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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1910
Page
8
A busy holiday period as railway staff and families travel to Albion, Sterling, Omaha, Humbolt, and other towns. Notable notes include Harry Cleveland recovering from throat surgery, and many crews taking time with relatives while trains run crowded and passes are used.
Fireman Sternberg visited Hot Springs Saturday to spend Christmas with his sisters. Depot chat centered on strike talk causing anxiety about travel and potential inability to return. Frank Vaughn and Mrs Vaughn of Ravenna were in Broken Bow for Christmas. Fred Vaughn of Alliance also visited. W. G. Couton was hospitalized Tuesday afternoon with pneumonia. Fireman Branley, from Crawford Hill, was brought to Alliance hospital with pneumonia risk.
A guide for hosting a New Year’s reception themed on Washington era. Decor ideas include evergreens, ribbons, and a central bells and silver star display. Attire imitates historic portraits. guests choose roles except Washingtons. Minuet first dance. dining pairings based on social prominence. wax candle lighting completes the scene.
A fragmentary poem depicts a doomed figure and his heir fleeing in a storm as the New Year rises. The speaker notes impending death before all others, with a dark, windy mood and references to a fading year.
Ira Scribner visits Hay Springs for a few days with home folks. Family and friends join in a holiday time with dances and visits across Alliance, Rushville, Mullen, Chadron, and Lansing Iowa. Many from Moravek, Planansky, Olde, Hicks, and McIntyre families attend gatherings.
Christmas day turnout of about 60 at the Churchill residence for a Sunday School entertainment devotional and dinner. Mrs Parson sang a solo, Anna performed with her teacher, and guests enjoyed fruit, candy, oranges, and apples while photos were taken.
Roy Denton and W or B Hubble families shared Christmas with Robt Ashford in Harrisburg. Bertha Huston teaches in Hashman district and visits Mud Springs for the holidays. Joe Nerud and Frank Nerud played at a Minatare dance. W B Hubble suffers a serious arm carbuncle. Mr Nation spent Christmas at Minatare with kin. Arthur Lore and Roy Denton visited Minatare on business.
A near antique voice notes how Lamb Longfellow and Tennyson mark the passage of time. It quotes Lamb on the solemn bell toll and a gathered mind, Longfellow on Midnight Mass for the Dying Year, and Tennyson envisioning a king in the new year.
All France spends freely on New Year gifts as a yearly custom, while Americans mostly refrain except the very wealthy. The piece traces origins from Rome and Britain, noting glove gifts, glove money, stockings for Queen Elizabeth, and the evolution to pin money used by modern girls.
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