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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1910
Page
8
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A Boston Globe piece recounts Christmas at sea aboard transatlantic liners. Captains share how gifts reach passengers, elaborate menus, and a shipboard tree lighting create seasonable joy from New York to Gibraltar, Genoa, and Oporto.
W A Dobson, later Royal Academy member, originated the Christmas card in 1844 while teaching at the Government School of Design in Birmingham. He drew a three paneled greeting with a family toast and deeds of charity, sending copies that year and inspiring lithographed copies the next, launching a now vast custom with millions of descendants.
A jailbird jokes with the magistrate after being accused of stealing watches. He quips about taking time by the forelock, provoking a lighthearted reply. The judge then offers a grim choice, threatening a sentence of three years for the culprit.
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