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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1911
Page
14
The passage describes families in Germany where entire households from grandparents to children participate in toy making. It notes that generations have produced dolls, soldiers, doll furniture, wagons, and wooden animals, with many families earning as little as 10 cents a day.
A fragmented column notes December shopping strain as prices climb and towns face higher costs. References a friend named Chownes seen at imperfect stalls and questions about gambling losses amid holiday pressures.
Thoughtless gifts risk breaking friendships and harming social standing. With money worries, avoid lavish items and instead give practical tokens. For wealthy hosts, refrain from grand gifts. a single beautiful flower and a tasteful book update can carry proper sentiment this Christmas.
The tallest holly trees reach forty to fifty feet in southern Arkansas and Texas where they are most impressive. In lighter form they grow along the south shore of Massachusetts with tupelos, black oaks, red maples, cellars, etc, but do not extend far south of Illinois and Quincy.
Advertisement lists 25 cent plum pudding half-pound candied peel priced per pound 19 cents lemons oranges citron and long spear asparagus with best asparagus tips and a Holly Wreath garnish.
A frail former Eastern banker, now a Chicago derelict, visits a settlement house as Christmas nears. Miss Newton helps him with shoes and a small gift then departs for the holidays. He returns after New Year’s hoping for news or work, but the encounter ends with uncertainty.
A summary of historic Christmas events linked to Queen Victoria. The 1891 London fog killed thirty and caused many accidents, while England and Scotland faced record cold in 1803. The narrative notes the queen’s grief after Prince Albert’s death in 1841 and Edward VII’s serious illness in 1872, with later recovery.
The article recounts Mrs. Hayes organizing Christmas charity at the White House. She directed forty turkeys with vegetables and fruit for the sick, then distributed prepared gifts to family members in a ceremonial hall. A steward recalls her hands on approach and the household’s festive charity.
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