Candles and Christmas Traditions From Colonial Times
The piece traces Christmas customs from candles to bayberry wax, candles as festive symbols, and candlesticks. It notes Salem ordinances on bayberries, the shift to electric lights, and suggests candle gifts and tree lighting. It also recalls December 14 events: Washington’s death 1799 and Napoleon’s apotheosis 1840, contrasting the two leaders.
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Derrie
Salem
Orient
China
George Washington
Napoleon Bonaparte
St. Helena
Napoleon
Hotel Des Invaldies
Paris
France
Washington
Washington Death 1799 Ends First President’s Life
The article recounts George Washington’s death after a December 1799 storm and a membranous croup attack. It notes repeated bleeding per 18th century practice, his burial at Mount Vernon, Adams learning of the death, and General Lee delivering the funeral oration with the line First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Adams
General Washington
Mount Vernon
Lee
Churchill Emerges as Leading Young English Public Figure
Winston Churchill is highlighted as England's foremost young public man with a career marked by dazzling success since leaving Sandhurst at 21. Born to Lord Randolph Churchill and Jennie Jerome, he is noted for “doing things” and doing them well.
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Winston Churchill
India
England
Sandhurst
Lord Randolph Churchill
Jennie Jerome
Leonard Jerome
New York bon viveur rises to British cabinet post
A portrait of a young New York socialite who rose from military service in India and Africa to become a British MP and at 45 serves as Secretary of War in the cabinet. The piece notes his dual heritage and storied career.
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New York
Churchill
India
Africa
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Marjorie Howe Dixon
Grunewald
Pralines
Hotel Grunewald
New Orleans
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Walker Brothers Grocery Company, Ltd
Moffroe
King
Mary Garden
Crane’s
Wiley’s
Tiffin
New South Drug Store
Grand Stre
Milner Motor Company
Walnut and
Washington Streets
Mer Rouge
Louisiana
Santa
Une
Wage Abe
Santa Claus
Ford
Tling
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