Green Glass Gift Then a Christmas Coup in a Decorator Tale
Olivia receives a plain green glass ornament from a wealthy aunt and fears its ugliness. She meets interior decorator Madame Draheim, who tests Olivia’s honesty and sales skill, then buys the gift and offers Olivia a partnership as a savvy, resourceful junior.
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Olivia
Draheim
Matilde
Maxfield
Madame Draheim
Homes Beautiful
Dra- Heim
Madame Drahelm
Madame
Matilde Draheim
Western Newspaper Union
Ardus Ellington receives Christmas romance at Alpha Floral
December bustle at Alpha Floral finds Ardus Ellington and Henry Von Hagen exchanging flirtatious glances amid poinsettias. A shared dream leads to a kiss under the mistletoe and a proposed future as Ardus accepts Henry's marriage proposal.
Saint Nicholas roots in Christmas lore across nations
The piece traces Santa Claus variants across cultures, noting Saint Nicholas as the original figure. It links Father Christmas in Britain, Santa Claus in Germany, and Kriss Kringle in Holland as adaptations rooted in St. Nicholas.
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St. Nicholas
America
Father Christmas
Britain
Santa Claus
Germany
Kriss Kringle
Holland
Mortroot
Mistletoe Surprise Sparks Long Lost Kiss Memory
Miss Marthe Brent receives a box of mistletoe addressed to her, suspects a joke, decorates her home, and recalls a thirty year old kiss with a gray-haired suitor who once called her a good-for-nothing Fitzger ald, now seeking another chance.
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Martha
Mary Holland's
Christmas safety warning cites rising home accident risk
The National Safety Council warns that Christmas celebrations could become more dangerous than in prior years unless people act more cautiously. It notes many injuries, including dozens of children blinded by air rifle shots and fireworks explosions during Christmas week last year.
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National Safety Council
Christmas Miracle At A Studio Job
Joe, a young photographer’s assistant, resigns for a better wage but sticks with the shop through long hours and hard work. Miss Meechem persuades him to return to his old studio where his place is saved and Santa delivers a lasting job security.
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Joe
Miss Meechem
Mr. Bangs
Santa Claus
Western Newspaper Union
Christmas Joy and the Noble Aim of Giving
A note on Christmas ethics states a man is judged by his power to bring joy to at least one person or animal during Christmastide, underscoring that genuine goodwill defines character rather than mere speech or sentiment.
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Chas
The Boy Jesus Loved by His Playmates
A Christmas Eve reflection notes legends of Jesus healing a lame boy and a bird being freed, while asserting the boy Jesus was kind and well loved by peers. It urges readers to imitate Him by doing a daily kind deed and recalls Christmas as the Christ Child’s birthday.
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Jesus
Christ Child
Frank O H. Sweet
Western Newspaper Union
Holly superstition on bringing holly indoors before Christmas
A superstition in parts of England holds that bringing holly into the house before Christmas is unlucky.
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England
On Salesmanship and Customer Welcome
A shopper criticizes clerks who ask customers if they need help. He argues such inquiry insults visitors and suggests clerks instead greet guests warmly, show genuine service, and be honest and eager to please to drive success. The piece urges friendly, disinterested help as the path to better sales.
Keeping Faith With the Easy Buyer
A 1927 Western Newspaper Union piece warns against exploiting the easy buyer. It contrasts the confident critical buyer with the easily swayed customer and stresses maintaining store trust and good faith to sustain long term sales.
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Fitzgerald
Martha
Jane Roth
Western Newspaper Union
Children Separated From Lepers in Culion Colony
In the Culion leper colony Philippines 285 children under fifteen were removed in 1925. They were placed in nurseries institutions or with friends. periodic health exams are given. school training provided. and they correspond with their parents.
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Culion
Philippines
The Guyed Guide
A playful exchange about a guide who repeatedly “guyed” a client until the client ends up guiding the guide. The Boston Transcript humorously explores role reversal and the circular dynamics of hiring and guidance.
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Boston Transcript
Early English Glee Club Formed in London 1787
The London glee club formed in 1787 flourished until 1857 and is likely the first of any significance for this English musical style not written until the mid eighteenth century.
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London
England
Great Lyric Poets and Greek Lyric Fragments
The text recalls Homer as a monumental epic poet and Sophocles as a tragic figure, noting Pindar as their lyric poet. It suggests Pindar’s fragments cover diverse early lyric forms.
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Homer
Sophocles
Pindar
British Golf Humor Draws Quip About Wives
A Boston Transcript note references British humor on golf course gossip, joking that golfers’ neglected wives are “vegetarian” since their husbands live as widows.
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England
Boston Transcript
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Orpheum
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Miss Ellington
Sophie E. Redford
Missouri
Dolly Sanka
W. Lucius Cook
Holly
O. T. Frash
Children of
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