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Mount Dora Topic in Mount Dora, Florida

22 Dec 1938

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Mount Dora Topic

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Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America

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Dec 22, 1938

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3

Unusual Christmas Gift Tied to Stevenson in Samoa

In 1891 Robert Louis Stevenson drafted a deed gifting his birthday to Annie H. Ide of Vermont after she lamented missing a birthday party born on Christmas Day. Annie’s mother and Stevenson arranged a yearly celebration with gifts and fine garments until Stevenson's death in 1894. Annie later passed the birthday to her niece, with further lineage and royal names floated as potential future recipients.

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Robert Louis Stevenson New England Western Newspaper Union Elmo Scott Watson Henry Clay Ide Vermont Green Mountain Samoan Islands United States Great Britain Germany Ide Samoa Stevenson Annie J. Robert Louis Stevenson Ballantrae Vallima Upolu Annie H. Ide H. C. Ide Saint Johnsbury Caledonia United States of America Robert Louis, Stevenson Lloyd Osbourne Harold Watts Annie Ide Little Annie Shay W. Bourke Cochran New York Port Washington Long Island Paris Anita Leslie Shane Leslie Marjorie Ide Leslie Annie Ide Cochran Miss Leslie Prince Edward Duchess of Kent England Duchess of Gloucester Evangeline Booth The Salvation Army Helen Twelvetrees Rebecca West Gladys Swarthout Robert L. Ripley Paul Manship Belle Baker New York City New York Sun
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Newspaper Classic Is There a Santa Claus Editorial

A Christmas editorial first published in the Sun became a recurring “Newspaper Classic” reprinted annually by many papers. It has been circulated for decades, translated into languages including Chinese, and is famed beside Moore’s A Visit From St. Nicholas for enduring Christmas writing in America.

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Virgina Virginia Santa Claus the Sun Clement C. Moore St. Nicholas America
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Lovely Doilies You Can Crochet In A Jiffy Pattern 1715

Instructions for crocheting delicate doilies in four strands using six strings. Describes three sizes suitable for luncheon and buffet settings. Includes stitch illustrations, materials list, and a photographed daily. Send 15 cents with name address to The Sewing Circle, Needlecraft Dept., 82 Eighth Avenue, New York.

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Needlecraft Dept Eighth Avenue New York N. Y
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Weee Smiles Weee Smiles and the Robbers Tale

Dialogue pieces show a quippy exchange about noses, castles, and a police station turning into a laundry. The scene features a police sergeant and a crook reacting to a bath and irons with humor about old castles and ancient times.

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Codfish Ball Quip Sparks Empty Family Question

A playful exchange at a codfish ball unfolds as a patron asks the head waiter if the waiter who took their order left any family. The banter centers on social status and lingering curiosities at the event.

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Dress Confusion Sparks Lighthearted Club Exchange

A playful exchange pivots on a homonym, as one speaker jokes about a dress while another mishears it as an address. The quip highlights quick wit at a women's club gathering.

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Francis P. Church Friends of the Sun Santa Virginia O’hanlon Annie Ide Cockran Lanteiathey Rockefeller Center Alps Cairo Egypt Romania Tromso Norway Europe Christ Weee Robinson Lord Bacon Meier WNU Nas Syefel Dean Doans
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