Festal Day in Dixie A Carnival of Cheer
A nostalgic reflection on Southern Christmas customs from a bygone era. The piece describes feasts, hunting, plantation fiddlers, and family kitchens, highlighting slave-era servants, fruitcakes, Santa visits, holly and mistletoe hunts, carols, and a lingering sadness that current celebrations are but faint echoes of the old days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie
South
Bracebridge Hall
Ephraim
Fadd
Mamummy
Santa Claus
Pauterfamilias
The Joys of Christmas Chants by W R Spencer
A festive fragment invokes merriment and decorating the halls. It mentions preparing song, feast and ball to welcome Christmas.
Popular Advice and Odd Tidbits from Old Papers
A mix of quips and anecdotes includes a health commissioner's boast about kissing, pickpocket wit, sponge cleaning tips, and notes on American music popularity in Roubaix France with windows showing dances like waltzes and one-steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Pittsburgh Post
Roubaix
France
Early Temperance Pledge and Bronze Nails Ahead
The piece notes the first temperance society in New England pledging restraint on drinking to four times a year, referencing Master day and holidays. It also outlines nail history, citing Bronze nails as earliest, Jael's weapon, and the 1775 cut-nail invention by Jeremiah Wilson in Rhode Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temperance Society
New England
Jael
Sisera
Jeremiah Wilson
Rhode Island
Life a Narrow Path of Observation Across Places
A reflection on how geography shapes study and perception. The text contrasts rural isolation with urban bustle, stressing that true insight comes from the power to see rather than the object seen, a skill sharpened by practice. The piece cites a 1918 Ohio attachment order in a garnishment case as part of the page’s legal notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickera
Geo. Wier
Elmer Wier
A. D
Garey
Ohio
Nothing New to Him in Palmist Exchange
A brief exchange notes a palmist predicting truth about oneself, paired with a quip that a witch has long done the same. The item reflects witty small talk and a local newspaper voice from the era.
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Wales Goodyear
Alaskas
Casper Vogel
Upper Sandusky
Carey
Ban County
Big Lot
Tan Buck
W. L. Douglas
Wyandot County
Arch
W. T. Pethe
Carey, Ohio
O. P. Crawford
Ips
Ee Weider
Crawford “Ivf
Jose
H F. Wonper, W. P
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