Christmas With The Sky Dwellers
In New York a Santa Claus visits children living twenty stories up in tall buildings. The piece portrays how these sky dwellers lack earthbound experiences yet share Christmas magic with the city’s aerial families.
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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1906
Page
10
Sky Dwellers: Life on New York Skyscraper Roofs Told
A New York Times piece describes twin children born atop a tall building and living their lives on the roof. They watch sky dwellers, see elevators and clouds, and play on iron roofs while imagining days on the streets below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Santa Claus
New York Times
Christmas Angel Visits Suffering Children in German Hospital
A Philadelphia North American account describes a German hospital where a nurse in white acts as a Christmas angel. She visits each child in their cot, listening to their wishes, while carols fill the ward. Toys, candy, and a Nativity tableau decorate the scene, even in the fever ward with spruce trees and twinkling lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
A Lost Illusion Santa Closes In On a Child
Sadie loses belief at a Christmas Sunday school as Santa Claus is unmasked. The hoary beard and pack hide the face of Johnny Smith’s father, prompting a child’s distress and a sobbing declaration that Santa is only a papa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Sadie
Johnny Smith
Papa
New York Press
Christmas Turmoil as Hyde Wife Handed Turkeys and Cash
Des Moines Register reports Mrs. Arthur Hyde, wife of a local millionaire, stood in bitter wind from noon to 5 pm holding a Salvation Army contribution box after taking it from Captain Mary Taylor. Onlookers dropped money into the box while Captain Taylor left briefly to eat. Mrs. Hyde later supplied 2 extra rolls of bills from her purse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines Register
Arthur Hyde
Des Moines
Salvation Army
Mary Taylor
Taylor
A Lincoln Family Reunites Through Movie Recital
Adolph Gebhardt of Lincoln Nebraska watched a moving picture on Christmas Day and recognized a fellow spectator as his long lost brother George, a New York theater actor. Telegrams then brought George to Lincoln for a reunion after nearly ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Gebhardt
Lincoln
Neb
Adolph
George
New York
Welcome Christmas Horn and Drum in Time’s River
A playful note from the Atlanta Constitution on the rapid passage of time and the season. The writer muses on Christmas songs arriving one after another, the speed of time, and the cheerful refrain of youth and freedom as holidays approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Constitution
Cuttlefish Farms and Ink Milking Practices Abroad
A historical note describes cuttlefish farming on British coasts where tanks connect to the sea to milk ink from the creatures. It claims large numbers per tank, guarded to prevent ink loss, with China supplying top cuttlefish. Also promotes Bo-chee's German Syrup for coughs and consumption with typical 19th century health advertisement details and local retailer Frost & Spies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
China
Bo-chee
Frost & Spies
The Perils of Modern Civilization on Health
A journey to a Rhine village shows many centenarians thriving on simple rural life with vegetables fruits and modest alcohol. The piece argues modern life shortens lifespans due to hurry and worry, with worry the greater menace to health and peace of mind.
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Rhine
Reader Magazine
The Knife Edge Moment of Marriage
A vivid reflection on the instant marriage changes a person from free to bound, describing the breathless half second between time and eternity. The prose recalls Le Gallienne and the awe of rites that seal lifelong bonds.
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le Gallienne
Origin of the Name Fife and Its Early Ruler
The origin of the name Fife is uncertain. A historian argues it derives from veach meaning Pict inhabited, but this is unlikely since Fife was not solely Pictish. A monk-relayed tradition credits Fifus Duffus as the first known ruler of the district, a date lost to antiquity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fife
Kingdom of
Fifus Duffus
Mason and the Bull Street Pens of 1828
The biography recalls Sir Josiah Mason walking in Bull Street Birmingham in 1828 and spotting steel pens priced 3s 6d each. He, then a struggling maker of split rings, returned home, created better pens, sent them to London, and secured a large order quickly. By age thirty his capital was 30 shillings, and by sixty he had given away £400,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah Mason
Bull Street
Birmingham
Josiah
London
Mason
Dejected Baron Hoffman Linked to Wealthy Widow Marriage
In a Bleiler style cartoon caption, Baron Hoffman appears forlorn as gossip swirls that he wed a rich widow recently. A banker’s reported embezzlement of the widow’s funds fuels talk of scandal and misfortune surrounding the couple.
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Baron Hoffman
Meggendorfer Blatter
Egyptian Cat Sacred To Moon Belief Cited
In ancient Egypt the cat was sacred to the moon and when a cat died its master shaved off eyebrows as a sign of mourning.
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Egypit
Kodol Digestive Aid Backed by Chicago Lab
E. C. DeWitt & Co. of Chicago state that Kodol, prepared at their large laboratory, fully conforms to the National Pure Food and Drug Law. They claim vast demand from indigestion sufferers and note M. M. Sweet sells Kodol locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
M. M. Sweet
Wanted Assistant Manager for County and Territory
Classified ad seeking a assistant manager at a Chicago wholesale and mail order house. Open to male or female applicants in the county and adjoining areas. Salary twenty dollars plus expenses, expense money advanced. Permanent, pleasant work with no investment or prior experience required. Spare time valued. Send for details with a self addressed envelope to Superintendent 132 Lake St Chicago Ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Wholesale and Mai Order House
Lake St
Chicago
Thi
Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup Uses Honey and Ti r
An old advertisement touts Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup as a remedy to open the bowels reduce inflammation of mucous membranes and drive out the cold. It claims to stop the cough and contain no opiates while conforming to the Pure Food and Drug Law and is sold by M. M. Sweet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
M. M. Sweet
Also Mentioned on This Page
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John
Ny Smith
True Christmas Charity
Foleyshoney
Q. W. Frost
Rogers Bros
Rogers
Intrenational Silven Co
Meriden Britanniaco
Maripen
Conn
Berkshire Design
Willey
Sables
L. N. Clausen
Washburn
Washburn Printing Co
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