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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1912
Page
2
A satirical list assigns gifts for various relatives and associates. It suggests a cookbook for a wife, a sealskin cloak for a servant girl, diamonds for rich kin, nothing for the poor, and sharp social hints for others including a wife’s relatives and a minister. It ends with a dubious gift idea for a daughter and a young man.
A playful verse contrasts a child Willy Jones wishing for Christmas twice with a father remarking that once is enough. The dialogue turns on family humor and holiday spirit.
Rev C N Willson has grippe. D H Porter ill at Rushville. Weldon Linscott and Nolan Walker visited brothers Roy Linscott and Carl Walker at Plainfield. R B Henley slowly improving in Rochester hospital. Miss Mattie Clark attended Wednesday Club in Connersville. Mrs J H Clark hosted. Miss Clark returned Thursday. Robert Krames visited Rushville relatives. Lindsey Clark returns from Earlham to canvass for American Friend. Carrie Charles letters describe St Petersburg Fla climate and sights. snow in Cumberland mountains. Rev J Edgar Williams to preach at A M E church Sunday Dec 22 at 3 pm. all invited. Miss Sadie Whitney of Orland very ill with nervous prostration. improving and wishes mail.
The Washington Post notes Northern and Southern Christmas styles differ. Northern regions close stores and quiet, while Alexandria Virginia and the South celebrate with fireworks and revelry reminiscent of festive Europe before the Reformation.
Mr and Mrs Dan Loudenback host John Loudenback's silver wedding with about seventy guests at Willow Branch. Neighbors and relatives roam between Charlottesville Maxwell Knightstown North Vernon and Topeka Kansas. Bibbing: visits to White and Bundy families, illness recovery, rummage sale, Christmas sermon, and job moves including Robert Hinshaw leaving Livingston for Duluth via Northern Pacific.
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