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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1905
Page
5
The poem speaks of Christmas renewing the world with joy and mercy. It contrasts old Earth’s burden with a heart that remains young, as the Christ Child’s voice invites the lonely and poor to a welcoming, hopeful peace. The verse envisions humble feet treading where the holy have trod, a marvel revealed at Christmas.
The article outlines ancient winter customs linked to Christmas and Hanukkah, noting the Jewish feast of dedication on December 25 and the lighting of candles. It contrasts pagan solstice rites of Saturnalia and Yule with Christian symbolism, citing Norse reverence for Thor’s Oak and a tale where Winifred of Sussex transforms a sacred grove into a Christian tree of peace. The piece ends with the tale of Winifred crowning a fir as the Christ child’s tree, guiding homes toward peaceful, kind acts.
Country Life in America suggests a festive coasting party for both girls and boys. Competitions would measure distance on clear snow over a road or lake, near a drop. Evergreen markers carved in green would outline the course against the white snow.
A compact collage of Christmas reflections from Curtis, A Kempis, Irving, Drummond, Dickens, and Brooks. It links charity, peace, and humane living to the season, urging inner renewal and generous acts as part of celebrating Christ’s birth.
Two antique forecasts link Christmas day to yearly outcomes. The first says clear sun on Christmas predicts a peaceful, plentiful year, while a stormy sunset presages sickness in spring and autumn. The second ties Christmas timing to moon phases, warning a waxing moon signals a very good year, a waning moon a hard, worsening year.
A Christmas reflection emphasizes the beneficence of peace and joy that transcends creeds, dogmas, and sects. It argues for humanity, social sympathy, and universal goodwill over narrow religion, prejudice, and social caste, urging a broad, inclusive Christian gift to all.
In a column-like brief, the writer argues that rejecting Santa Claus exposes a broader hypocritical spirit. The piece questions why Wise Men, Eve, and Adamless Eden are not denounced and asks what should be done with much of world literature from Aesop to Mother Goose. The tone reflects a periodical voice emphasizing sacrifice and imagination.
A reflective passage notes that heroes emerge from humble life, citing David as an accidental star student and a wolf hunter who saved lambs. It praises faith and divine order, while contrasting the Prince of Peace born without shelter, sharing a simple world with the mute.
Washington D. C. Dec 15 Republicans in caucus endorsed admitting Oklahoma and the Indian Territory as one state and Arizona with New Mexico as another by 110 to 65. The plan, tied into a single bill, follows a Hamilton committee resolution. Hearings on liquor sale prohibitions in the two territories began, with delaying tactics expected before a House rule allows immediate bill consideration after the holidays.
St Petersburg reports the government makes little headway against the telegraph strike. Wires are cut as soon as partly restored, leaving no lines operating from the city and signaling weeks before service returns. Baltic residents welcome imperial ukase promoting local self government and reduced Russification, seen as decentralization.
Moscow mutiny by Rostoff Grenadiers over bad rations and arrests. Soldiers freed captives, seized arsenal with arms, and installed a twenty man mutineer committee in place of command. Astrakhan regiment and Cossacks refused to intervene. telegraph and post services largely restored.
A Boston public school teacher illustrated a volcano with red chalk to teach pupils. She asked students to describe it and one pupil bluntly said it looked like hell. The brief exchange captures the moment of classroom humor amidst an educational scene.
Attorney General Moody orders United States district attorneys to vigorously enforce the Elkins act against rebates and discriminatory shipping rates. The directive urges investigations of complaints, submission of evidence to grand juries, and potential indictments for conspiracy, aiming to curb carrier abuses and deter unlawful practices nationwide.
Constantinople reports Turkey formally surrenders to powers and accepts the Beheme for Macedonia's financial control. The international fleet will be withdrawn. In Washington, Alice Roosevelt announces engagement to Congressman Nicholas Longworth of Cincinnati with wedding set for early spring.
In Washington on December 14 15 and 16 the Senate debated the Panama canal emergency appropriation bill with speeches by Teller Scott Morgan Tillman and Bacon and questioned the canal commission and Shonts. The House continued insurance regulation debates focusing on state rights and taxing power as it related to control of insurance companies.
A tramp finds a ring he suspects is his own from a boy who returns it claiming it as property. Witty exchanges with Gilbert, clergy and editors yield humorous misreads. A Scots editor jokes about tomorrow’s issue. a Bowery sentry misuses a rifle in a mock boxing stance during a war scare. A Boston groom triggers a minister’s quip over obey.
Westfield Illinois readers are urged to study a testimonial from Rev G L Good who says Dodd's Kidney Pills cured his Bright's Disease after years of illness. He weighed 105 pounds at his worst, but after sixteen boxes he regained health and a robust 165 pounds, endorsing the remedy to others with kidney trouble.
In Milwaukee a report questions Miss Wadleigh s engagement status. A denial follows stating she hasn t made any such commitment.
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