Алё, вы там не заснули?
Алё, вы там не заснули?
Пройдемся по газеткам, существование которых вы отвергли:
http://libwww.library.phila.gov/philapress/ppsearch.cfm
The Philadelphia Press (1857-1920) was one of Philadelphia's oldest major newpapers. This index is an electronic version of a paper index kept by the staff of the newspaper from 1898 through 1912. It directs you to citations for specific articles that appeared in the newspaper. The full text of the article is available on microfilm in the Newspapers & Microfilm Center of the Free Library of Philadelphia.
Если у вас заработает поиск - можете найти там интересующую статью.

http://beebo.org/smackerels/yes-virginia.html
Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus
By Francis P. Church, first published in The New York Sun in 1897. [See The People’s Almanac, pp. 1358–9.]

Пылающий страстью политик состоял на госслужбе с должностью Director of the Department of Supplies.