Christmas on Board a Man of War Across the Seas
The piece describes how American warships celebrate Christmas abroad with mail, feasts, and wardroom gatherings. It notes officers and sailors sharing meals, women aboard when allowed, and festive activities like concerts, dances, and shipboard games. It mentions lanterns, trees, and humorous sketches while contrasting aboard ships with shore stations. It closes with a grand pie gift example from England.
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Christmans
Hongkong
Canton
Cork
Jacky
Navy
Ecook
General Teave
Christmas Dinner Aboard the Texas with Delicacies
The article describes how sailors aboard the Texas enjoy an elaborate Christmas feast funded by Uncle Sam and saved gold coins by the crew. The forecastle menu includes oyster soup roast turkey and cranberry sauce with treats like pies. A prize is awarded to the fastest pie eater while the rest receive consolation pies.
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Sam
Jackies
Texas
Ominous Clouds Over Olympus Spur Faith Decline
By Nett MacDonald the clouds are ominously dark in Olympus' brow. The Delphic oracle has lost its clear prestige now. For faith and trust in pagan gas are passing fast away. And men are weary of beliefs hastening to decay.
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Olympus
Christmas Gifts of Radium in London Parcel
A London Christmas craze had people gifting small amounts of radium. The boxlike spinthariscope held a radium particle viewed through a lens in a dark room, revealing flickering lights. Prices ranged from ten to fifty dollars.
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London
Santa Claus Doll Factory in Sonneberg Germany
In Sonneberg Germany the toy trade dominates the town with 13,000 workers in peak season. The city produces 2,000,000 dolls annually and earns about $6,000,000 from Christmas trades. Over 2,000 women and girls sew doll clothes, some resembling duchesses or queens.
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Ut Onneberg
Germany
Santa Claus
Thuringian Forest
Sonneberg
Sonnebergers
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Panama
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Rome
Isaiah
Virgil
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