Christmas on a Lloyd ship and its aboard Christmas
A Lloyd steamship captain recalls how Christmas unfolds aboard a passenger liner. Passengers and crew decorate a grand tree, exchange gifts from home, sing, toast, and enjoy a festive dinner as ships sail in fair weather. Sailors and firemen each have their own tree and small gifts arrive from relatives at port. Christmas Day features a holiday with essential work only.
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Pebgara
An Lloyd Steamship
Ghana
M&m
Newrith
Mediterranean
Pip Tone
Sher
Senderman
Clergymen Asked to Lead Services Aboard German Vessels
The article notes that if a clergyman is among passengers he is asked to conduct services for both tourists and crew, while on German vessels the captain does not officiate, unlike Pinglish captains who do hold ceremonies.
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Chicago Inter Ocean
The Reason Why Under Mistletoe Kiss Refusal
A playful exchange reveals the moment under the mistletoe and a question about permission. The response notes the request and the playful insistence that permission was needed.
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Tomkins
Talking Dolls The Latest German Toy Invention
London Daily News outlines a new talking doll from Germany adapting gramophone ideas. A small disk hidden inside records phrases up to a hundred words and can sing latest songs. operation involves inserting the disk through a slot as the nurse guides the doll.
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Dolly Bythe
Dolly
Wong
Germany
Dol
London
Daily News
Christmas Thoughts and Images From Classic Voices
A collage of quotes on Christmas from Phillis Brooks, Thomas a Kempis, Washington Irving, Chrummond, and Charles Dickens. The passages urge spiritual renewal, offering to God, charity in the heart, and peace on earth as the season’s core message.
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Phillis ‘Brooks
Bethietem
Thomas
Earth
Chrummond
God
Charles Dickens
Christmas Fires and Yule Log Traditions in History
A Harper's Bazar excerpt recalls old Christmas fires with large cedar logs, light woods, and embers. It traces Druids origins of the Yule log and notes mountain and southern cabin practices where hearth fires burn across months and children warm themselves by the fire.
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Harper’s Bazar
Early Christmas origins and dates of celebration
The article traces Christmas name origin from early church Masses honoring Christ. It notes Pope Telesphorus ordered the first solemnization before 138 causing Christmas to move from a movable date. An ecclesiastical inquiry fixed December 25 as the Nativity date in the fourth century, with midnight dawn and morning masses established.
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Christ
Telesphorus
German Toy Exports Rise as U S Purchases Lead
The Reichs chamber report shows German toy exports totaling about 13.7 million dollars last year with the United States purchasing roughly 4 million. Sonneberg stands as the chief center of the industry and the annual wage scales for workers are detailed in the district report.
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United States
Sonneberg
Chamber of Commerce of
Sonnéberg
Wages for Doll Head Work Under Ten to Ten and a Half Hours
Article details pay rates for Gonsana doll head workers. Adult men earn 54 to 60 cents per hour, women 56 to 48 cents, male youths 36 to 48 cents, and girls 24 to 387 cents. Weekly earnings range from $1.10 to $6, depending on role and piecework. Skilled men can reach $7.20 and expert women $4.52 per week.
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Piice
Christmas Gift Plan From Johnny Tommy Pair
Johnny Tommy discuss pooling money for a Christmas present. They settle on buying a padded slipper for someone, as reported in Texas Siftings.
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Johnny
Tommy
An Ancient Substitute For Turkey
A roast sucking pig was a favorite royal dish on Christmas day in a historic English magazine. George LV. preferred the head of a sucking pig split, well seasoned, and deviled, a dish once prized by royalty.
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George LV
Twas the Week Before Christmas
A child notes family secrecy during holiday preparations as mother and sister hide things from father. The narration ends with a warning to not observe certain activities, echoing the season's hush and playful secrecy. The poem captures a domestic Christmas mood with a mix of mischief and parental caution.
Hidden Things Behind the Bed and Family Secrets
A child recalls hidden packages behind the bed and in the cellar. The mother and sister conceal items from the father while the child is barred from certain rooms. The family reacts to the bell and perceived unfair treatment as tensions rise around secret belongings.
Christmas With Lewis and Clark Diary Entry
The account describes rain and hail showers and periods of clear skies during Christmas with Lewis and Clark. The party shares tobacco and gifts and moves into huts after Inds depart. Dinner features elk and fish. the tone notes a disappointing Christmas meal.
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Lewis and Clark
Capt. Lewis
Mackersons
Whitehouse
Guterich
Goodrich
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