Unusual Christmas Birthday Gift From Stevenson to Annie Ide
Robert Louis Stevenson wrote a deed gifting Annie H. Ide, daughter of H. C. Ide, her own birthday from November 13, to be celebrated on November 13 each year. Annie, born December 25, gained a personal birthday distinct from Christmas, celebrated with gifts and fine attire in Samoa and later at Port Washington. The tale ends with Annie continuing the observance and a later note on Virginia O’Hanlon’s Santa Claus question in The Sun.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
New England
Western Newspaper Union
Orty
Peete
Henry Clay Ide
Vermont
Green Mountain
Samoan Islands
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Ide
Samoa
Stevenson
Ted
Annie
J. Robert Louis Stevenson
Ballantrae
Vallima
Upolu
Annie H. Ide
H. C. Ide
Saint Johnsbury
Caledonia
United States of America
Louisa
Lloyd Osbourne
Harold Watts
Annie Ide
Little Annie
Shay
W. Bourke Cochran
New York
Port Washington
Long Island
Paris
Anita Leslie
Shane Leslie
Marjorie Ide Leslie
Annie Ide Cochran
Miss Leslie
Prince Edward
Duchess of
Kent
England
Duchess of Gloucester
Evangeline Booth
The
Salvation Army
Helen Twelvetrees
Rebecca West
Gladys Swarthout
Robert L. Ripley
Paul ‘Manship
Belle Baker
Jerry Rodman
New York City
New York Sun
A Guest in Error and a Dinner Invitation
Milly Jenkins, a Waterman’s salesgirl, faces a tense morning after a customer complains about a four yard cut. Later a dinner invitation from Mrs Boyd reshapes Milly’s hopes as romance with Lawrence Boyd unfolds, while family troubles simmer at home and a mistaken date looms over her.
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Illy Jenkins
Mrs. Boyd
Milly
Waterman’s
Mr. Swan
Mrs. Swan
Lawrence Boyd
Austin Boyd
Miss Hawkins
Lawrence
Miss Hankins
Dad
Mother
Shapely Neck Important to Good Looks
A fashion essay extols posture and neck beauty, praising the Gibson Girl ideal. It urges erect carriage, firm shoulders, and wasp waist hints, with step by step neck care tips and a simple exercise to strengthen the shoulders.
Is There a Santa Claus Editorial Becomes Newspaper Classic
Around Christmas a Sun editorial titled Is There a Santa Claus? gained readers requests for reprints. It became a newspaper classic reprinted annually for 40 years and reproduced by many papers, translated widely, second only to A Visit From St Nicholas in fame.
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the Sun
Clement C. Moore
St. Nicholas
America
Santa Claus
The Philadelphia Bourse Organization in Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Bourse organized in 1890 by the late George E. Bartol is the only organization of its kind in the United States. It mirrors European exchanges, especially Hamburg and Paris, to unite city business men for discussion and action on commercial matters. Its slogan is Buy Sell Ship via Philadelphia. It owns its building with the citys largest exchange floor for market reports and quotations.
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Philadelphia
George E. Bartol
United States
Bourse du Commerce
Paris
Europe
Hamburg
Bear Grease Windows in Frontier Cabins
Frontier cabins used paper glazed with bear grease to seal windows. The treated paper was translucent and shed water, offering a cheaper alternative to glass. Glass was costly and hard to transport to early settlements, making its arrival and durability questionable.
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Frontier Settlements
Glorified Eyes From Paris Beauty Secret Unveiled
Hint of the day offers a Paris sourced beauty secret to restore sparkle to tired eyes. A jar of featherweight masques saturated in a soothing solution relieves tension in five minutes with cooling comfort. Pads placed over closed eyes refresh the eye area and provide long lasting effect.
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Paris
Quinine Story Tied to Countess and Cinchona Bark
The quinine tree was named after Countess Chin chon who cured herself of malaria in 1638 with tea from cinchona bark. Sent by the Spanish governor of Peru, her recovery led her to publicize the remedy. Quinine has saved countless lives across tropical regions over three centuries.
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Countess Chinchon
Peru
Washington Post
Spain
Aquila Imagined Place in Action at Aquila
In the novel Action at Aquila the setting is a few miles south of Luray Virginia and west of the Blue Ridge along the Shenandoah river, portraying Aquila as an imaginary locale within a real landscape.
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Aquila
Luray
Blue Ridge
Shenandoah River
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Elmo Scott Watson
Francis P. Church
Friends of the Sun
Papa
Virginia O'Hanlon
Virgina
Virginia
Annie Ide Cockran
U. Us
Vwrae
By Patricia Lindsay
Bell Syndicate
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