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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1905
Page
9
A narrative recounts children recalling a hotel toy display with a Humpty Dumpty circus, dolls with eyelashes, a ladder, a barrel, and a mule named Maud. They describe wind-up toys, jazzing with Japanese dolls, paper kimonos, and a wind drum. The piece notes foreign-made toys and a rag doll named Nigger tit.
In a rustic dialogue, characters speak of Christmas lingering endlessly as Dante laments the wait. Jamie, Taine, and the elder brother Teine argue gently while a figure named Dante voices doleful patience. Papa interrupts from the doorway asking what they wait for. They answer in chorus, Christmas.
Malachi Kittridge recalls a bizarre Kansas exhibition in Chisholm where wind caved play. A fastball nose shot out of control, fielders chased a ball blown across the infield, and both sides failed to score as wind altered every pitch. Final chaos left the team defeated after sensational gusts.
George Howlett of Beacon's Bottom Eng gives a testimonial for William Stevens of Town End Radnage and his son Vernon who made a suit worn for 47 years without a single stitch failing, praising durability and fit in a local newspaper notice.
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