Christmas Morn Awaiting A Month On The Shelf
Poem fragment recalling days passing toward Christmas, with lines about December and a year’s end. The speaker notes time sliding by while a Christmas morning waits a month ahead.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1880
Page
7
Prodigal Christmas Bills Blur Love and Budget
At breakfast a wife plans a handsome present for her husband while he feigns pleasure. He mentally tallies two bills the gift and the expected return, as Santa’s lavish spending swells the couple’s quarterly outlay and tests their thrift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
A Tight-Fisted Man's Christmas
A harsh Virginia-era Dickensian portrait opens with Scrooge a cold, greedy man guarding wealth in his counting house. His nephew and others urge holiday cheer as Scrooge dismisses Christmas as a foolish, burdensome sentiment. The scene contrasts warmth with Scrooge's parsimony and scorn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scrooge
Lydia Pinkham Vegetable Compound Promoted
An old advertisement boasts Lydia Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts offers a Vegetable Compound claimed to cure female diseases and invites requests for pamphlets. The piece also muses on poetry creation including tips about verse form and inspiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Pinkham
Western Ave
Lynn
Mass
Invention Lets Sour Kraut Boiled Without Smell
Parmapveursta man develops a device a liver like pad of Lim burger cheese worn under the nose to mask odors while boiling sour kraut at home.
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Parmapveursta
Quack Patiapetrsia Promotes Generic Home Remedies
A purported local healer proclaims accessibility and versatility offering gentle homeopathic remedies for some patients while signaling readiness for more drastic approaches for others. The remarks appear inconsistent and self serving, casting doubt on professional standards.
Christmas Eve Traditions Spark Quiet Celebrations
Reading locals debate how to celebrate as some hang stockings and others gather at bars on Christmas Eve. The scene contrasts home comfort with nightlife, reflecting varied seasonal customs.
Piccola and the Sparrow Christmas Miracle
In a French village during hard times Piccola wakes to find a single shoe filled with gifts from St Nicholas. A starving sparrow enters the shoe and is warmed as Piccola shares her happiness. The tale, told as a true story, ends noting the miracle endures in France to this day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piccola
St. Nicholas
Piccola Sweet
France
Edison Seeks Better Cough Remedy Than Dr Bull’s Syrup
A bold claim surfaces as Edison vows to find a superior cure for coughs and colds beyond Dr Bull's Cough Syrup. The aside notes skepticism about eventual success.
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Edison
Dr. Bull
Unclear timetable fragment with city names and times
Fragmentary schedule data lists times and places such as Logan Vinton Gallipolis Straitsville Nelsonville Parkersburg Marietta and others with arrival and departure stamps, but no coherent event or full context is provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aitive
Loqaan
BBC McArthur
Vinton
Gallipolis
Logan
Straitsville
Nelsonville
Cece
Parkersburg
Marietta
Christmas Bills and Domestic Despair in Verse
A satirical poem laments mounting holiday expenses and debt in the home. The speaker mocks postmen delivering notices and the mounting bills for wine, food, and purchases, imagining Eve in debt and Adam’s costly furs, all voiced with humorous frustration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eve
Eden
Adam
Japanese farming noted by a missionary in Hakone
Rev. M S Vail describes small scale land ownership under government rent in Japan. Rice is the main crop with black soil and manual labor. vegetables and fruits including peaches plums oranges strawberries pears persimmons and figs are grown. The note mentions bread unfamiliarity and a local pounded wheat drink. Also an ad for Boreman’s Sweet Vermifuge at 25 cents per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.S. Vail
Athens Ohio University
Japan
Hakone
Yokohama
America
New York
Christmas Chimes For a Fractured World
A reflective poem by Helen M. Cooke juxtaposes cold hunger and charity with joyous Christmas imagery. It laments suffering children while urging kindness and solemn hope, blending sacred carol tones with stark social critique about poverty and ruin.
The Poet’s Plea Against Quick Fame
A critique from Atlantic Magazine scorns hasty literary submissions and calls for cultivated craft. The writer laments trashy verse seeking fame and pleads for genuine effort, grammar, and polish before publishing works. He warns readers that real genius requires cultivation.
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Lou Pere
Atlantic Magazine
Cato the censor Learns Greek at Eighty Four
The Norristown Herald notes Cato the censor began learning Greek at age eighty four and suggests following his example and delaying study of Greek law until eighty four. It implies curiosity about the value of acquiring the language later in life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cato
Norristown Herald
Norwegian Style Festivity Spurs Domestic Yuletide Cheer
In mountain districts the day is kept with hearty hospitality. All work stops for thirteen days and homes display gaudy wall pictures. Christmas Eve and Christmas are strictly domestic with no visits, then neighbors gather by turns for carousing and shared meals. Strong Yule ale flows as servants join the table in gala attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Een
Dayton Merchant Credits French Kidney Pads Cure
A Dayton merchant proclaims relief from nervous debility caused by a deranged kidney after using Prof Guilmette s French Kidney Pads, claiming other remedies failed to help and asserting a permanent cure.
Through Tickets to Detroit via Columbus & Toledo Route
Direct connection made at Lancaster for Circleville New Lexington Zanesville and all points on the Muskingum Valley R R and at Columbus for all points North East and West Through cars to Detroit via Columbus Toledo R R Through tickets on sale at all principal stations and baggage checked to any destination Orland Smith General Superintendent W H Harrison General Ticket Agent.
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Lancaster
Circleville
New Lexington
Zanesville
Muskingum Valley R. R
Columbus
Detroit
Toledo R. R
Orland Smith
W.H. Harrison
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