Santa Claus Visits a Child in a Buick Sleigh Fantasy
In a Boston Herald tale, Fletcher seizes a Christmas moment with Lida while Teddy awaits Santa. A motor carriage replaces sleigh bells as Santa arrives, offering a ride and a declaration of love that rekindles Fletcher and Lida’s feelings as Teddy witnesses a warm, hopeful scene.
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Lida
Fletcher
Chistmas
Teddy
Santa Claus
Geure
Sante Claus
Tekly
Boston
Christmas Pie Recipe Gone Wrong with Drunk Mince
A family tradition of brandy in mince pies tops with Christmas dinner when Reverend Scroggins, a teetotaler, attends. Each family member secretly adds brandy, culminating in a very strong pie. The minister compliments the pie and asks for seconds, amid a humorous cautionary note about holiday generosity and temperance.
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Jeremiah Scroggins
Jeremiah
Mother
New York Mail and Express
Earnest Holiday Do Nots From The Iron Reindeer
A Buffalo Express guided holiday feature contrasts playful iron reindeer fantasy with practical gift etiquette. It offers dated verse on toy trains and a series of don ts advising simple, thoughtful giving over showy presents, urging generosity toward others and restraint in self happiness.
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THE
Iron Reindeer
Whtil Marek
Bob Cratehits
Tims
Scrooge
Thenry
Buffalo Express
Our Old Friends Are the Best Pills Ad
Dr Herricks Sugar Coated Pills offered as cures for liver complaints headaches bowel troubles and colds. Purport to purify blood. Priced at 25e per box with free sample available. Sold by C F Brown drug dealer. Subscribe for the Record now.
Christmas Dinner in a Pueblo Construction Camp
A Colorado plains camp in 1900 faces a turkey crisis when 150 white workers find no dinner ready. After a cook riots with a meat ax and is nearly lynched, the narrator intervenes, convenes cooks, and leads a improvised feast of boiled turkey and trimmings.
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Mireece
Plains
Pueblo
Colorado
Tem
Hin
New York Press
Mystery of the river rock and the orchard tale
A river mystery unfolds as a young surveyor finds a sealed wax bottle with a note and bonbon box messages leading to an orchard where a white dress appears. The tale blends romantic pursuit with clues about Queen Sheba and Solomon as two young lovers meet and confide plans amid farm life gossip.
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Solomon
St. Mare
Woorehuck
Sheba
King Solomon
Handerson
Dreamer
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UB Stoo
DBE
Elwell
Éreas
R. K. Munkittrick
Puandisiung
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