Christmas Hold-Up on the Cimarron in the West
A stagecoach ride to a distant Indian school turns perilous when a masked gang robs the passengers. Miss Macon, the new instructor, recognizes the chief as Frank from her past, persuades him to reform, and negotiates a pardon with two years’ probation. Santa Claus, the bandit chief, anonymously returns valuables then departs. Carlin and Miss Macon wed a year later.
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John Carlin
Circle Bar Ranche
Miss Macon
West
New England
Frank
Danvers
Anna
Cuarlin
Alon
Carlin
Honor Bright
Ranciman
Santa Claus
Christmas Selflessness in a Down town Dinner
A weary young woman recalls a harsh Christmas while a beggar child returns a nickel. Later they share a meal in a downtown restaurant where a stranger, moved by the scene, reveals he has searched the city for the girl and the story ends with the child affirming the stranger’s honesty.
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Ville
Christmas Gift Plot in a Family Card Scene
A New York Weekly snippet portrays Clara organizing gifts for family members including mamma’s pearl necklace Dora’s diamond earrings Cora and George’s gold watch Dora and Edith’s diamond bracelets. The plan is to lay items on the piano next to papa’s Christmas card.
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Clara
Mamma
Dora
Mabel
Cora
George
Edith
Papa
N. Y
A Sight for the Goda. The git. and give the world to win.
A fragmentary line from a poem or prose piece appears with archaic phrasing and a curious misprint. The text references affection and a decorative item tied beneath the chin, suggesting a sentimental or literary excerpt from an older work. The limited readable content hints at personal imagery rather than a news event.
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Goda
Christmas Hearth Memory by T. C. Harpaugh
A poetic reminiscence of a family Christmas by the hearth. The narrator recalls six stockings, gifts from Santa, childlike joy, and the sacred feeling of Christmastide. References to Judea, Palestine, bells, and heavenly choristers frame a timeless holiday scene.
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Santa Claus
Judea
Heaven
Palestine
T. C. Harpaugh
A Christmas Comedy of Errors
A humorous tale shows Mrs Slickerby decorating for Christmas while plotting a stove fire for warmth and furs. Her husband Josiah secretly hides the new furs in the stove to surprise her, causing smoke and flames when revealed. A knockabout misadventure follows, with a Judge’s note recalling holiday money woes.
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Mrs. Slickerby
Holly
Josiah
Tia
Joseph
Christian
Josiah Slickerby
Joss
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Chicago Post
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isle—Darling
Puck
Charles Moreau Harger
Sas
Dells
Reeder
Scott
Henny Beck
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