Return to a Christmas Town Sparks Old Love
Ace returns after seven years to his hometown and finds a warmer welcome, old friends, and a rekindled romance with Constance Adams. The town’s Christmas spirit shines brighter as memories bloom and new affection grows.
Christmas Jade Tree Trifles From China inspire decorative pieces
From old China comes the Jade tree admired widely for its quaint flowers. Variants include translucent shell petals, fabric flowers dipped in shellac, and crepe paper blooms painted with wax. Wires support petals and stems, with a jardiniere to display as a lovely gift.
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China
Meant to Be Useful Decorative Christmas Doll
A pretty lady figure on a wire frame serves multiple roles as a holiday gift. She wears a colonial style dress of silk or crepe paper with a floral corsage and ribbon, sometimes holding an electric light, a telephone, or a bottle of toilet water.
Christmas Wristbag and Garter Adornments
A family themed note describes a wristbag made from two pieces of black ribbon with shirred tucks, lined in colored silk and set in a filigree silver mounting. It also mentions garter ribbons of black and pink gatin, and a decorative glove box with rocaded silk, stainless glue, and gold braid edging.
Ben and His Book Wagon
Ben Waters, ruined in a Boston bookshop venture, finds renewal in a summer caravan with rare volumes. He travels Vermont camps promoting publishers editions, rekindling memories of his dream girl Ethel from Brattleboro as he sleeps under pines and roams country roads.
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BY Waters
Boston
New York
Horace
Ben
Greenwich Village
Brattleboro
Broad Brook
Vermont
Ethel
White
Brattioporo
Palm Industry Chief Sierra Leone Asset
The principal industry in Sierra Leone is palm oil, a domestic activity where fruits are boiled to extract oil and dried nuts yield kernels for export. Palm kernels underpin native trade and provide cash via trading stores, supporting clothing, utensils, tax payments, and soap production.
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Sierra Leone
Cuticura Ad Promises Clear Skin For Pimples
An advertisement touts Cuticura products for facial pimples and blackheads. It claims to remove pimples in five minutes with Cuticura Ointment and Cuti cura Soap, and advises daily use for ongoing skin clarity, including Cuticura Talcum.
Little Girl's Heaven Joke At Seattle Dinner
Bishop Peter Rowe cautioned against detailed descriptions of heaven during a Seattle dinner. A girl buried a kitten in a cigar box and asked if it would go to heaven. Her father said possibly, prompting the girl to laugh and exclaim that St Peter would be cross when he opens the box and finds no cigars.
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Ace
Adams
Jack
Connie
Constance Adams
Constance
Thas
Smarty
Western Newspaper Union
Peter Rowe
Seattle
Heaven
London
Paris
Kittie
Cross St. Peter
Dandelion Butter Color Sold Nationwide for 50 Years
A harmless vegetable butter color called Dandelion has been marketed for five decades. Drug stores and general stores offer bottles labeled Dandelion for 35 cents, marketed through widespread advertising.
Escaping Infection Through Nourishment and Habits
The text explores how well nourished people often escape infections more than malnourished ones and notes factors beyond food intake such as sleep, exercise, and routine. It discusses body composition, elimination, and the idea that a single remedy like Dr. Peery's "Dead Shot" can expel worms and improve digestion.
Supply Exhausted Edith Aims for a Knowledgeable Lover
Edith laments the lack of bachelors who know how to make love. Marie And comments that all such men are married, leaving Edith with no suitable partner.
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Edith
Marie
Popular opinion as a societal falsehood, Carlyle quote
A brief quotation attributes the view that popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world to Thomas Carlyle, reflecting on collective belief versus truth. The line frames public sentiment as deceptive and pervasive.
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Carlyle
Freshman Calls for Scrub Team on Muddy Field
A freshman at the football game notices the field is muddy and asks why the scrub team does not get to work. After his repeated quips, neighbors laugh, and the moment ends in silence.
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