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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1909
Page
6
Fragmentary churchly verse praising Bethlehem the birthplace of Jesus. It invokes the Holy Night, grace, and eternal love, urging Bethlehem to awaken and the heart to rise in song as the Advent season marks the King’s birthday.
A French Christmas tale tells how Eudes the shepherd and his family receive a divine guest on a stormy night. The visitor warns that happiness lies in humility, promises blessings for the land, and vanishes as light fills the room. From that night Avignon is said to blossom each year.
The article describes traditions from America Germany France Norway England and Holland. It notes Christmas trees branches St Nicholas visits mistletoe on ceilings sheaf of wheat for birds wooden shoes and stockings. It ends with the global hymn of peace and goodwill.
A devotional Christmas prayer contrasts sacred imagery with modern concern. The text blends a litany to Christ with a warning that people unknowingly adopt unhealthy habits and encounter deleterious agents in the air.
A note on Christmas as a season of goodwill ends with a terse remark about an Indian’s oppressive sense in a closed room, implying social tension amid festive apparent cheer.
Gov. Deneen urges an extraordinary session to enact a direct primary law, corrupt practices limits, and broad election law reforms. He backs waterway development between Lockport and Utica, Chicago harbor improvements, and a commission form of government. The message calls for Cherry Mine disaster safeguards, a revised employers liability act, a Field Museum bequest site, and a comprehensive practice act commission.
The readable fragments suggest a legal action issue involving a court or law, with mentions of action and stay. No clear names, dates, or places are discernible.
The Illinois General Assembly opened with governor urging swift action and House Speaker urging businesslike sessions. Bills on waterway legislation election reforms and income tax were introduced, including Chiperfield safety measures for mines with fireproofing shafts water supplies and emergency systems to aid Cherry coal miners.
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