A Vagrant Christmas Gift
A couple fumbles holiday gift exchange leading to a mistaken package swap. Mr. and Mrs. Smith chase a book intended for the Snivelys, causing a farcical muddle that ends with a comic resolution and a reminder that Christmas comes but once a year.
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Mr. Smith
Jack
Lucy
George
Mrs. Smith
Valf
Mr. Snively
Mr Smith
Snively
Smith
Perkins
Mrs. Snively
Mrs. Perkins
Snivelys
Chan Peaven
Christamas
Child Doubting Santa Suffers Insomnia
A child who doubts Santa Claus struggles with insomnia while a child who believes enjoys a peaceful night's rest.
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Santa Claus
True Spirit of Day Christmas Message on True Meaning
The piece argues that Christmas is more than a pagan festival and social ritual. It decries gift giving for show while urging heartfelt charity and gratitude for the Christ child, noting etiquette often masks genuine goodwill and suggesting simple, meaningful gestures.
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Christendom
Song of the Christmas Tree and Holiday Reflections
A collage of verse and prose on Christmas memory, nature, and giving. Poetic lines frame a tree's resilience and the season’s meaning, from forest lore to the joy of gift giving and the spirit of Bethlehem. The piece laments destruction of trees yet asserts enduring symbols of Christmas in hearts and children.
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Santa Claus
Santy
Bethlehem
Economy 15 Slogans and Cattle Disease Bill Passed
The Senate approved a $1,000,000 appropriation to fight foot and mouth disease while the agriculture census item rises to $2,285,100. The overall bill trims estimates across departments with no salary increases and imports 1,000 temporary clerks for census work. Congress tightens travel per mile to five cents and trims foreign commerce and cost of production studies.
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Washington
House
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Johnson v
South Carolina
Congress
Pension Office
Post Office Department
Redfield
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Central
South America
Cruiser Dresden Safe After Falklands Engagement
A Perez Punta Arenas dispatch reports the German cruiser Dresden reached Punta Arenas undamaged. A Buenos Aires wireless note said the ship had fled Falklands and then steamed 27 miles down the Argentine coast within neutral waters, keeping well inside the three mile limit.
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Talparaiso
Chile
Punta Arenas
Dresden
Buenos Aires
Strait of Magellan
Santa Crus
Falkland Islands
Servians Retake Belgrade After Fierce Battle
A Nish dispatch to Reuters reports Servians have reoccupied Belgrade after heavy fighting. Austrians held the city since July 29, with bombardment from Semlin and Danube monitors, much of the city said destroyed by fire. Austrian defeat acknowledged by Reuters Amsterdam.
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London
Belgrade
Reuter
Semlin
Danube
Amsterdam
Dhefeat
British Sub Sinks Turkish Battleship at Dardanelles
The British submarine B B penetrated the mine defences at the western Dardanelles, torpedoed the Turkish battleship Messudieh, a 600 crew vessel, and left it sinking rapidly as allied forces bombard the strait.
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Dardanelles
London
Messucich
Rapilir
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TURK
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