Santa Claus at the toy counter in a Christmas story
A weary big blond mechanic among stylish shoppers asks about a $3 horse toy for his home, hoping for something affordable. A sales girl offers a damaged version for $1, joking about repairs, while both share a lighthearted moment as the man departs to play Santa. The piece shifts to a note on Christmas customs in Scotland, where Christmas celebrations are limited by Calvinist tradition and Hogmanay dominates in many regions.
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Santa Claus
V. S
P’r’aps
Mebbe
Peter Cooper
A Virginia Reel Christmas Poem of Joyous Hearthlight
A festive verse evokes winter scenes and Christmas cheer. It moves from frost and sleigh bells to a Virginia reel, music, and candlelight. A saintly figure with furry sandals gleams above the housetops as reindeer prance through starry rime.
Fortune in the Mistletoe on a Georgia Farm
A Georgia farm owned by the Cartledge family grows mistletoe and holly for market. The two daughters run the operation after studying art in New York. They planted ten acres of holly and, despite local workers, trimmed trees as sales rose. Mistletoe berries are grafted under oak bark to germinate, with Christmas trees shipped north at high prices.
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Georgia
Cartledge
New York
Preacher as Prime Minister in Dutch History
Dr Abraham Kuyper of Holland becomes prime minister, uniquely holding doctor of divinity and preacher credentials in this historic ascent. He breaks records by combining religious leadership with the nation’s top political office.
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Holland
Abraham Kuyper
The Scourge of Damascus Chapter XXII Continues
Horam learns Helena was wrongfully accused and Julian is freed by Bel-Dara. Omar urges healing, the king offers forgiveness, and Horam awaits acceptance from Julian as Benoni brings Alin to witness a family reconciliation full of revelation and reunion.
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Julian
Horam
Omar
Ben Hadad
Ezabel
Balbec
Damascus
Haram
Helena
Bel-Dara
Benoni
Alin
A Story of the East by Sylvanus Cobb Jr
A historical fiction excerpt shows Horam and Ju Man in a royal scene. Ju Man pledges loyalty to Horam as his son and heir to Damascus, while Horam withdraws to quiet days. Ulin and Ju Man express lifelong love as they bow before the king.
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Sylvanus Cobb, JR
Horam
Damascus
Ju- Man
Ulin
The Blind Bride and the Bentley Grange Visit
At Bentley Grange in autumn light Brande Bentley dismisses Harry Wade and Bessie Bird's match but fate shifts when Bessie, now blinded, comes with her aunt to plead. Bentley relents, declaring Bessie a beacon and meaning the union with Harry to become his heir’s wife andBentley Grange’s new mistress.
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Brande Bentley
Harry
Bessie Bird
Broadway
Bessie
Bluebeard
Darling
Brando
Defiance
Brando Bentley
Jones
Miss Belton
Mr. Bentley
Uncle Brande
Harry Wade
Bentley Grange
New England Conscience The Widow’s Reluctant Remarriage
A New Hampshire seamstress widow recalls a forced moral choice shaped by the old New England conscience. She loved a joiner her mother disapproved of, married a older husband who died, then feared remarriage after admitting her lingering love for James. She believes her longing constitutes punishment and rejects remarriage despite happier outcomes.
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M. BE. Boyd
New Hampshire
Mary
New England
James
Buffalo Commercial
St Jacobs Oil boosted by Welsh testimonial
A Pontypridd area resident, Mrs G Thomas, testifies that St Jacobs Oil cured her sprained ankles after months of inability to stand. The piece notes the oil’s long history, twelve gold medals, and broad medical endorsement, urging others with pains to try the remedy.
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St. Jacobs
Cardiff Times
G. Thomas
Alexandra Road
Gelli
Ysbrod
Pontypridd
South Wales
Size of Stars and Solar System in Clever Model
A Pennsylvania professor presents a public lecture on Double Star Astronomy showing a scale model: a 2 foot sun globe with planets and a distant star represented by large globes placed 8,000 miles and 215 feet away respectively. An unrelated ad promotes Allen’s Foot-Ease for feet and bunions with free sample offers.
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Rie Doolittle
University of Pennsylvania
A Christmas Philosopher and Other Oddities
A collage of humorous ads and quips on health wealth and happiness. It notes Roosevelt on irrigation and cites the Romero Irrigation Co promoting land near San Luis Valley Colorado. Also mentions remedies from Laxative Bromo Quinine and Marshall’s Remedy and a jest about false hair and a bald scalp.
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Garfield
Happ Ss
Roosevelt
Congress
Romero Irrigation Co
San Luis Valley
Colorado
Boston Building
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