Danny Biggs Finds Christmas Cheer from Lost Box
In a Vermont flood tale from the Connecticut River, Danny Biggs discovers a washed ashore wooden box of untouched toilet articles from a Vermont shipping firm. Amid poverty the items become Christmas gifts for the Biggs family, as Danny and sister Eliza covertly retrieve them and reveal the tale at daybreak.
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Danny
Vermont
Connecticut
Eliza
Mrs. Biggs
Biggs
Demens
Father Biggs
Mother Biggs
Western Newspaper Union
Christmas Meaning: Friendship and Memory
A reflection on Christmas as a time for friendship, remembrance of those absent, and brief self-forgetfulness during the season.
Christmas on Knob Hill Ends in Heir to Love
Clare Carson ignores gossip as she keeps a sunset promise to Fred, who reveals he lost his fortune to win her. He finds her on the hill as sleigh bells approach, and the Carson family learns of his million dollar windfall after the engagement.
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Clive
Carson
Bert McVain
Bert
Clare
Fred
Julia
Chire
Cutter
Julia France
Knob Hill
Bert McQuain
Ben
Claire
Western Newspaper Union
Christmas-Parrot Ornament Gift Idea
A paper parrot crafted from bright crepe paper with green yellow and red plumage offers a unique inexpensive Christmas gift. It appears lifelike and talks, serving as a vivid home ornament, with affordable papier mache forms and wire materials.
Dolled Up Powder Puffs For Christmas Cards
A brief feature notes powder puffs with a Merry Christmas card as charming seasonal gifts. The newest puffs are described as all dolled up for the holiday season and eye catching in the accompanying photo.
Christmas Observances in Bethlehem's Church of Nativity
The Bethlehem church marks Christmas three times a year by three rites. The Roman Catholic celebration is on December 25 at the Roman altar. Thirteen days later the Orthodox Greeks hold their rite, and eighteen days after that the Armenian ceremony completes the trio.
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Bethlehem
Montreal
Vogue for Metal Flowers Brighten Home Decor
Interior decorators embrace metal flowers as stylish gifts for Christmas. Shown are convincing metal look flowers crafted from heavy silver paper, formed by wire petals and tinted-paper linings, competing with crystal arrangements.
Crepe Paper Cushion Makes Colorful Sun Parlor Accent
A decorative cushion crafted from crepe tissue paper mimics cretonne fabric, offering a durable and vibrant pillow. Ideal as an inexpensive Christmas gift, it can be easily homemade and adds a bright color note to any sun parlor room.
California Fig Syrup Widely Praised by Mothers
Old fashioned remedy praised by Western mothers for children with biliousness and stomach upset. California Fig Syrup is touted as gentle, effective, and endorsing over fifty years of physician backing. Customer testimonial from Omaha cites rapid relief and long term use. Insist on genuine article with California on carton.
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California
Joseph W. Hill
Bedford Ave
Omaha
Nebraska
John
Historic gas plant fires fade after 93 years of burn
In New Orleans the advent of artificial gas ended the century old flames at the historic gas plant. Prewar labor included enslaved workers tending the fires in the gas house and the company carried on its books a record of $53,000 in live assets described as slaves. A large ornate iron gate remains in place as a symbol of its era.
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New Orleans
A Man Works on His Stomach with Peru-Na Remedy
A vintage ad claims Napoleon's army depended on its stomach and urges readers to use Peru-Na to tone the stomach, relieve congestion, and boost vitality. The text promotes buying from a druggist and starting benefits today.
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Napoleon
Peru
Jewels Found in Chaldean Queen Shub-Ad Tomb
Gold and silver rings with rosettes and animal figures unearthed from the tomb of Shub-Ad, the Sumerian queen, by a joint Philadelphia Museum and British Museum expedition. The 5000 year old jewelry enhances Ur of the Chaldees discoveries reported by Popular Mechanics.
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Shub-Ad
Museum of Philadelphia
British Museum
Popular Mechanics Magazine
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Hook
Martha Banning, Thomas
Robert Stead
Polly
Hanford
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