A Political Vendetta in Wade of Kane and Claire
Claire Tremaine, newly ensconced as Percy Kane’s secretary, plots to expose Kane’s crimes with Gideon Hope. A daring rescue from molten iron by Hope ends in a marriage proposal and Kane’s unraveling power. Kane reads a stock ticker revealing peril to his empire, prompting a ominous, unresolved cliffhanger.
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Gideon Hope
Michael Delehanty
Amalgamated Messenger
Percy Kane
Hope
Kane
Claire Tremaine
Kanawha District
Gideon Nope
Maryland
Fair Palace
Stanton
Claire
Mr. Hope
Consolidated Silver Company
Big
Miss Rockford
Mill Messenger
Hell
Gideon
Iron and Steel Combine
Millionarres
Great Metal Trust
Worthington
Stock Exchange
New York City
Havana
Bolivian Indian Women Stronger than Lords in Every Way
Boston Globe notes Bolivian Indian women surpass their husbands in intelligence and leadership at home and in markets. It describes matriarchal bargaining power, heavy labor, and high alcohol use among Germvan Indians from infancy to death, with drink tied to feasts and rites.
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Bolivia
Boston Globe
He Has to Buy Lobster Terrapin Love Food
A playful exchange in Philadelphia between a soulful youth and a practical companion. The youth touts music as food for love while the other quips that his beloved favors expensive lobster terrapin and other costly fare.
Santa Claus Faith Remains In Laddie’s Heart
A lullaby tone meditation on a child losing belief in Santa Claus and the return of faith through loving hearts. The poem asks whether doubt replaces childhood dreams and ends with the refrain that as long as there are loving hearts there will be Santa Claus.
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Laddie
Santa Claus
Greenland
Sea
Holly Decorations for a Festive Christmas Interior
The Chicago Tribune describes timeless holly decor ideas for central features like doorways windows and mantels. Use evergreen ropes holly berries mistletoe laurel wreaths pine trees and Nuremberg style wire trees to create a bright reusable display for any home size from a small flat to a mansion.
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Chicago Tribune
Nuremburg
Hand Made Home Gifts and Simple Holiday Projects
The article extols easy at home crafts for practical women with sewing skills. It highlights a hair receiver made from white lawn or dimity with satin ribbon and says warm bedroom slippers are a long time favorite homemade holiday gift.
Festival of the Nativity in early church history
The article notes Christmas observance at an early period in church history. It states Christ instituted the festival by revealing his humanity, angels proclaimed its sacred status, and the nativity centers biblical narrative on the restoration of manhood through the virgin-born Jesus.
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Christ
Jesus
Earth
God
Fortune Telling on New Year's Eve in Rural Germany
The text describes young people in rural Germany shaping molten lead on New Year's Eve and pouring it into water to read futures. A star-like metal form predicts luck, surface films signal money, and signs of marriage or travel may appear. The tradition is said to pass from mother to daughter.
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Germany
Changed History of World Observed in Ancient Civilizations
The passage surveys pre Christ history as barbaric and bloody, citing Babylon Persia Greece and Rome. It emphasizes vice degradation crime and nations described in blood and iniquity with reference to ancient Greeks and Romans.
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Babylon
Persia
Greece
Rome
Teutonic Ancestors Embrace Gospel and Civilization
The piece recounts a transformation of the Teutonics after receiving the gospel of Christ. It contrasts their prior state as a semi barbarous people without literature, government, refinement, or religion with their later refined manners and improved civilization as the gospel spreads. The passage also alludes to Syria inhabitants straying before the prophet's declaration.
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Syria
Alarm clock at the office hints dinner timing
A Chicago Evening Post note imagines a worker owning an office alarm clock to signal when it is time to return home for dinner. The lighthearted line reflects urban daily life and the rhythm of home and work routines.
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Chicago Evening Post
New Year Rituals in Japan Mark Morning of 1 January
A New Year description from the New York World outlines Japan's 5 am religious festival led by the Mikado and deputies in traditional dress. The emperor and empress host a three hour breakfast, guests take a ceremonial cup, and red paper for good luck decorates doors except during a year with a death, when blue is used. The day closes with greetings and theater plays featuring ornate robes.
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Japan
New York World
Bethlehem Celebrates Christmastide Three Times a Year
In Bethlehem the Latins celebrate Christmas on December 25 while Greek Catholics mark it 12 days later and Armenians observe Epiphany instead. Pilgrims from all three faiths converge on Christmas Eve to the traditional fields where angels greeted the shepherds.
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Bethlehem
Christmas Toy Stores Opened Early With Glue Hints
In a festive note, shoppers discuss Christmas timing and the question of when Santa will arrive. The scene mentions toy stores already open and a humorous nod to glue as part of holiday preparations.
Kriss Kringle Tandem and Home Gift Ideas
The piece describes double faced eiderdown slippers trimmed with point de Venice lace and blue ribbon bows. It suggests Turkish toweling wash-rags with crocheted edges, and a silk or velvet needle case with satin lining. It notes decorative millinery touches and gifts for a dainty recipient, ending with nostalgic verses about Christmas and Santa Claus.
A Reminder for Papa Christmas Planning
A mother helps children plan gifts for their father as the kids consider giving an alarm clock to their dad. The eldest explains the clock would wake him, reflecting thoughtful child reasoning and a cozy family moment.
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Papa
Time is Money on the Street Corner
Chimmie from Bleecker Street taunts Slobsy from Baxter Street about joining a Sunday school while slinging a idea of earning two dollars in cold cash begging for candy on a street corner as Christmas nears.
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Chimmie
Bleecker Street
Baxter Street
Chris
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Weldon J. Cobb
Pittsburg
Mr. Kane
New York
Perwise
Holly
Kriss Kringle
Atlanta Constitution
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