Aboard a Caribbean cruiser Christmas Night Carols
A World War era account describes a Christmas on a protected cruiser near Santo Domingo. Sailors built a stage from sailcloth, crafted costumes from aboard ship, and performed a full musical comedy with an orchestra of twenty, staged in the quarterdeck to bring holiday cheer to officers and crew.
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Caribbean
Santo Domingo
Ra Vve
Landsmn
Metropolitan Opera House
New York Times
Foreign window to send home love through money orders
The Cleveland post office money order window buzzes with foreign customers sending funds from five to twenty five dollars to relatives in the old country. Russians, Italians, Germans and Irish line up to mail orders while clerks translate and ensure the correct amount is sent. The act of sending money home brings comfort and keeps ties strong as year end approaches.
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Cleveland
The
Post
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Curious Corner of Toyland in Austrian Village St Ulrich
In St Ulrich, Austria, a village of toymakers showcases families devoted to wood carving crafts. One elder crafts wooden animals by hand without models, another house carves skulls and crossbones for crucifix bases, while other homes produce rocking horses dolls and painters keep a steady workshop rhythm.
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St. Ulrich
Austria
London
Christmas Cheer From A Housewife To Young Friends
A housewife with a light purse organized a unique Christmas for her young friends. She sent animal cookies to a family with three boys, homemade candy and stuffed dates to college youths, two puddings to an elderly lady, bread to a bride, doughnuts to a lone expatriate, and mince pies plus pound cake among gifts all packaged attractively. Chicago Record-Herald notes the thoughtful gesture.
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Chicago Iiecord-Herald
Where Christmas Trees Grow
The article notes that at least three-fifths of the more than 1.5 million Christmas trees used in America come from eastern and northern Maine. It highlights how thousands of young farmers and timbermen profit from cutting and shipping the trees, a Maine industry that started about thirty years ago with four schooners and now uses many vessels, mainly firs.
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America
Maine
Whispered Mistletoe and Holly Folklore
A lyrical note from the Atlanta Constitution celebrates mistletoe and holly as symbols of love. It evokes rosy cheeks, sparkling eyes, and whispered vows beneath festive greenery.
Male dress reform and the white shirt problem
In London Gossip, F. Manning argues white shirts harm health and comfort, tracing their social origins to wealth and their evolutionarily obsolete status. He urges abandoning the garment for a healthful, comfortable alternative and proposes an antiwhite shirt society to adopt attire focused on comfort, health, and beauty.
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Association of Ideas
F. Manning
London
Making Love Up a Tree in Fiji Courting Traditions
Fiji social customs favor outdoor courtship. Lovers meet in gardens or plantations and often high in breadfruit trees, perched about forty feet above ground. Couples sit on opposite sides of the trunk, reflecting the local sense of modesty.
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Cupid
Lord Rosebery Defines Memory in Original Tale
Lord Rosebery offers a concise definition of memory. He says memory is the feeling that comes over us when we hear our friends' original stories. This remark appears in a London Bystander note.
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Lord Rosebery
London
Marlin Fire Artis CO
Willow St
Friendship is a Good Deal Like Your Credit
Local note from Silvan Springs Arkansas, praising thrift in lending and credit use. Brief humorous proverb framed as community advice in the Herald and Democrat.
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Silvan Springs
Ark
Herald and Democrat
The Trial Balance Black Beast of Bookkeeping
A brief, plain explanation of double entry and the trial balance. Debits and credits must tally in each ledger, else errors exist. Monthly, a trial balance compares debit and credit totals to verify accuracy, a task dreaded by bookkeepers as a relentless challenge.
Becon of Georgia presents Jefferson Bible to university
Senator A O Becon of Georgia donated a Jefferson Bible to the University of Georgia. The book compiles Jesus moral teachings as prepared by Thomas Jefferson, drawing wide attention and many visitors hoping to view a copy at the university library.
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Georginee Ie
Jefferson
A. O. Becon
Georgia
University of Georgian
Jesus
Thomas Jefferson
The
Atlanta Constitution
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