Oldest Christmas Custom Decorates with Evergreens
The article traces Christmas greenery to ancient forest worship, noting sacred trees as offerings to gods from Apollo to Jupiter. It explains that early gifts to sacred trees were sacrifices, not mere decorations, and cites Roman use of garlands in temples. It highlights mistletoe and holly as enduring symbols, tied to Christian reverence of palm-branch symbolism.
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Eraaps
Apollo
Jupiter
Greece
Jerusalem
Timothy Hayes Early Christmas Shopping Discussion
A New York World clipping records Timothy Ting advocating early Christmas shopping, crediting the habit with personal gifting and frugality amid rising costs. The piece ventures into folklore on mistletoe and Druids, noting Sprays hung above doors for blessings, linking festive customs to modern purchases.
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Sven
New York World
Christmas Wishes Amid Odd Holiday Riff
Fragmented, playful vintage prose weaves holiday goodwill with shopgirl fatigue and street scenes. A barber tale, a crowded shop, and a dour mule rider punctuate a season of errands plus a Bulwer quotation on manners and diplomacy.
Not if I can head him off, my son
Willie asks his father if Santa will bring tools after he stops hacking the plane with a small hatchet. The father, a man who knows what he is talking about, answers firmly that Santa will not bring the tools if he can prevent it.
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Bulwer
Willie
Santa Claus
Youngstown
Christmas Eve Mystery on Teddicums Street
In a snowy quiet, Teddicums and his brother Jim awake to a mysterious nighttime disturbance. They fear a stranger may be near while lamplight flickers and bears, rats, and rascals create a noisy ruckus. The tale hints at a visitor possibly delivering a motor bike as children dream of what hoarded secrets might bring.
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Brother Jim
Divorces and a Christmas Marriage Tale
A gossiping conversation reveals Mrs Gonso suing for divorce from her husband, planning to wed a musician once granted. The pair wed last Christmas day. A woman with new hair remarks Lucy Gonso’s habit of always exchanging gifts. Life notes the irony as Santa letters and gifts are mentioned while father busy writing checks.
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Iiddies
Santa Claus
Masi
Father
Christmas Carols and Nativity Imagery Fragment
A fragmentary devotional verse references the Christmas story with lines about the Christ Child, shepherds, angels, and the star. It mentions helpers, peace for all men, and the radiant night, reflecting a lyric or hymn style. The text appears as scattered letters and phrases lacking complete sentences or clear context.
Tarnowski an Able Diplomat to Washington
Austria-Hungary names Count Tarnowski as ambassador to Washington praised as a top diplomat. He helped ease Austro-Hungarian German Polish tensions and is noted for cool, deliberate bearing and fluency in English. Countess Tarnowski, Princess Caetoryertinsia, is Russian Polish and has not visited America.
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Austria-Hungary
Count Tarnowski
Washington
Tle
Germany
Count Tartnowski
Count von Bernstorff
Countess Tarnowski
Caetoyertinsia
America
Rhode Island's New Senator Peter Goélet Gerry
Rhode Island senator elect Peter Goélet Gerry is portrayed as wealthy and well connected yet active in politics. He first entered politics in 1912 as a Democratic national convention delegate and organizer of Wilson clubs. Despite doubts, he won a Rhode Island district congressional seat in the Second District, coming from the Gerry family with ties to Commodore Elbridge Gerry and former Vice President Elbridge Gerry.
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Peter Goélet Gerry
Rhode Island
Gerry
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Congress
Mr. Gerry
Commodore Elbridge T. Gerry
Elbridge Gerry
United States
Madison
Christmas Message of Peace and Good Will
A Christmas message recalls the nativity and the message of peace. It urges spreading joy and goodwill to all people, echoing the spirit of the Lord who preaches deliverance to the poor and healing to the broken hearted.
Watson Lost This Vote In Earnest Campaign Moment
Indiana senator elect James EB Watson made an earnest appeal for the Republican ticket in Ft Wayne. A spectator challenged him and urged the crowd to vote for someone else. Watson asked why the man would not vote for him, eliciting laughter as the exchange cooled into a stinging rebuke.
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James EB. Watson
United States
Indiana
Ft. Wayne
Jim
Watson
Tim
Jin
City marketing expert leads effort for cheaper food distribution
Miss Achsah Lippincott heads the agriculture department’s marketing investigations on cheaper, more efficient food distribution. The Philadelphia city markets veteran is the only woman in the country in this field, with Washington as her headquarters and field work in several public markets.
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Department of Agriculture
Achsah Lippincott
Makers
Miss Lippinestt
Ginnary
Washington
Philadelphia
Miss Lippincott
University of Pennsylvania
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John Doe
Timothy Hay OW
John Stockbridge
Lorne
Timothy Ting
Tinothy
Timothy Hay
Denver
Jimmy
Tarnowski
Sid
State of
Minos
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