Christmas Mistletor Verse Revives Old Yuletide Image
Poem sneaks a mistletoe bison into a Christmas dream as shepherd stars look down on a snowy night. Herod’s wine roars from a tree before the new year binds prophecy to a peaceful soul signing off.
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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1883
Page
10
Holly Wreath Turns Fortune for a Selfish Merchant
Mr Darelay and Mr Barclay arrive in Demorest's Monthly. A jaded city magnate, separated from past loves by years and wealth, rediscovers meaning when an old holly wreath given to him by a poor street vendor on Christmas Eve leads him to Mrs Mary Thorndyke and a rekindled life. Through Mary’s tale and Walter’s fate, Barclay learns love, sacrifice, and a second chance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Demorest
Darelay
Mr. Barclay
Thorndyke’s
Thorndyke
Mary
Barclay
Waytrain
Abe
Hoe
Mary Thorndyke
Walter
Bell
Holly
Bob Hart
Walter Sinclair
Walts
Yen
Superstitions of Yule Log and Christmas Customs
The article outlines long standing Christmas superstitions from Yule log lighting to mistletoe and holly, including beliefs about log wood types, saving fire for next year, candles lit at sunset, and luck tied to sharing food and shelter. It notes rituals around decorations, cleanliness before Candlemas, and the meanings of holly and mistletoe, with additional beliefs about birthdays, black cats, and kissing elders for luck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Bazar
Europe
Devonshire
Christmas on Plymouth streets in early Br adford tale
Gov Bradford records the 1621 Christmas in Plymouth where the new company refused to work on Christmas Day saying it went against their conscience. The governor allowed rest if devotion was kept, but he ordered no street games or revelry and took away play implements to enforce restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Cod Bay
America
Plymouth Village
Gov. Bradford
Soye Govr
Be Happy in the Present by Talmage
A brief sermon urging readers to stop ruminating on past struggles and blessings and to shift focus from past reminiscence to gratitude in the present. The author frames life as a kaleidoscope of trials turning to blessings and ends with a call to thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. de Witt Talmage
Adoration of the Oxen in a New York Journal Note
A brief note recalls an old Christmas superstition of oxen kneeling at midnight on Christmas Eve. It mentions a legend of an ox and ass in the stable at Christ’s birth, both kneeling in supplication, with a stray line about a cook crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Journal
Christ
The Road to Hoosier Hollow Town Portrait
A vivid travelogue describes Hoosier Hollow as a secluded village amid desolate hills. It details a church, shops, doctors, squires, and a rustic routine from train stop to post office, with muddy roads, taverns, drivers, and local life narrated in colorful, period tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard L. Dawson
Chicago Herald
Hoosier Hollow
Cross-Roads
Palmy Days on Newspaper Row in Washington
The writer recalls the old vitality of Newspaper Row in Washington where Sumner Colfax and Blaine visited the Tribune and Inquirer offices. He notes Grant and foreign ministers once stopped by, contrasted with today when public men avoid newspaper offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramsdell
Philadelphia Press
Washington
Charles Sumner
Tribune
Colfax
Henry Wilson
Conkling
Philadelphia Inquirer
Painter
Mr. Blaine
Edmunds
Gen. Grant
Lord Lyons
Sir Edward Thornton
Prevost Parados
Success of 2 Song Writer Says Peek-a-Boo Sold Big
William J. Scanlan tells a World reporter that by next June more than 800000 copies of Peek-a-Boo will be sold. He credits its fireside, home centered appeal and notes earlier hits like Grandfather's Clock and Silver Threads Among the Gold selling hundreds of thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
William J. Scanlan
World
West Point
Jim Fisk
Killarney
Notable Rush of Letters to Col Ingersoll From Ohio
A Washington Post note describes Col. Ingersoll flooded with correspondence after gaining notoriety. An Ohio man sent a ninety page foolscap letter seeking to argue with the colonel, a first installment in a long barrage of unsolicited advice and argument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Ingersoll
Washington Post
Col. Ingersoll
Ohio
Ominous Outlook Warns on Britain Stability
Lord Salisbury in The Nineteenth Century warns the lower classes mimic prerevolutionary France. The Tory leader cites unrest on lord mayor's day as foreshadowing political instability in Great Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Salisbury
England
Great Britain
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