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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1897
Page
3
In poetic lines the poem laments the passing of the old year and the frost crowned season while welcoming the New Year. Snow imagery and bells evoke renewal, love, and hope as icy landscapes give way to warmth, joy, and aspirations for better days ahead.
Nell hatches a Christmas reunion for Grandpa with four uncles and kin, but old rivalries flare as bear hunting boasts and pranks collide. The plan nearly unravels, four fiery uncles clash over remembered feats, and peace breaks only after the evening ends with lingering tensions.
A Utica Globe piece critiques Christmas gift ideas and notes philanthropic writers discuss mens wants. It cites jokes about neckties and tobacco, arguing men judge gifts by usefulness and personal fit, urging wives to seek practical knowledge.
A Christmas reflection links the holiday to humankind’s highest duties and family care. A Southern Kentucky waif tale follows a compassionate shopper who buys a poor boy his first true gifts, prompting awe and recognition of blessings.
A reflective collection traces Christmas myths and customs from Kris Kringle to mistletoe lore. It notes the saintly gift giver, family scenes of children awaiting Christmas, and the mistletoe’s European roots, magical beliefs, and practical uses in Sweden and Normandy. It also recalls seasonal memory and city traditions such as Amsterdam’s St Nicholas cake.
A proposed Christmas bureau would let husbands post gift lists with size color and weight details. Wives could join subscribers borrow money from their husbands and surprise them at Christmas, easing burdens on women.
A verse warns that mistletoe prompts romance but suggests the gallant should slow, as for the doubting young Thor a breach of promise may arise from a kiss.
A collection of terse notes from Washington towns reports on threshers in Big Bend logging to tidewater Wahkiakum County tax receipts Spokane county delinquent taxes 106613 Spokane vagrancy ordinance upheld and related arrests. Supplies from Alaska to Tacoma to New York rail shipments and county finances.
Chicago wheat markets show strong premiums to cash wheat with December positions trading at 3 to 12 cents over cash prices at major hubs. Analysts note large milling demand ahead and storage profits for sellers, while 1,000,000 bushels have been bought in the Northwest. Prices cover wheat, oats, barley, hay, eggs, butter, cheese, poultry, potatoes, onions, hops, millstuffs, fresh meats, fish, fruit, and wood across multiple regional markets.
A flywheel burst at the Oliver Iron & Steel Company South Third Street plant in Pittsburg, killing Adam Brodrich and injuring several others as an engine became ungovernable. The wheel measured about 15 feet in diameter and weighed several tons. The report includes stray notes on giraffe heights unrelated to the accident.
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