Christmas Meets Lost Love On The Car In The West
Marion Hayes, a cloak department saleswoman in a western city, recalls her New York days with art student Jack Harwood after a chance bus encounter. He returns from Paris, boasts of success, and plans to visit as memories of their shared past resurface amid her tiring holiday shift.
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Marion Hayes
Marion
Miss Hayes
Mr. Harwood
New York
Paris
Stan
Wilson & Carr
Scott
Art League
Jack Harwood
Jack
Jte
Bridget
The Artist and Marion Tie Money to Dreams and Fate
Marion faces renewed ambition and hardship after an artistic setback. A former friend, Jack Harwood, secretly helps by sending fifty dollars to ease her eye treatment costs. She struggles with pride and gratitude as their once distant connection hints at past closeness and potential reconciliation.
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Darnell
League
Marion
Jack
Santa Claus
Marion Shaiyes
Harwood
Some Fatal Christmases Across History
The article surveys Christmas day tragedies and climactic events across centuries. It notes Diocletian’s 308 blaze in Nicodemia, Norman conquests and massacres around 1066 and 1068, the 1170 Canterbury martyrdom of Thomas à Becket, John Wycliffe’s death in 1384, a London plague Christmas, and the Great Frost starting December 24, 1775, with notable scenes on the Thames.
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Diocletian
Nicodemia
Yuletide
Enzpland
Huarold
William the Conqueror
Westminster Abbey
William
Thomas A Beckett
Canterbury
Henry II
St. Benedict
John Wickliffe
London
Thames
London Bridge
Star Shone At Bethlehem From Wise Men To A Child
Poem recalls the guiding star at Jesus birth. It contrasts royal grandeur with humble manger scene. The star leads to the Christ child as a light amid darkness and suffering. The imagery travels from desert caravans to the stable, through rulers and slaves, toward a birth that shines across ages.
Noted Artist and Lover Face Lovers' Dilemma
In a studio scene Marion and Jack confront money and affection as he offers to share his life and responsibilities. Marion contemplates the gift, tears marking the moment, while Jack declares enduring love and a plan to take them both. The moment ends with a kiss and the fallen check on the floor.
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Marion
Jack
Origin of Christmas Evergreens in Historic Customs
The piece notes evergreen use at Christmas predates the tree and cites a 1414 incident in Leadenhall Cornhill where a tree standard decorated with holm and ivy was torn up during Candlemas week. It reflects a long tradition linking pagan roots to Christian festivity, as recounted by Leslie's Weekly.
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Leadenhall
Cornhill
Leslie’s Weekly
Mammy and Pickaninny Jim Question Santa in the Dark
A Washington Star excerpt features Mammy and Pickaninny Jim debating if Santa Claus can see in the dark like a cat. The mother replies she cannot be sure and notes that white children receive rockin horses and steam engines.
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Pickaninny Jim
Santa Claus
Chile
Washington Star
Shattered Ideals and Silken Hose Theft
Miss Wonder grows grim about Christmas as Miss Telitt recalls last year when a $12 silk hose purchase vanished due to theft. The exchange hints at personal losses shaping holiday mood and community feelings.
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Miss Askitt
Miss Wonder
Miss Telitt
Salvage Sequel on the Masterpiece and the Senator
A stormy rescue saga on the Atlantic follows the Masterpiece guiding a lifeboat to save the sinking Senator. Captain Larry Walters accepts a risky salvage plan, ultimately salvaging the Senator and earning a promotion setup, while a personal reunion looms with Nellie.
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Walters
Larry
Liverpool
Criffon
Griffen
Ptus
A Lucky Thing
A rabbit notes luck in a left hind foot as a dog escapes a pursuer. The squirrel agrees and says the other hare would not have escaped without his own luck. The brief chatter appears in the Kennebec Journal.
Father Declares One Poker Player Per Family
A Chicago Post item quotes a boy urging his father to play poker. The father replies that his income cannot support more than one poker player in the family, illustrating frugal limits and humor in domestic gambling.
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Chicago Post
A Reason for It The Doctor Keeps Spon julix’s Ailment Untold
A Chicago Post cartoon quotes a doctor who refuses to name Spon julix’s illness. The gag suggests mystery allows higher fees than a labeled condition.
Came Near It. A quip from The New Yorker
A brief wit exchange features Miss Antique sighing for chivalry days and Mr Oldboy joking he was nearly in that era, capturing a lighthearted New Yorker moment.
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Miss Antique
Mr. Oldboy
Old Bullion Proves Courtesy Through Bridge Avoidance
Town Topics notes a quip about Old Bullion embodying old school courtesy by declining to play bridge with his daughter's husband for fear he might win back some money. The exchange pokes at propriety and thrift in social gambling.
Duty on European goods sparks buyer curiosity
A brief column notes that people question why duties apply to items brought from Europe. A gentleman replies that it is traditional practice, shared in a casual exchange cited by the Philadelphia Record.
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Tommy
Europe
Philadelphia Record
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Fessen
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Geordie
Atd
P.m. Walters
Eve
Lil
Mec
Sandy Hook
Newcastle
Bessie
Tom Mr. Slade
Kennebec Journal
Sponjulix
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