Two Friends Seek Gifts For Poor Children On Christmas Eve
In Detroit street scenes two companions, the Three-Spot and Two-Spot, pool their surplus money to buy presents for ragged children. They search Woodward and Gratiot avenues, observe Santa displays, and finally spot four needy youngsters peering into shop windows. The children request a horse, a book and ladder, a fire engine, and a doll as their Christmas desires.
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Wootbridge Street
Tom- Irgda
Santa Claus Gift Rush at Dig Store
A jubilant scene unfolds as four children roam the Dig store on a Christmas visit. They clutch their chosen toys a fire engine, a drum and a doll while the Two-Spot and Three-Spot help wrap purchases. A friendly Santa Claus note sparks questions about where he lives and who they are, ending with a warm farewell and a young couple’s Christmas romance.
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Santa Claws
Santa Claus
Christmas Dinner Serving Traditions and Substitutions
The article discusses Christmas dinner customs with common dishes such as turkey, goose, or chicken, and highlights a shift toward chicken pie and plum pudding. It offers brief cooking guidance and notes recent directions for turkey preparation, suggesting practical serving suggestions.
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A Greeting to the Distant Christmas Note
A festive verse greeting to faraway readers wishing a merry Christmas. It mentions warm winds and bright skies beyond winter, blessing heroes who honor a distant land and its people.
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Yauheetand
Rosie Wilcox and the Turkey Selloff
A Mississippi farm tale recounts Rosie Wilcox, a 12 year old, parting with her tame bronze colored turkey named Bronzie. To ease her loss she persuades Partner Max to buy the pet, while Father forgives her, and the turkey ends up in the care of a local farmer.
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Rosie Wilcox
Mississippi Valley
Dess
Rosice
Mr. Wilcox
Rosie
Mamma
The Christmas Drum and the Fairy Santa Mystery
A motherly discussion with a child about Santa Claus and fairy folk on Christmas Day unfolds into playful questions about how Santa could shop at Jones shop and fit a fat fairy down a chimney, ending with a pause on kindness and humanity.
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Santa Claus
Saints Claus
Jones’ Shay
Mr. Jones
Harold Ciford Hodges
Richest Man in America Trains for Health Despite Wealth
The article narrates John D Rockefeller’s 1890s health regime. Despite immense dividends from Standard Oil and banks, he endures dyspepsia and cycles between luxury and labor as a day worker to restore health. It notes his upbringing in Tioga County, frugal motherly influence, and rapid rise to wealth with diversified holdings across oil, iron, railroads, gas, sugar, and leather interests.
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America
John D. Rockefeller
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Standard Oil Company
Rockefeller
Ma Rockefeller
United States
Tiogs County
New York State
Owego
Thomas Collier Platt
John D
Willem
Frank
Vast
Hey
Havemeyer
Napoleon's Double His American Neph ew Like Him
William Perrine recounts Jerome Bonaparte's arranged marriage attempts and Madame Bonaparte's hopes for a French throne through her son. Jerome, a Baltimore bridegroom, bore a striking Napoleonic likeness, leading Europe to fear that his resemblance could spark Napoleonic sentiment, restricting his Paris visits.
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France
Madame Bonaparte
Jerome
William Perrine
Elizabeth Patterson
Jerome Bonaparte
Ladies' Home Journal
Joseph Bonaparte
Philadelphia
Bordentown
N. J
Europe
Baltimore
Harvard College
Emperor
Napoleon
Paris
Monarchs and their jewel habits across courts
A New York Mall and Express piece catalogues royal and noble taste for adornments. William II favors a hidden cuff bracelet. the czar values a 4000 ruble repeater. Queen Wilhelmina limits herself to a diamond. Marie Christine changes rings constantly. Humbert wears a platinum scapulary chain. Leopold loves antique timepieces. the sultan wears a gold and silver chain shirt with many rings. the pope honours his hands with a solitary sapphire, reflecting varied royal jewelry habits.
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William
Wilhelmina
Marie Christine
Spain
Humbert
Leopold
Belgium
Marie Antoinette
New York Mall
Express
Edith's Tenth Birthday Circus Admission Tale
A northern town circus charged sixpence for adults and half price for under tens. Edith turned ten that day and her thirteen year old brother Tom paid ninepence for two front seats, quipping that she was born late in the day. The ticket seller accepted the explanation.
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Edith
Tom
London
Foreign Trade Expands at Port Says Commercial List
The Commercial List and Price Current notes rapid growth in foreign trade at the port. Exports for ten months reach 353,240,000, up 13,257,112 from the prior year. Imports and customs receipts also show a sizable rise.
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Furadepnias
Philadelphis Inquirer
Gift from Iniet Wemen and Irish fund drive
Subscriptions to the fund for a presentation to Lord Roberts from the women of Ireland have been sent freely by all classes. When the list closed a large amount was in the hands of Lady Ashbourne, the treasurer.
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Iniet Wemen
Lord Roberts
Ireland
Lsts
Lady Ashbourne
Trems
Kansas News Roundup Highlights Kansas Developments
Topeka marks 46th birthday last week as Santa Fe expands extension plans. Kansas houses many industrial and legal notices including a new broom factory in Clay Center and a gas strike celebration in Bureke. The state faces disease scares and political shifts with elections, a new college interest by Mennonites, and battles over reapportionment and voting machines.
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Eto Osborne
Santa Fe
Topeka
Bureke
Clay Center
L. A King
Cowley County
State Senate
Prairie Childrens
Kensas
Kinsley
Kansas
Mennonites
Marion
McPherson
Jack Adams
Gove County
Union Pacific
Plainville
Gainford
Ste. Painter
Meade County
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Kansan
Bland
Atchises County
Stuart
Doniphan County
Janary
Stanley May
John Seaton
House of Representatives
Alabama
Lyle Fuhr
Meade
State Bank of
Seneca
State Charter Board
George Henry
Mayr
Albuquerque
N. M
Eph Neely
Wichita
Harvey
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