Christmas With Lo the Poor Indian diary of a tribal Christmas
A historical account describes Southwestern Indian Christmas rituals blending Christian observance with ceremonial dances. It notes women’s only participation in certain dances, group formations, a circle around a Christmas tree, and gifts resembling Santa Claus gifts to Indians. It also mentions infant care during tepee traditions and Santa Claus visiting the papoose on Christmas Eve.
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Santa Cavs
Santa Chris
Santa Claus
Desarte
Papoose
Tte
Christmas Island and a Tarpon Tale From The Sea
A newspaper piece blends whimsical notes on Christmas on Christmas Island with a factual sketch of its geography and British settlement for phosphate beds. It also recounts tarpon fishing mishaps and a cautionary tale about dangers at sea, contrasting leisurely pursuits with risk.
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Christmas
Christmas Sland
Christmas Island
Java
Indian Ocean
Great Britain
United States
Masks of Philosophy and Society in Schopenhauer
The author argues that many adopt disguises such as philosophy, philanthropy, or domesticity to serve self serving aims. Men and women use different masks reflecting social roles while merchants expose true character through their public conduct, lacking any disguise and occupying a humble rank.
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Schopenhauer
Japanese Women Wrestlers In Yokohama Ring
A correspondent describes a Yokohama bar-like arena where two tam en wrestlers grapple on a dirt ring ringed by straw. One woman is thrown, the crowd roars as another attacker rushes in, and the winner is who endures longest in a solders’ crowd setting.
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Japan
Yokohama
Naming the Future President Joke Narratives
A Scranton Republican fragment recalls a child’s joke about future presidents as a mother jokes over a newborn. A London Saturday Review tale recounts Wellington’s doctor who harms hearing with caustic. the duke dismisses gossip, insisting on truth and discretion.
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Duke of Wellington
London Saturday Review
A Turtle Adopts Four-Year-Old Visitor At Brook
A little girl on her first country visit watched a turtle in a brook and then told her grandmother it had hands and feet in its pockets and swallowed its head. The mother reassures that her husband was the same before marriage.
Walter Scott and His Dogs Inspire Fond Reminiscence
Westminster Gazette recalls the devoted dog lover Walter Scott and his canine companions Camp Maida and Maldu. Camp’s bite incident and fond dinner excuses are mentioned alongside Maida’s wolfhound charm and artist sketches of Maida’s likeness. The memory travels from Lockhart to a franc frontispiece "Der Liebling Hund von Walter Scott."
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Scott
Beott
Lockhart
Camp
Maida
Maldi
Maldu
Walter Scott
Westminster Gazette
Idyls of Spain Author Encounters Quirky Notary
A writer describes meeting a naive notary who boasted of a rare manuscript collection. He showed a Ferdinand and Isabella era manuscript and Homer on one hand, lamenting it is not Greek. The tale ends with a joking offer about a telegram announcing a new world discovery.
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Spain
Ferdinand and
Isabella
Homer
Mikael
Lulu
Miguel
Elongate Himself at Brink General Store
A humorous Harper's Weekly excerpt portrays Jon Brink boasting the county’s largest general store with a sweeping motto and all items from care net tacks to Mausoleums. The first customer, a puzzled man, is teased into considering an array of goods including “new and handsome stretchers.”
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Jon Brink
William
Willlaw
Harper's Weekly
Woman Demands Insurance Payout For Lost Teeth
A wealthy New York customer urged her broker to speed a fire claim after a servant allegedly burned a prized set of false teeth. She claimed the teeth cost 50 dollars, twice their stated value, but the broker noted the claim was against company policy and listed as not allowed.
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New York
Unclaimed Letters at Marshfield Post Office 1907 Notice
List of uncalled letters including W. Pesski Lewis Rubler Oscar Storguo J. F Thorp B. E. Eldid Mrs. Gee Garbild Mable Johnson R. F. Morenus dated through December 2 1907 and a prompt to call advertised. Also notice to farmers Ebbe and Co offering highest market price for potatoes with address 45k.
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Marshfield
Ebbe & Co
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Ayer
Ayers
Ayer Co
Lowell
Masy
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Laemle
D. M. Glassner
Department Store
NEW Unique Family Theatre
South Central Avenue
Graham Lady Orchestra
Hine & Myers, M’g’rs
Oxford
First National Bank
Marshfield, Wis
E. M. Rowan
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Wogbat
Tvingx
aLeo
Indies
Missen and
Children's Key Aenks
Jere OO Band
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J. W. Thompson
Alber’s Drug Store
Wausan, Wis
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