The Boxer BoxER Mary Boutwell and the Christmas Gift
Mary Boutwell, from a storied planter line, faces foreclosure as her guardian aunt’s finances falter. Bert Allen, a clerk who loves her, sacrifices his life and duties to care for his ill employer, leaving Mary to face a strained holiday season and the unfulfilled plan of a St Bernard gift.
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Mary Boutwell
New England
Mary
Boutwell
Miss Boutwell
Bert Allen
Bert
Mr. Burnside
Calaboose
Box for Dog to Marys Home and Secret Shipment Plan
Bert plans to move a large dog by box to Marys home leaving no railroad nearby. He writes a letter with the padlock key and prepares a strong air punched crate. He persuades the express office and undertakes a moonlit night shipment while his friend rests.
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Bert
Mary
Burnside
Gerk
Express
Prince Roland
Mimsy
Fie
A Christmas Gift Box Brings Love and Change
In a Christmas tale Mary receives an enormous box with a dog described as a gift, but an expressman retrieves Bert Allen from within the crate. Bert, pale and weak, explains he traveled in the box mistaken for Prince Roland, leading to a wedding in May as Mary forsakes her career to become a wife and mother. Bert inherits a fortune, securing their happiness.
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Mary
Miss Mary
Bert Allen
Billy
Prince Roland
Dinah
Bert
A Christmas Sleigh Ride by H. Sweet
Poem content titled A Christmas Sleigh Ride authored by H. Sweet and copyrighted in 1907 by Frank H. Sweet. The fragment presents a seasonal verse in period style.
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Frank H. Sweet
Easter Date 1908 Sets Earlier in Year Church Calendar
The 1908 church calendar places Lent starting March 4 with Easter on a earlier date. December and December ember days are listed along with all major feast days from January 6 to Advent Sunday November 29 and several solar and lunar eclipses visible in Sullivan. Death of Theodore C. Burks former Sullivan resident covered with biographical details.
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Sullivan
United States
Theodore C. (Dutch) Burks
Busines
Theodore C. Burks
Merom
Porter Burks
William H. Burks
Troll and Burks
Theodore
Martin Troll
James Burks
Dutch
Robinson, Ill
Robinson
Miss Bull
James
West Washington Street
Personal notices fragment
Fragmentary personal notice appears with unreadable names and vague details. No clear event or individuals can be confirmed from the readable text.
Town Gossip and Local Marriages and Events
A series of brief notes covers visits by Murray D. Crawley of Chicago, Stratton family plans for Florida, a chafing dish burn, constable T. E. Johnson on blue laws, several marriages including James Isaac Adams with Nora June Smith and John Brody with Tressa Breedlove, Otto Lutz joining the U S Army, and health coffee imitator claims.
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Roy McClanahan
T. E. Johnson
Carlisle
Johnson
James Isaac Adams
Nora June Smith
Jefferson Township
United States Army
Terre Haute
Coast Artillery
Henry C. Hale
Mabel Ridgeway
Haddon Township
S. T. Long
Baptist
Christmas Eve Sleigh Ride Through Moonlit Rural Town
A lively band led by Rob Joan Rust and Uncle Jack travel from the old farm gate on a Christmas Eve sleigh ride. They pass cider mills and festive farms as bells chime and villagers smile, until grandma greets them with rosy cheeks and a hungry harvest recap.
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Hey
Rob
Joan
Rust
Jack
Grandma
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Mary Bel
Him
Olive Harper
Oo H. Sweet
Corpus Christi
Ber
White Cloud
Iowa
Robinson Argus
Davis Hotel
George Parks
Julius
Rogoods
Murray D. Crawley
Chicago
His
Mrs
David Carnley
C. H. Stratton
New Smyrna
Fla
Mr. Stratton
Acker
Index Furniture Department
L. G
Ates
Loys
No. 9
Morris
Sleepy Hollow
J.D. Hill & Co
General Merchandise
East Mill Street
Shelburn, Ind
Pearl
Ruby
Belle
Scott Bros
Sullivan County
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