Princess Helpers a Christmas Miracle for Two Orphans
In a snowbound tale a princess stops by a muddy carriage wheel then stays with two young sisters Jenny and Jessie. She shares warmth, popcorn, a tree, gifts, and kindness while the mother returns to find fairy help and a future with Peter.
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Peter
Jenny
Dessie
Burse
Bo Peter
Brend
Gett
Jessie
Jennie
St. Nicholas
St. Nick
Santa Claus
High Seas
China
Japan
India
Ceylon
Florida
Christmas mail sack contains kitten and talking doll
In New York City a clerk sorting Christmas mail found a live kitten in a bird cage with a pink bow and a card reading A Merry Christmas from Uncle Jack. A toy doll with blond curls squeezed aloud Papa revealing the double mystery of the moving packages.
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Papa
New York City
Uncle Jack
Updated Christmas Verse From Walter Wellman Poem
A revised quatrain notes that absence heightens longing at Christmas but shifts focus to gifts. The lines joke that presents, not absence, are what make hearts fond, attributed to Walter Wellman.
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Jack
Walter Wellman
Daddy's Christmas Dream by Robertus Love
A short verse laments a family Christmas wish for a cheaper year. Willy and his children Mabel Maud and Milly long for gifts and stockings but fear the year’s hardship will keep Santy away. The narrator imagines fate swapping lean year for Christmas prosperity.
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Daddy
Willy
Mabel
Maud
Milly
Santy
Robertus Love
Sealshipt Oysters and New Seaside Dishes Book
A local shop promotes Sealshipt Oysters with a Sealshipt System display and a new book Seaside Oyster Dishes. An unrelated ad notes Dr King s New Discovery for colds and lung complaints with trial bottles offered. Sawyer’s Night Watchman W J Atkins suffered a cold described as tied to damp Saw Mill at Midnight.
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W. J. Atkins
Banner Springs
Tenn
Dr. King
J. E. Lemmon
Oysters and Poverty in Victorian Comment
The piece notes oysters once sold in England at 12 cents a dozen and cites Sam Weller’s quip that poverty and oysters go together. It observes that poorer places show greater oyster demand and that even the very poor rush to eat oysters in desperation.
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England
Sam Weller
Sam
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Deafness Cure
A 19th century medical ad claims deafness results from inflamed Eustachian tube and catarrh. It offers one hundred dollars for any deafness case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, notes telegrams for free circulars, and sells Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Sale of Milch Cows by De Leon Dean on December 28
Delos Dean states his wife’s illness forces him to sell many dairy cows and reduce retail trade at his residence on Second Street just outside the city. The sale is set for Tuesday December 28 starting at 11 o'clock with terms announced the day of sale. Auctioneer D F Macon associates with the sale.
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Delos Dean
Wheat and grain prices slump in Chicago and Omaha markets
Renewed liquidation pushed wheat lower with Dec at 1.14 fractions and May at 1.10, corn near 61 percent, oats around 43 4. Pork, lard, ribs also closed weaker. In Omaha cattle receipts 2500 with steady values for steers and heifers, hogs down 15 cents and sheep steady with lambs up to 8.15. Bunny
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Chicago
Chicago Live Stock Prices and Receipts Report
Chicago market summary shows cattle receipts at 21,000 with steady demand. Best steers bring 7.50 to 8.40, cows and heifers 3.40 to 4.25, stockers 3.00 to 5.00, best calves 9.50. Hog receipts 85,000, prices 8.00 to 8.25 for most, top 8.40, few above 8.30. Sheep receipts 22,000, weak and lower.
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South Omaha
Chicago
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Frank H.sweet
American Press Association
Persia
Chesapeake Bay
Spain
Woma
Dio
Quiltly
Windsor
D. F. Macon
Nicola
Harmon
Xmas
J.D. Dayton
West Penn and Washington Co
Dowd
Farmers & Merchants
State Bank
Capital
S. A. White
Sam’ Thompson
R. L. Coulter
W. A. White
Oring
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
Jand McElhinney Drug Co
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