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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1909
Page
7
A child laments no chimney in their flat home where Santa must squeeze through a two inch pipe to reach the stockings. He worries Santa cannot find the way or fit, fearing displaced holiday magic in Chicago Record-Herald.
The speaker reflects on economizing for Christmas and fears being broke afterward. The dialogue partner suggests the plan may not help in the long term, highlighting stress over holiday spending and finances.
A young man and woman share a moonlit farewell at a front gate. He vows eternal memory even if death claims him. Six years later he returns to find she has married. At a party they recognize each other only to joke that she may not know which is the true sweetheart.
A miscellany of humorous vignettes and quips appears from newspapers, including a tale of a revised Bible line about reverence and fear, moody Christmas reflections, a pre Christmas plan about peace, gifts, and a quip about eggs as gifts. Also jokes about drinking, a line about singleness, and a short ad for Pine salve Carbolized by The Goodykoontz Drug Co.
The letter from Grandma Sanderson praises Peruna for sustaining her health at over a century old. She recalls a severe grippe two years ago, credits Peruna for recovery, and notes she still takes a nightly spoonful. The ad touts Peruna as a tonic and offers a free Peruni Almanac for 1910.
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