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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1890
Page
3
Billy, a bashful New Yorker, sends a home made mince pie to his Brooklyn sweetheart. A comic train misadventure unfolds as the giant pie attracts ridicule and mishaps through the carriages, ending with a courthouse scare and a dream on the Brooklyn line.
A family tale about Logan the cat whose Christmas gift was a willow basket with cushion and bell. He accepts the basket, curls inside, and naps there after adventures, growing so large it becomes small. Logan later passes on but remains fondly remembered by all.
A reflective piece on Christmas joy and memory. It recalls the universal cheer of the season and the mystic mood of carols in frosty midnight air. It questions the unseen carolers, hints at human flaws, and ends with a wistful note about Santa Claus and wishes for belief.
Quips reveal Castor gifting hats to friends this year. The scene frames a communal holiday gesture as hats decorate the Christmas tree and bind friends through gift sharing.
In the valley town of Willsford a reclusive hermit named Old Weaver is finally tended by Mrs. Caroline Hart after authorities threaten to place him in the county poorhouse. A town effort collapses, but Mrs. Hart's generosity brings Weaver to a humane home where he recovers and sheds his hermit image. Two days before Christmas a mysterious pair visits, and a note in The Weekly Chronicle reveals Mrs. Hart has married Vincent H. Weaver of New York just before the holiday.
A Brazilian Christmas described by Domingo and Mari kenia in a sunlit home. No tree or chimney, but Christ-child on linen steps with ripe fruit and grains as offerings. Spice leaves scent the steps as bells ring and family attend church, fireworks brighten the Brazilian city at night.
The piece describes New Year preparations and rites across China. Homes glow with lanterns and decorations as offices close before year end. Families settle debts, offer prayers to Heaven and Earth, and perform family sacrifices and ancestor reverence after midnight.
In Japan during the New Year people decorate homes with orange plum bamboo and pine branches arranged over entrances Each plant carries a meaning dai dai for perpetuity bamboo for constancy pine for perpetual joy and plum for hope during difficult times and better days ahead.
Bridget questions Christmas riches and asks a well off mother to share with the poor. She contrasts luxury with hunger, describes a threatened hard winter, and urges generosity so others may have a Merry Christmas.
A string of early 20th century quips about Christmas gifts. A Philadelphia joke suggests a man buys his wife a sealskin for Christmas after protesting seal slaughter. Kentucky and Somerville papers poke fun at gifts and marital bargains. A Lowell remark notes women have long heads in a biting gift sequence.
A series of traditional proverbs link Christmas conditions to the year ahead. Notes mention a warm Christmas predicting a cold Easter a green Christmas signaling a fat graveyard and fruitful years, with other sayings about bridges trees winds and crops tied to Christmas Day outcomes.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a wife asks for embroidered slippers that look handmade all summer long. The dealer promises handcrafted effect and remarks on the long silent labor behind them. She hands over her husband’s measurement and jokes about charging extra on his next boots.
A district visitor asks Johnny what he received for Christmas. Johnny replies gloomily that he got fat, signaling a humorous but terse reflection on his present.
A light quip features a backstage line about sliding down a toboggan and a balloon mishap as cited by Puck, illustrating playful speculation on sensational substitutes in entertainment.
The speaker notes a tall mistletoe arch as a florist explains it must be high enough for a person to stand beneath. The quip centers on the practical purpose behind height in holiday decor.
An advertisement claims the Coricura Anti-Patent Plaster cures backache kidney pains weakness and rheumatism in one minute. The entry notes the product price as 25e and highlights quick relief for various aches.
A pair of sportsmen in Africa witness a dramatic attack as a leopard fatally mauls a giraffe, then dies when the giraffe collapses crushing the predator. The event ends with both the giraffe and leopard slain by the hunters.
The dialogue questions why an operator was struck with one witness claiming the action was to have him locate a confidential telegraph. a blaggard allegedly read it. The czar has signaled to the London committee to refuse the Jews in Russia appeal adopted by a Guild Ball meeting.
Vintage tagline traces Castoria use from infancy to motherhood and beyond. The playful jingle links care for babies to remedies given across generations, highlighting brand loyalty and enduring presence in households.
Several hundred people crowded the street before Galt's jewelry store as a young woman sat distressed with one foot wedged through a broken iron grate. Police, bystanders, and workers freed her after a half hour using saws and crowbars, then she rode home in a carriage.
John Bancroft who travelled to Portland Oregon as a very poor man eight years ago died recently and left a comfortable fortune to a woman who once gave him good advice and provided him a breakfast.
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