Santa Claus and the Four-Bladed Jackknife
In a village tale of envy and kindness, Tommy Barlow and Loty Dickinson long for four Blade jackknives. They share a bond with fragile Fanny Chase while poverty shadows their town. A Christmas stocking fortune reveals truth, misjudgments swirl, and a brave Uncle Thomas uncovers the real thief, the grateful Fanny, sparing all from harsh blame.
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Tommy Barrow
George Washington
Excelsior
Tommy Barlow
Zelotes
Loty
Dickinson
Loty Dickinson
Tommy
Thomas
Lety Dickinson
Lety
Fanny Chase
Francis
Fanny
Inittle Fanny Chase
John
Mr. Barlow
Mrs. Barlow
Father
Croesus
Tommy Green Barlow
John Barlow
Tribunal of Justice
Dickinsons
Santa Claus
Ezra Tubbs
Mr. Ezra Tubbs
Long Hill
Winders
The Christmas Present in Baltimore American 1901
A satirical riff on Christmas shopping splurge and gift giving contrasts between men and women. It lampoons consumerism with vivid scenes of bargain counters, bric a brac, neckties, cigars, and nervous shoppers. The piece notes the spirit of the giver versus the receiver and ends by deeming Christmas a rare moral occasion.
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Baltimore
Noah
Montana
Kansas
Congress to Vote On Schley Thanks or Inquiry
The Kansas City Journal argues Congress should decide between a vote of thanks to Admiral Schley and reopening the investigation. It says the country favors whatever ends the wrangle quickly and notes the present winter seems unusually open to discussions of northwestern blizzards.
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Kansas City Journal
Admiral Schley
Congress
The Journal's Poets and Christmas Verses
A poetic page from The Journal featuring Mary A. Leavitt's December Christmas ode about Immanuel's birth and the Christ Child. It includes verses on winter, nature, and faith, with other poems by E A and M C Hutchings plus a long miscellany of scientific and world notes toward the end.
Out of the Ordinary Acurate Facts From a Fragment
A fragment notes various trivia on gas lighting in Baltimore 1816 native born statistics for Boston and England money by checks three fourths of earth uncultivated mail routes serving rural 3.5 million, London lord mayor salary and expenses Texas counties lacking local attorneys Negro World's Fair Company seeking a city for a grand exposition.
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Baltimore
Boston
England
Seatre
London
Texas
Alabama
Nobility in Distress in Austrian Court Case
An aristocratic Austrian court case centers on Count Des Fours Walderode of Bohemian lineage who squandered his children's fortunes and neglected their education. Abducting them to Switzerland and then the U S led to Swiss and Austrian action. The daughter, Marie, now 21, worked as a nurse in Chicago under an alias. the son, younger, held errands in New York. The girl receives a $20 000 yearly allowance. the son is being prepared for army service.
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DPSS
Kishan “Methodist "Episcopal “Church
Congo
Chenab
India
China
Weather Bureau
University of Michigan
Anam
Washington
United Kingdom
France
England
Ganges Delta
America
United States
Southwest
Hawaiians Islands
Manhattan
Bronx
New York
Montgomery Blair
Maryland
Baltimore
Count Des Fours-Walderode
Switzerland
Marie
Chicago
Marie Mertens
Sar
Henry Ward Beecher on Trees from Star Paper 1855
The essay extols a tree loving fraternity and the joy trees bring to the senses. It celebrates reading nursery catalogs and Arboretum volumes, comparing forest calm to Beethoven, and recalls a Lenox excursion to greet notable trees with reverent awe.
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Star Paper
London
Chaucer
Lenox
Philadelphia Press fragment voice praise note
A fragmented line from the Philadelphia Press captures a listener praising a voice with interjections. The exchange seems casual and humorous, reflecting reactions to speech or performance without clear context or full details.
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Thomas Barlow
Barlow
Uncle Thomas
Little Fanny
Chase
the Journal
December
Christ-child
Sharon Rose
Immanuel
Vernon
Mary A. Leavitt
E. A
Christ
Bethlshem
Madison
Ind
M. C. Hutchings
Harp of the West
Charles W. Stevenson
Henry Ward Beecher
Theers
Philadelphia Press
Miece
Beauty
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