Little Jack Guessed A Christmas Secret
A snowy Christmas Eve drama as Jack and Mary fear Santa may be blocked by a storm. Mrs Brown reassures them while Jack delivers a note to Mr Simpkins and returns with hope Santa will arrive. In the morning stockings are filled, and Jack hints at the truth behind Mr Simpkins remark, keeping the secret.
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Jack
Mary
Baby Jane
Mrs. Brown
Santa Claus
Jackie
Mr. Simpkins
Mrs Brown
Baskets of Dainties for Holiday Gifts
Suggests assembling festive fruit baskets with oranges apples nuts figs dates and grapes lined with green tissue. Adds jelly cookies mince pies and plum puddings as accompaniments to enhance value and appeal.
Christmas Comes But Once a Year Cynics Spoil It
The prose reflecting on Christmas urges joy and good will, urging Cynics to relax and embrace cheer. It emphasizes that money cannot measure the season, and Christ has made the best of it for all, including the weary and sorrowful.
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Christ
New York Times
Christmas Trees From the Alps Arrive Fresh in Manila
The Manila Times reports that real Christmas trees from the Alps arrive each season still green and fragrant. A scientific chemical bath preserves their freshness without harming the trees, helping them stay beautiful for many years for sale by Manila merchants.
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Manila
Alps
Manila Times
Yuletide Gift Custom Questioned in Old Prose
The piece critiques the Christmas gift exchange tradition as impractical for many women, noting financial strain and overwork when gifts are extended from long past exchanges. It argues that remaining in the custom may no longer bring happiness if relationships have drifted or faded.
Expressing Gifts Box Requirements
The text advises using a strong wooden box for packing gifts if possible, or heavy cardboard as a substitute. It emphasizes the box should be large enough to provide ample room for packing.
Sensible Gift Giving
Stop thoughtless giving. It is a waste of money and no one thanks you. Far better an appropriate gift than a costly present for which the recipient has no use.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad in 1886 Toledo Paper
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo Ohio pledges to pay $100 for each uncured catarrh case. Notary A. W. Cleason records December 6 1886. Ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally and Hall's Family Pills for constipation with druggist sales at 75 cents.
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Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. W. Cleason
Toledo,.c
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children Ad
To Mothers in This Town Children who are delicate feverish and cross will get immediate relief from Mother Gray e Sweet Powders for Children They cleans the stomach act on the liver and are recommended for complaining children A pleasant remedy for worms At all Druggist 2bc Sample FREE Address A S Omsted Le Roy N Y Adv.
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le Roy
N.Y
Adv
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