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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1892
Page
7
The Stage Manager urges harmony between employer and employees during Christmas and jokes about buying a gold headed cane as a token of goodwill. The text shifts to Burdette’s reminiscence of Christmas gifts from Ladies' Home Journal, noting cheap toys become memorable life lessons for children.
A collage of Christmas quips and social jokes about gift giving and expectations. The piece riffs on parental desire to grant wishes, budgeting, and holiday customs with playful dialogue and a comic exchange about discounts and a shopkeeper named Silverstein.
The notice promotes Halls Catarrh Cure claiming deafness arises from inflamed Eustachian tubes and catarrh. It offers one hundred dollars for any case cured by the product and invites readers to request circulars from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo. The ad appears in the Boston Bulletin among other filler lines.
The advertisement touts Syrup of Figs for gentle laxative action and soothing effect, claiming it suits both costive and bilious conditions. It suggests every family should keep a bottle as the best remedy. The note closes with a Merchant Traveler credit and a cash girl remark about Christmas coming.
An 19th century promotion claims Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters revives the nervous system by improving digestion and assimilation. It’s touted as a remedy for liver trouble constipation rheumatism and anemia plus a humorous note about a frozen pipe and a fat Christmas for the plumber.
Celeste recounts a boy who counted his presents and cried when missing two. Mrs Murrayhill urges peace and offers more gifts, noting Harold’s distress on a holiday.
An Eastern tourist compares Christmas in the East with Deadwood customs. A local girl proudly recalls her father and brother Dock winning many pigeons and turkeys at shooting matches and attending two lynchings in one evening, illustrating local holiday rowdiness and revelry.
A playful holiday verse mix mocks gift ideas from blue goggles to a dress maker bill and a garish pen-wiper tale. It riffs on Christmas cheer, family relations, and humorous quips about Santa Claus and festive fashion in a light, satirical tone.
In Sakhalin, convicts led by Catherine Petrovna seize Nikolaevsk ar mory and take the steamer to the island. A brutal plan unfolds as Pavel Petrovna and Pavloff push for violent breakout while authorities overlook the brewing revolt and its deadly consequences.
In a storm scarred saga, Rachel Arama seeks vengeance through Ivan Alexieff as revolt rages. Amid death and desertion, Ivan wages a doomed fight against his oath and father, choosing love and sacrifice over murder before fleeing Siberia and reuniting with Rachel in London with renewed faith.
In a tale from a shared study of Christmas mysticism, Van Wentworth quarrels with the Spirit of Christmas about loneliness and misanthropy. The Spirit rebukes him and arranges a second soul, a malevolent rival, leading to a final crisis resolved by his friend Tom Russell.
A Victorian era kitchen guide presents a full plum pudding recipe with precise ingredient weights and method, noting aging time and festive serving with brandy flame. It also includes a humorous Northern cold weather anecdote from Farmer Cowlick and a quote about Arctic clothing from Julian Ralph.
A devotional verse urges bells to ring at sunrise and eventide across churches and towns to herald Christ’s birthday. It calls all people to sing praise, offer hearts, and unite rich and poor in worship of Jesus who opened Heaven to all.
A humorous dialogue snippet shows Mrs Hicks asking if Dick Hicks believes in Santa Claus and Dick affirming. An aside reveals a character thinking it cruel to undeceive children about Santa.
A New York Times note on rising use of single beds in furnished houses among New Yorkers. A furniture dealer confirms high priced suites often offer a choice of single or double beds. The London Lancet cites dual sleeping as disruptive to nervous systems and restfulness for those sharing beds.
Frances E. Lanigan suggests a Christmas meal plan featuring a holly centerpiece and a sequence of courses for breakfast and luncheon. The menu includes fruit, oatmeal with cream, French chops with sides, bouillon, cold roast beef or ham, sardines, celery with mayonnaise, and a fruit dessert, followed by coffee or tea.
The Indianapolis Journal notes eye color correlates with health and stamina. It claims brunette eyes are usually stronger, black eyes show endurance, dark blue eyes indicate delicacy, light blue and gray eyes signify hardy nature, and brown or dark colors are more injury prone. It adds light pupils sustain tension longer and many top marksmen have blue or gray eyes.
In a light exchange quoted from Floating, the Sweet Girls discuss a mistletoe moment. The first asks about a mistletoe bough, the second reveals she forgot to hang it because she and George became engaged the day before.
A Christmas themed tale notes frost and snow as time ends for the year. The speaker laments unpaid bills charged to him and unresolved purchases, while noting the season's brief existence and looming next time.
An assortment of quips about Christmas indulgence and workplace woes contrasts with ads for tonics and cures. Mentions Mr De Goode, Salvation Oil, Dr Bull's Cough Syrup, Gardel Tea, Allens Snow Tonic, and a sample offer from 319 West 45th Street New York City.
A young man on bank steps is told by a patrolman he has tried the door four times. He explains his anxiety over a $50 Christmas present check from his father-in-law, seeking to know if the check is valid so he can rest.
A compilation of light holiday quips from era papers. The Harrisburg Patriot cackles at Christmas caramels while the Louisville Courier jokes about Scrooge writing for the season. The Indianapolis Journal notes gift giving with a playful jab about a jumping jack and a Santy cruise.
A Philadelphia newspaper quotation reflects on the growing custom of exchanging gifts at Christmas. It claims the practice fosters goodwill and fraternal affection, uniting people until the hoped-for proclamation, Peace on earth and goodwill toward men, is fulfilled.
Mrs Larkin explains she made gifts from directions in a magazine to save money. Mrs Gazzam asks how it turned out and the reply cites trials totaling 343 with unclear notes about months of hard labor and a figure of 35 dollars, comparing to last year.
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