Annie and Willie Pray for Santa Claus Come Alive
A stern father fears Santa is a myth but listens as Annie and Willie pray to Jesus for gifts. Their tears soften him and he secretly buys presents, including a writing desk and acrobats, so the children wake to magic and a changed heart. The tale honors faith and repentance.
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Annie
Willie
Santa Claus
Willice
Wile
Papa
Mamma
Jesus
Brother Willie
L Et
Santa Caus
Theore
Einer
Dad
Pan
E 'Ty
The Song of Old Kriss Visit Christmas Eve
A lyrical Christmas poem describes Santa Claus visiting houses through the snow. He glances at sleeping children and their wishes, leaving gifts only for those who are good, then departs up the chimney into the night.
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Andy
Dressing Mary Ann
A Christmas scene describes shaping a paper child named Mary Ann with a nose petticoat underwaist and velvet sacque and a hat parasol as she is dressed from a plain form to a grand appearance with care and affection. The narrator details steps in making the doll and its final presentation after a week of work.
The Empty Stocking
Poem about a girl named Pet who finds her stocking empty until Kriss plays a prank then fills it with candy and a toy as she discovers a Christmas tree in the nursery.
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Qld Kriss
Pet
The Childrens Dream Christmas Poem Dreaming Children
Two children dream of Old Kris giving toys on Christmas Eve. They awake to find socks filled with treasures and wonder if they were dreaming. The verse presents a gentle Christmas scene with a beloved figure and the magic of gifts.
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Kriss
Roanoke Island Tale Echoes Of Sensations And Eagle Flight
On Roanoke Island a storied landscape of history and oddities frames a modern event. An eagle turns its gaze from the sun over a quiet yard as the tale shifts from ancient forts to present day life and dramatic happenings.
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Elizabeth City
Roanoke Island
Virginia Dare
Abel
Lewis Mann
Lewis
Oregon
Goose Fight Ends in Terrific Farmyard Battle
A dramatic clash unfolds as a goose is attacked by an eagle in Walter Dough's yard. A bull terrier joins the fray, the eagle is knocked down, and Miss Martha Brothers seizes a rail to strike the bird, ending the combat as the eagle dies.
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Walter Dough
King of Birds
Reese
Martha Brothers
Jenny
Ate
Eagle
Costly Baptismal Font Debuts in New York Fair
A grand fair at Madison Avenue Congregational Church runs Dec 1 for ten days. A bronze baptismal font weighing 800 pounds, valued at $5,000, features a water water-sky base, a rock with lilies, and a tall stem supporting an ornate chalice. Thirty three sacred stones symbolize Christ’s earthly years. The font includes water and wind symbolism, with a silver baptism basin and olive wood cover. Voting for the font proceeds across New York and nearby areas at $1 per vote.
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New York Sun
Madison Avenue Congregational Church
Forty-sixth Street
Christ
Rachel
Heliopolis
Jordan
John the Baptist
St. Lorenzo
Genoa
Lazarus
Prictorium
Pilate
Vis Dolorosa
St. Veronica
Jerusalem
Egypt
Dead Sea
Ajalon
Nero
Pantheon
Castle of
St. Angelo
Palace of the Caesars
Castor
Pollux
Mamertine
Rostrum
Julius
Antoninus
Faustina
Roman Forum
Vista
Collosseum
Caracalla
Gethsemane
New York
Brooklyn
The Escuriel Palace of the Kings of Spain
The Escuriel, begun by Philip II in 1562, cost 6 million ducats to erect. It forms a vast marble square with fourteen thousand doors and eleven thousand windows. Francisco de los Santos estimates four days to traverse all rooms over a distance of thirty three Spanish leagues.
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Escuriel
Spain
Philip II
Francisco de Los Santos
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Brown Cultivators
Champion
Reaper & Mower
Studebaker Farm Wagon
Climax Corn Planter
Suleyt
Isely Dump
J. F. Hoke
Ind
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New Denison Hotel
Indianapolis
West
Howe
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McEneney
Sullivan, Ind
Commercial Row
Sullivan Or
Terre Haute
J. P, Stratton
Franzz Liszt
Theo
Thomason
Mason & Halin
Mason & Hamlin Organ Co
Wabash Avenue
Chicago
George F. Hughes
Sullivan, Nd
Tee
Castings
J. A. Parker & Bros
DAVIS
John Davis & Sons
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