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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1925
Page
4
A vanity bound tale about Algernon a boastful snob who hates Christmas and charity. On Christmas Day a community act of kindness makes him humble and unable to look down on others again, changing his outlook without revealing his real name.
Tiny Tim, praised by Bob Cratchit for being well behaved, shares a hopeful remark from the church about his own disability. He wishes people remember the one who made the lame walk and the blind see, ending with the blessing God bless us every one.
Pretty handkerchiefs may be made at home. One is a square of fine white linen with mauve linen appliqued corners outlined in embroidery. The other features a small white linen center with a wide lace edging and a border of daisies.
A simple confection guide describes creaming dates, removing stones, rolling in sugar, placing fondant, and rolling again with sugar. It notes options to fill with nuts or peanut butter instead of fondant for variation.
A late night vignette finds Willie asking where Santa might be as his mother wishes she knew. The brief scene frames a quiet Christmas Eve moment with hopeful curiosity.
Statewide dispatches detail wrecks and crimes in multiple counties. C O freight cars derailed near Fairmount after a bridge collapse. Wabash derailment at Williamsport. Canadian whiskey seized near Cumberland. A seven year old girl killed in Indianapolis. fatal auto crash injures two girls and a man. Merchants in Anderson arm for defense as robberies rise. Portland store fire causes major loss. James Wood of New York dies at Mt Kisco. parole granted to Norman Barthel to visit mother in Kentucky.
An Easy Washer sales pitch is listed at the home of Mrs Charles MecKissick in Carthage, with phone 167. The advertisement is from Easy Washer Sales Co based in New Castle.
A 1925 Western Newspaper Union item invites readers to spread happiness through broadcasts during the holiday season, framing Christmas as a communal celebration broadcast to all.
A short reflection on Christmas as a social practice. It explains that celebrating together marks the supremacy of the common life over the individual and suggests keeping Christmas beyond a single day by daily acts of goodwill.
A light exchange turns flirtatious as he jokes about the mistletoe. She asks for consent, and the moment plays with playful romance and social nuance in a Christmas mood.
In a wintry city scene a mother struggles with a heavy basket as shoppers hurry. A stranger pins holly to a ragged coat, lightening the boy’s mood and lifting a tired mother’s look as Christmas nears. Anna Deming Coray.
In Brompton the Hammond family used a pre Christmas fund to buy gifts and joys. A box with the slogan Do your bit to make Christmas merry gathered nickels and dimes from each member, even five year old Tim contributed. The plan, years in the making, made Christmas morning a joyful event for the family.
Stars shone over a small farm house on a snowy Christmas eve. The story notes happiness inside a humble home and a quiet celebration of the Christmastide as Old King Snow covers the ground.
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