Peace in 1814 Ghent Treaty Ends War Between U S and Britain
A historical notice recalls the Ghent Treaty ending the War of 1812. Delegations led by John Quincy Adams and Albert Gallatin signed on December 24 1814. ratified December 28 1814. the news reached New York February 11 1815. Crowds cheered as the Favorite arrived with the treaty and extras floated from newspaper offices.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Western
Union
Ghent
Netherlands
Belgium
United States of America
Great Britain
United States
Canada
James Madison
Congress
John Quincy Adams
St. Petersburg
Czar Alexander
Adams
M. Daschkoff
Washington
Madison
Russia
Dashhkoff
Albert Gallatin
Treasury
James A. Bayard
Delaware
Europe
England
London
Baker
Lord Gambier
Carroll
Prince Regent
America
Favorite
New York
Christopher Hughes
Texel
Gottenburg
Sweden
Henry Clay
Kentucky
Jonathan Russell
Plattsburgh
Annapolis
Hughes
City
Mercantile Advertiser
Iowa
Plymouth
Henry Carroll
William Playton
Chataignier
P. Price Jr
Philadelphia
Minerva
Mercury
Hercules
Brittania
Temple of Peace
Capitol
Second-Hand Toy Business Rooms Revive Christmas Cheer
Across America volunteers in high schools fire stations and clubs repair repaint and create toys for Christmas. Police and fire departments along with Boy and Girl Scouts coordinate drives to revitalize dolls rocking horses and other gifts while Christmas baskets supply food and clothing to needy families.
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America
Santa Claus
Silent Night Brings Trench Warfare Brief Truce
In 1914 Christmas Eve between Armentieres and Arras Rev J Sutherland Watt of Norfolk recounts Scots and Germans exchanging carols across trenches. The lull began when a repeated carol drew voices from both sides. At zero hour soldiers stood unarmed before commands recalled them.
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Norfolk
J. Sutherland-Watt
Armentiers
Arras
Gordon Highlanders
Jim
Sutherland-Watt
Anti-Communist Flags Replace Santa in Japan
Tokyo reports a home ministry ban ends Santa Claus displays in shops. Stores will feature Japanese, German, and Italian flags to mark Christmas, reflecting anti communist themes amid growing seasonal celebration in Japan.
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Japan
Tokyo
Santa Claus
Christmas Year Round Town Spreads Yuletide Spirit
In CHRISTMAS Florida the town maintains a perpetual Christmas atmosphere with year round mailing of cards and packages stamped by Postmistress Juanita S. Tucker nicknamed Mrs. Santa Claus. The Christmas post office dates to June 27, 1892. other Christmas offices in Kentucky and Arizona have since been abandoned.
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Fla
America
Santa Visits Penasse Farthest North U S Community
Penasse Minnesota sits as the nation s farthest north U S community and its Christmas belief that Santa will stop there persists. He arrives by ski plane twice weekly from Warroad while Indiana Pete traps nearby islands in Lake of the Woods. Postmistress Helen Arnold handles the slower winter business.
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Penasse
Minn
Santa Claus
St. Nicholas
United States
Warroad
Indiana Pete
Lake of the Woods
Helen Arnold
Ointment From US Shrub Tied to Bible Christmas Narrative
A plant common in Minnesota and northern states yields spikeward oil valued for biblical anointing of Jesus feet. The article links this ointment to the Christmas story shared with the Holy Land, noting the plant’s US origin and its role in 19 centuries of tradition.
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United States
America
Holy Land
Bethlehem
Minnesota
North Woods
Jesus
Northern Outposts Await Planes For Christmas Delivery
Remote Canadian Arctic communities like Adakavik and Coppermine depend on Christmas air parcels, though some provisions miss planes. Pilot Marlowe Kennedy flies from Port Radium to Coppermine, while radio brings Yuletide contact to isolated residents across the Coronation Gulf region.
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Edmondton
Alberta
Canadian
Northwest Territories
Adkavik
Edmonton
Coppermine
Coronation Gulf
Marlowe Kennedy
Port Radium
Great Bear Lake
Arctic
Community Christmas Trees and Lights Tradition
Communities erect civic Christmas trees in December in central squares or town centers and decorate streets with colored lights. A lighting ceremony often marks the start of the holiday shopping season, with lights removed shortly after New Year’s Day.
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Yale
Fateful Meeting in the December Dusk
In a December afternoon scene a weary man is nearly ignored by six cars before a driver halts. The stranger praises stopping for an old man and reflects that Christmas rush can cause people to pass up their own kin. The moment explores kindness amid cold urban life.
Unusual Christmas Meeting with Tod Jenkins and Perry Birch
In a snowbound car Tod Jenkins, en route to St Louis to visit his mother, meets eccentric scientist Perry Birch who reveals he is the younger version of the famed thinker. Tod, a fan of Birch, learns he may follow in Birch’s legendary footsteps as a scientist.
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Tod Jenkins
St. Louis
Tod
Ted
Perry Birch
Youl
WNU Service
Aerial Santa Delivers Gifts to Lighthouses
Captain William H. Wincapaw flies from West Quoddy Head to New York each year dropping Christmas bundles to remote lighthouse keepers. Now aided by his son Bill Jr the pair continue the decade old service with precise target drops as they pass offshore lighthouses.
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Santa Claus
Air
Boston
New England
William H. Wincapaw
West Quoddy Head
New York City
Wincapaw
Bill Jr
Colorful Tea Towels To Brighten Kitchen
Pattern 1706 offers six motifs with embroidery and appliqué options. Transfer design measures seven by seven inches with illustrated stitches and required materials listed. Send 15 cents for pattern to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept. 82 Eighth Avenue New York NY. include name and address and pattern number clearly.
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Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Wisdom and Liberty in Urban Life Reflections
A compact essay collection notes how nature and wisdom clash and how city life diffuses both. It argues against judging by ancestry and mocks vanity while urging hard use of the Golden Rule in daily behavior. It also reflects on modesty, self praise, and temper in fat men.
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Christopher Hughes JR
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