Christmas With The Pickwickians Chronicle Of Holiday Fun
A lively Dickensian summary recalls the Pickwick Papers Christmas sequence. Mr Pickwick, Sam Weller, and companions visit Dingley Dell for a merry holiday filled with snow slides, hearty hospitality, hot punch, and carefree camaraderie, celebrating a joyful festive chapter.
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Dickens
Pickwick Papers
Dingley Dell
Pickwickians
Gay
Merry
Fat Boy
Mr. Pickwiick
Sam Weller
Mr. Pickwick
Mr. Weller
Long Walk for Santa in Cleveland Fire
A father faced tragedy as a Christmas tree fire destroyed his home in Cleveland just before midnight. Alfred Hammermeister trudged eight miles through snow to reach a store to replace toys for his eight children after the blaze damaged their home and scattering gifts.
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Cleveland
Alfred Hammermeister
Snowberg
Santa Claus
Hammermeister
Dickensian Christmas at Manor Farm and Dingley Dell
The excerpt recalls Mr Weller and Pickwick in a Christmas tale with a grand manor sitting room, mistletoe mischief, and a bustling kitchen scene. A later Christmas day includes Santa, a large tree, and a hopeful search for gifts amid a fire ruined haul and a heroic store run.
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Mr. Weller
Dingley Dell
Pickwick
Dickens
Manor Farm
Muggleton
Mr. Pickwick
Mr. Winkie
Hunting Christmas Ghosts in Washington Society
Washington society shows little passion for ghost hunting with bids failing to catch on. A peaked ivy-ornate house offers Christmas specter hunts, imported from England where ghosts are common. One local exception is a notorious buccaneer figure described with cocked hat and gold lace, said to clink chains of stolen doubloons.
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Washington
England
Washington Star
Christmas Cheer and Justice Urged by New York Mail
The New York Mail argues that sincere charity cannot offset global poverty and urges turning Christmas goodwill into constant social reform. It advocates making compassion a steady industrial force, asserting equality and fraternity arise from justice rather than sporadic gifts.
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New York Mail
Nursery Tale Names Parade Through Verse
A playful catalog lists characters from fairy tales and nursery lore such as Cinderella, her prince, Mother Goose, Simple Simon, Penny Pieman, Bluebeard, Jack, Puss in Boots, the three blind mice, Holes in a shoe full of figures like BoPeep, Little Boy Blue, Red Riding Hood and the wolf, Dame Trot, and others noted as famous enough to merit mention.
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Cinderella
Mother Goose
Simon
Penny Pieman
Bluebeard
Jack
Puss In Boots
So Trim
Nice
Blind Mice
Naughty Kittens
Sweet Bopeep
Little Boy Blue
Red Riding Hood
the Bad Wolf
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the Pickwickians
Santa
MR. .Pickwick
Ares
Old Mother Hubbard
Mrs. Hubbard
Jack Homer
Frog
Dame
Mother Hubbard
Continental Oil CO. (Incorporated
A Mas Toys
N. Arthur
Pocatello Cycle Co
Pocatello Pressing, Cleaning and Dyeing Co
West Clark Street
United States
Black
Campbell @ Jackson
F. Weideman
wTvamy Oumcimn
Cnet Bo
Domoto & CO
Pocatello, Idaho
Western Loan @ Savings Co
Pocatello
North Main
J. C. Pearson Baggage and Express
Red Cross Pharmacy
W. Coter
Forth Garfeld
Red
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