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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1909
Page
14
A weary family cannot afford a tree as the little fir is cut and sent to the city. A wind lifts the wanderer to a valley, then the forest friends help it become a Christmas tree in the children’s cottage. The tale ends with a warm Merry Christmas.
Minna Irving presents a verse drama in which a scarlet soldier and a pretty maid named Mistletoe meet beneath an ancient oak in a snowy wood. The tale follows their steadfast love as a northern wind and icy world test them, ending with the soldier’s lingering vigil beside the mistletoe beneath the bending oak.
A forest of fir trees learns they will be cut for city Christmas. One little tree fears its fate as children choose it for their tree, promising light and an angel, then the lumbermen arrive to harvest the trees for sale.
The New York Evening Post notes how New Year celebrations in Peter Stuyvesant’s era shaped early American practice. Dutch traditions featured gatherings at the governor’s home and playful kissing customs for a joyous start to the year, contrasting with Puritan restraint and their first New Year record of going to work betimes.
The piece argues that Christmas spirit should endure year round, with love, goodwill, kindness, and cheerfulness guiding daily life. It emphasizes that the essence of Christmas is not decorations or gift exchanges but the continuous practice of Christlike values throughout the year.
In a brisk exchange Judge mocks McGorry over almanac weather claims. McGorry presses to decipher the forecast as talk shifts to cold New Year and July heat with dialect and humor.
A devotional New Year verse from B. M. Bell asks God to guard a dear one through life’s joys and sorrows. It prays for steadfast courage, clear reason, and pure heart amid doubts, mysteries, and mystic workings, on this New Year’s Day.
A light exchange jokes about Christmas shopping and a wife’s locked closet containing all holiday gifts. The quip highlights a humorous domestic moment and practical dilemma about accessing gifts.
If money only brought happiness, there would be little Christmas cheer in a majority of homes. The quote suggests gratitude and simple joys can fulfill the season beyond wealth.
A poem recalls a midnight in Bethlehem as a lantern glows in a stable and the Christmas star brightens the manger. It speaks of the star lasting through three millennia, lighting paths to paradise for dying eyes across oceans and climates. It ends with the idea that the star’s splendor endures beyond storms and remains a guiding light.
Watson rushes from Ballyboggin to Hardwick to catch a freight train to Chicago for his fourth annual Santa Claus appearance. A missed connection nearly costs him the show as delays mount and the caboose ride tests his patience with the brakeman left to explain the setback.
The London Chronicle reports a devout Japanese New Year breakfast seen as a religious rite not mere appetite. Tea uses well water at dawn, a law specified feast includes a red lacquer elysian stand with rice dumpling lobster oranges and more, each item symbolizing happiness prosperity and family.
A garbled diary style scene describes a brakeman and a man named Wartsog awaiting a passenger near a dark train. The dialogue mentions Ballyboggin and a 2:10 train, then says it is past midnight when Wartsog arrives home. The Chicago News tone hints at a transit incident or observation.
Instructions describe making inexpensive tree decorations called snowballs using wire powder and cotton. Vary sizes from apple to orange, dust with powder, and seal ends. Also provides a brandy-free pudding sauce recipe with cornstarch butter water egg and sugar, heated to thicken, then flavored.
A kindly man asks the Sunday school children if they know where the Christmas stocking goodies come from. The children respond in unison with a single word. Germany.
In a humorous exchange from Texas Siftings, Johnny Tommy discuss pooling pennies to buy a Christmas present. Tommy asks what to get and suggests a padded slipper as the intended gift.
A Brooklyn Life item salutes children's faith as they hang stockings awaiting a genuine Santa Claus to fill them, celebrating enduring holiday wonder and parental kindness.
Chicago Tribune quotes caution on overindulgence during Christmas to ensure a happier New Year, urging restraint and foresight for wholesome celebration and future well being.
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