Christmas Guests Move Through a Silent Night
Miss Columbine recounts a frontier Christmas tale where a brave mother faces a hostile Indian and his son with a warm smile and a gift exchange. The encounter ends with mutual respect, a tree lit by candlelight, and a quiet farewell as the hermit thrush sings outside.
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Miss Columbine
Aurora Tubbs
Darling
Columbine
Eve Adam
Matthew Adam
Nancy Nelson Opens Aladdin Library at Pine Ridge School
During Christmas dinner Nancy shares her plan for an Aladdin Library. Mark Adam supplies a sign, John Adam crafts it, and Aurora Tubbs worries about lamps. Nancy earns books from Aunt Judy and others, then, with Columbine’s help, furnishes the old 1902 schoolhouse and begins operations.
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Nancy
Aladdin
John Adam
Mark
Art Museum
Nance
Denver
Matt
Aurora Tubbs
Aurora
Mark Adam
Victor
Ella
Columbine
Adam
Louise
Mother
Dad
Phil
Judy
Nancy Nelson
Springs
Antlers
Jack
Pine Ridge
Little Helps For This Week
A devotional reflection on daily acts of kindness as sacred work. The author cites Hebrews 6:10 noting God remembers labor of love toward the saints. It urges fellowships, notes, and small offerings as part of one’s lowly service for the Lord and recognition that work is often a conscience claim rather than grand tasks.
Nancy Nelson Debuts in Pine Ridge After Market Crash
Nancy Nelson a naive nineteen year old joins cousin Columbine at Pine Ridge after a market crash costs her family. She plans a public library for the town while building a romance with Matthew Adams as secrets of her debut unfold and her life changes in Colorado.
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Nancy Nelson
Colorado
Columbine
Nancy
Jack
Pine Ridge
Aurora Tubbs
Matthew Adams
Mark Adam
Luke
Jack Nelson
Nance
Matthew Adam
Matthew
Boston
Story of a well behaved girl and trained birds
A mother asks if a story about a good girl should be told and the daughter curious presses for the tale. The scene shifts to the South Sea islands where frigate birds are trained to carry messages like carrier pigeons.
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Nance
Columbine
Aurora
Mark Adam
South Sea Islands
LaGuardia Targets Noiseless NYC Campaign
Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia launches a city wide effort to reduce noise in New York City. The plan includes a month of noiseless nights through October and a hoped for noiseless days in November. Major Henry Curran serves as Noise Abatement Commissioner and is currently in Europe studying methods.
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New York City
F. H. LaGuardia
NAC
Henry Curran
Major Curran
Europe
Rabbits Cause Floods in Swiss Valais Dykes Collapsed
Intense heat across Switzerland melts snow and swells the Rhone headwaters into floods. Dykes along the river banks failed after being burrowed nearly hollow by a vast colony of rabbits, triggering widespread flooding in the Valais canton.
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Valais
Switzerland
Rhone
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