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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1931
Page
7
Katherine Edelman recounts a Christmas tale where Witt misses an initial train from Chicago causing worry. A second call reveals a passenger plane will bring him home in two hours, ensuring a joyous family reunion and the hearth glow of the season.
A lone prairie woman named Mother Cary pretends to expect a guest for Christmas. An airplane crashes nearby. a man and woman survive and land at her door. She serves them a holiday feast, finding joy in two guests that appeared from the sky.
The item praises children for good conduct during Christmas with home scenes of chores, lessons, Sunday school attendance, and family courtesy. It notes Johnnie Wile Salila Marie and Papa receiving affection and helpers like Santa aiding discipline and daily routines. Wiliam Guaton signs the piece dated 1946 from Western Newspaper Union.
A fragment recounts holiday memory with humor about a mother and a daughter during Christmas. The piece notes the Christmas season spans twelve days from December 25 to January 6, labeled The Twelve Days’ Madness by She Purlana.
A family learns of a stranger woman arriving in need and Roger, a twelve year old, brings her to their home for meals. Mrs Damon recovers from flu while Roger coordinates a warm dinner with the guest, a German woman, who ends up cooking the Christmas feast for the family. The Martins are found to have sent for her, and she leaves with thanks for a good Christmas.
David and Jack bring Christmas to the yard by placing a fir tree on the lawn for birds. They decorate with lights apples suet crusts and berries while the neighborhood watches. A cardinal alights on the top branch, a familiar visitor over the years.
William L. Garton celebrates a progressive Santa who adapts to new tech from horse to auto then airplane. He foresees radio broadcasts bringing Christmas to children as carriers and radio energy enable global greeting from his North Pole mountain.
A lighthearted exchange imagines an old woman Miss Jenny receiving gifts from Mrs. Thimble to brighten her life. The child contemplates a twist on “twins,” suggesting that two gifts equal the happiness of Christmas and New Year for a woman who cannot have children.
A fragment describes a quarrel before Christmas with plans to reconcile a week before the holiday. One character vows to give a twice as expensive present after making up. A second idea mentions a kiss for each berry as part of a ritual.
The department is prepared to take care of printing tests, questioning why an out-of-town solicitor is favored. Phone 86.
Hivery day is a birthday for someone, and readers are invited to remember them with Birthday Great ing Cards available at the Reglater Tribune office.
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