Santa Claus evolution from St Nick to American icon
A discussion of Santa's origins from St Nicholas and Sinterklaas through Dutch to American traditions. It notes 19th century revisions by Washington Irving and Clement Clarke Moore, including Moore’s 1822 poem and the shift to a jolly, robed figure with eight reindeer.
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Simterklass
Santa Claus
Pergea
Washington Irving
Knickerbocker
New York
Clement Clarke Moore
General Theological
Seatalage
Moore
Poem Said to Spawn American Santa Claus Birth
The article recalls Professor Moore authoring the first Greek and Hebrew lexicon in America and secretly composing a verse he later called silly. He admitted authorship and gave the autographed poem to the New York Historical Society, crediting a Christmas 1822 verse as the birth of the American Santa Claus.
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Moore
America
Fnally
New York Historical Society
Santa Claus
Early Air Mail Flight Record From 1870 Paris Balloon Flight
The document notes what may be the first air mail delivery in 1870 from Paris to Craconville during the Prussian siege. Harry A. Truby collects mass mail stamps from early flights by aeronauts including M. Jules Durouf. His Aero-Philatelic Society of America records show stamps from flights over multiple regions worldwide.
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France
Harry A. Truby
Aero-Philated Society of America
M. Jules Durouf
Paris
Craconville
Trubys
Globe
Not So Good Thanks Diner Corn Today
A Kansas City Times snippet notes a diner exchange about corn with a joking waiter. The brief reflects casual, humorous local chatter without substantive events or names.
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Kansas City Times
Dickens Manuscript of The Mudfrog Papers Sold in London
The original manuscript of The Mudfrog Papers by Charles Dickens was purchased in London by Charles Lessier of Philadelphia. The volume had been in the publisher’s family since the work’s first issue about 90 years ago and spans four full quarter pages.
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Dickens
London
Charles Lessier
Philadelphia
Late and Proven Colds Remedy Ad with Bronoquinine
An old advertisement promotes a preventive treatment for colds flu and influenza using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. The box features a signature reading E. W. Greve and a price of 86 cents.
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E. W. Greve
No Joke About Study Love Amid Auto Danger
An old OCR fragment shows a classroom dialogue where a child answers love for studies over play. The exchange highlights safety while studying, with a remark that studying here spares one from being hit by an automobile.
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Scott Watson
Hristmas
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St. Nick
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