Conscience Changes a Miser as Horace Saves Father
In Hempstead the miserly Walter Berger faces a Christmas nightmare when a tar and feather mob gathers over eviction debts. His son Horace reveals a ruse to honor the town with a true Christmas, prompting a moral reckoning and a last minute deed to transfer wealth for the poor.
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Athan Berger
Hempstead
Berger
Babbitt
Alvac
Fie
Horace
Spmrt
Horace Berger
Grady Family Christmas Gift Sparks Long Lost Brother Reunion
In poverty the Grady family scrapes together two dollars for gifts as Susie and Bill care for a stray Pekingese. A stranger arrives, claiming to be Tim Grady, the brothers’ long lost kin, and turns out to be Nora Finnegan’s sister? The dog leads to a heartwarming Christmas where Tom, Tim’s younger brother, reunites with the family and plans to stay, bringing a new happiness to the home.
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Ma Grady
Pa Grady
Su Grady
Susie
Bill
Susie Grady
Grady
Hill
Ie — Cchira
Bitt
Gorry
Tim
Tim Grady
Mar
Mrs. Grady
Tom
Tom Grady
St. Patrick
Norah
Bil
Gradys
Vyerira
Big Tom
Yom
Bedad
Atrs. Gradyr
Waostern Newspaper Union
Types of Christmas holly in North America and Europe
The passage lists four kinds of Christmas holly. It explains native eastern and southern Atlantic coast holly, European holly with glossy leaves, California holly also known as toyon or Christmas berry, and Oregon holly with Oregon grape resembling holly but not true holly.
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Atlantic
Cape Cod
Texas
Oregon
California
Oregon Hally
Ancient stadiums filled with record crowds in history
The piece notes ancient venues like the Circus Maximus as the largest spectator structures, with claims of capacities from 250 000 up to 485 000. It compares modern arenas such as Philadelphia's 140 000 seat venue for the Dempsey Tunney fight and Chicago's Grant Park stadium at 100 000, noting ancient structures may exceed them.
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Sesquicentenilal
Philadelphia
Grant Park
Chicago
Detroit News
Jara
Nome
Rome
Dandelion Butter Color Sold Widely for Fifty Years
An advertisement notes a popular harmless vegetable butter color called Dandelion used by millions for 50 years. Drug stores and general stores offer bottles priced at 85 cents.
Summer Strategy and Woman's Summer Departure
Fragmentary chatter notes a theme of women leaving home in summer for change and recreation. The text hints at Mrs Brown closing her delightful house and traveling to visit another woman, suggesting social or personal motives behind summertime departures.
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Walter
Nathan Berger
Tgera
Raine
Bergers
Western Newspaper Union
Nora Finnegan
Christmas
BAYER
Teres
Druggista
United States
Horse Association of America
BEL Bellans
Love Mitchell
Hall & Ruckel
Cicero
Deseret Book Co
U East
So. “Temple
Salt Lake City
Utah
Ty Solth
Kansan
Ee Sener
Jink
Cincinnati
Luden
Castor
Fletcher
Theodera
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