New Amsterdam Winter Tale and Christmas Verses
A long verse narrative describes a siege and a Christian mercy scene near New Amsterdam, ending with a Santa Claus meditation and a Christmas gift ball guide. It blends colonial imagery with a Christmas moral, then shifts to prose about a Christmas ball and a humorous Santa Claus company proposal, concluding with a traditional Father Christmas ode.
Christmas in distant lands wakes familiar cheer
A reflective verse recalls loved ones abroad and the warmth of greeting at Christmas. The speaker imagines familiar faces across vast distances and the joy of voices singing as cheer multiplies.
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Father Christmas
Plum-pudding Tree Tale for Christmas
A child imagines a distant land where a fairy speaks of a vast plum-pudding tree that bears many puddings and pies. The narrator hopes Christmas brings a juicy fat plum pudding with his name and mentions three hungry boys eager for large bites.
Christmas Puddly Spoof Ends In Cheerful Hubbub
A playful verse evokes bells, reindeer and rabbit guards as a family crowd gathers around a mahogany tree. Three-times-three carols, distant happy lands and spice trees frame a festive Christmas mood tied to a shared kitchen pudding moment.
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John Kendrick Bangs
Men share a Christmas gift cigar in casual chat
A light exchange shows Some Himself offering a cigar to Charley and Tom. Charley accepts briefly but Tom declines, noting he does not feel like smoking that day.
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Charley
Tom
Christmas Tree Debate Between Relatives in Rural Exchange
Mr Clerkley of New York and Cousin Dick of Deadgulch discuss a Christmas tree. Dick jokes about adding a couple of injuns or boss thieves to make it seem more home like, suggesting a rustic, humorous exchange.
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Mr. Clerkley
New York
Cousin Dick
Deadgulch
Christmas Bills Hit Quick With January Paycheck
A humorous exchange complains that Christmas comes too late in the month. The speaker notes the bill arrives about a week after gifts, arguing three weeks would help husbands prepare and manage expenses.
Theatrical Guests Collect Hotel Spoons and Towels
A Columbus Dispatch quote describes actors as kleptomaniacs who steal small hotel items like towels and spoons and brag about their monogrammed collections. The hotel man says some actors could start a hotel business with the spoons they keep.
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Columbus Dispatch
Unexpected Effort Rouses Theater Quip
A mistress asks about a theater performance while Alma recalls a servant girl saucing her mistress in a brisk exchange reflecting sharp social wit.
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Alma
Buntes Allariel
Celtic Origin of la Ending in Country Names
A remark notes that the syllable la used as a country name ending stems from Celtic origins. The statement highlights linguistic roots linking place names to Celtic language influence and historical naming patterns.
Hypo phosphites and cod liver oil in consumption care
The article notes hypo phosphites may help early consumption by improving appetite digestion and nerve tone. It warns they lack cod liver oil’s fatty medicinal properties. Cod liver oil is described as valuable, while the hypo whites are stated as having value in early stages.
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Scott
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