Gingerbread dolls bring Christmas joy to a bakery window
A nostalgic tale recalls old fashioned dolls with replaceable heads and cloth bodies, and a bakery's gingerbread dolls display that drew customers. John Carlson's mother sews and creates them, turning a humble window into a source of community joy and Christmas meaning rather than profit.
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Johnnie
Aister
Mother
Atte
Dolly
Sister
Wester
WEY
John Carlson
John
Halda Carlson
Count of Paris exiled from Switzerland in monarchist drama
In New York the Count of Paris, heir to a Bourbon-Orleans line, is identified as a monarchist pretender linked to the Les Cagoulards movement. He and his father, the Duc de Guise, have built a grand word facade while pursuing a corporative state program. The piece also profiles Heber J Grant and Rouben Mamoulian in brief notices.
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New York
Paris
Switzerland
France
Lara
Duc de Guise
Louis XIII
Bourbon-Orleans
Les Cagoulards
Kluxera
Henri Robert Ferdinand Marie Louis Philippe
Leon Daudet
le Courrier Royal
Daudet
L’action Francaise
Count
Duc de 'Guisy
Philippe of Orleans
Belgium
Fred Astaire
Eber J. Grant
Grant
Church of the Mormons
Mr. Grant
Jebediah M. Grant
Heber J. Grant
Utah
Curlescues
Hispaniola and Central America Border and Borderlands
The article surveys Hispaniola’s 103 mile border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, detailing landscapes, population densities, roadways, and resource contrasts. It then compares Honduras and Nicaragua, outlining their exports, proposed canal routes, terrain, historical disputes, and capital setups.
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Honduras
Nicaragua
Segovia
Cabo Gracias A Dios
Cape
Caribbean
Interior
Rio Negro
Pacific
United States
Inertor
Negues
West Indies
Cartwheel Crochet Cloth Pattern for a Double Medallion Square
Simple eight inch crochet square forms a two medallion cloth when joined. Start now with economy yarn. repeats come quickly. Pattern 1570 includes chart directions materials illustrations and photo. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Center 82 Eighth Ave New York with name address pattern number.
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Needlecraft
Eighth Ave
New
Yor
Heard It Said Yet Wouldn't Believe Tt
Henry George known for single tax memory and indifference to dress is cited by Louis F. Post in The Prophet of San Francisco. A sleeping car porter laments poverty then receives a large tip, remarking you never can tell how a frog will leap when money changes hands.
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Henry George
Louis F. Post
San Francisco
George
Dragoman Defined and Roles in 19th Century Context
A dragoman is a comprehensive designation for a intermediary between Europeans and Orientals. The role includes guiding travelers or hotel tours and serving as chief dragoman of a future embassy, with duties that may involve carrying out political negotiations.
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Anyose
Waieine Ag
First Permanent Settlement Debate Across Early Colonies
Fragmentary text notes early American settlements predating Jamestown and calls the location the first permanent colonization site. It mentions storms fires wars and a town that endured nearly two centuries with only ten dwellings left by 1807 and a Confederate era destruction in 1861. The passage blends historical claims with garbled OCR, leaving none of the precise place names or dates intact.
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America
James Town
Jamestown
Curious sayings drift through a clipped column
A compact, witty meditation on human foibles and social vanity notes. It comments on curiosity that leads to Eden lost, the dangers of terse speech, and fatigue in men tied to waistlines. It compares youth chasing crowds to shallow facts and honors those who hide unhappiness behind pride.
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Eden
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Blanche Tanner
Western Newspaper Union
Lemuel F. Parton
Rouben Mamoulian
Hollywood
Artmeniat Picure
Gims Climnbs
Armenia
Tiflis
Caucasus
Moscow
Moscow Art Theater
London
George Fastroui
Rochester
Becky Sharp
We Film
Gans Alhured
INU Service
National Geographic Society
Wasshington
D. C
RG Service
Hispaniola
West Indian
Haitii
Vermont
Dominican Republic
Christopher Columbus
Cape Halden
Santa Maria
Halth
Lake Enriquilio
California
Sierra de Badoruco
Rio Pedernales
Rio Copotillo
Dajabon
Lasecabobas
Las Matas
Port-au-Prince
Manneville
Ciudad Trojillo
Columbus
Haiti
Santo Dueings
Weisha du
Galle
Doumishcan Republic
Cin 4
Rafael Leunidas Presle
Cleveland
Caribbean Sea
Panama Canal
Costa Rica
San Juan River
Atlantic
Lake
Pacific Ocean
Ciudad Trujillo
Phil
Rhat Raclo
Fae
Rome
Wincharger Corporation
Pet Ee Rem
Bachle
Jean GarReias
American Chain & Cable Company
Bridgeport, Connecticut
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Chale Ulider Kudpad
Choudina Kedpalas & Catae L
Budell
Shida Watecaereyan Erate la Eae Oeed Apt Dikatiod
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