Bird with Salt
In a backyard scene, Little Margaret proclaims she will catch a bird by sprinkling salt on its tail. Her mother questions the plan while Margaret cites Mr B- and Aunt Carolyna’s cage tale as she presses the idea.
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Margaret
Carolyna
To Be Not To Do Be Besetting Sin in America
James Truslow Adams argues in Forum Magazine that constant productivity erodes meaning. He criticizes Harvard’s business school as undermining educational ideals.
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America
School of Business Administration
Harvard
James Truslow Adama
The
Forum Magazine
The Fugitive at Piseco Village Trouting Meet
Angies and a mysterious stranger Jones fish together on Lower Arm in Piseco Maine. Angie Russell teases him about names and fame while a letter hints at a hidden past and possible romance as the stranger contemplates his fate.
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Viseco
Jin
Saylor
Angeline
Jones
Jim
Vine Point
Angie Russell
Elow
Angie
Mr. Jones
Pion
Phew
Gift Subscription to The Progress Promotes Christmas Cheer
A reader suggests giving a yearlong Progress subscription as a Christmas gift with weekly novelty for the recipient. The idea includes a mailed Christmas card greeting to the honored person. The text features chatter about golf, juggling numbers as a party trick, and humorous club small talk.
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Omadis
Madelaine
Bon Ton
Chistimas
Minny Chrishmas
Indiana Credit Bureau
Indiana
Indiana Credit Bureau, Inc
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Amui
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Mr. Santi
Gebley
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