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Newspaper
Columbia County Republican
Location
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1913
Page
8
A reflective note on the enduring legend of Santa Claus. It questions whether parents fabricate the tale to enchant children and whether belief in Santa shapes childhood wonder across generations.
The passage reflects on Christmas festivities past and present, claiming the animating spirit remains constant across a century. It contrasts old two course dinners and merry games with modern fashions, asserting youth and tradition persist despite changes in outward form.
An old Honolulu note describes how visitors once began a yearly Yuletide custom of decorating a park tree for Christmas. It recalls holiday scenes with locals and tourists enjoying the seasonal display and communal lights in a tropical setting.
The Cornhill Magazine portrait details the duchess of Burdett traveling with her entourage and private staff as she critiqued others with a cutting tongue. Daughters, a physician, and a parrot accompany her, while the duke rides in the other carriage.
A Youth's Companion tale describes Professor Bunsen salvaging rare elements cockium and rotidium from a spill. He evaporates Durk heim spring water, renews the residue, and recovers the full worth of the salts after cleaning the coat, floor, and table, showing astonishing laboratory precision.
A missionary notes that Chinese idols demand definite material offerings and expect tangible results. Idols’ legitimacy depends on continued gifts, and during hard times followers withdraw support, leading to the shrine losing favor as locals remove offerings.
A Change.aetee quotes a mother threatening her incorrigible child with a good whipping if behavior does not improve. The boy counters that previous punishments were worse, noting the promise of a change. Reported by the Chicago News.
A humorous quote depicts domestic life as joyful through playful gadgets and jokes about chores. The speaker notes his wife finds washing and sewing easier with fictional devices, ending with a light remark about life becoming a continuous round of joy.
Fragmentary Roaton Transcript hints at a dialogue about agnosticism with Pa explaining it as a poem fragment. The exchange features brief childlike questioning and a humorous mishearing as a boy runs off.
A brief item notes manners and decorum in public discourse as the Enquirer highlights careful speech and respectful behavior in social settings. The column urges readers to cover the mouth during talk and to maintain tact in conversation.
The ad extols Dr King’s Lewis Berlaim Remedy from Manchester Ohio as the best cure for sudden croup attacks in children asking immediate use. The text emphasizes quick action and mentions the remedy’s trusted efficacy.
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