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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1896
Page
3
A nostalgic verse bids farewell to the Old Year with tender regret and fond memories. The speaker laments its short stay while celebrating the approaching new year and the enduring affection for the past twelve months.
In a rugged Nordic frontier tale, Hans Brynjilson endures droughts, frost, and hail by mortgaging his assets while dreaming of Christina Weill who longs to join him in America. A letter from Christina promises a future together as he contemplates sending passage money despite financial ruin.
In dialogue plucked from a late edition, a Swede faces looming foreclosure from Johnson on New Year’s Day. Talk turns to eventual ownership and possible daily hire of the Swede to recoup the debt.
A Swede named Hans Brynjulsen hopes for news about a girl he plans to marry as a Christmas Day scene unfolds at a Wells County station. A conductor jokes about a snowstorm to come while townsfolk sense a green Christmas and looming foreboding. Hans trails the post office, hoping the mail pouch holds letters for him.
In Wells County, a storm and a Christmas tale unfold around Hans Brynjalson and lawyer Johnson. A buried mortgage is cancelled, Christina's last letter arrives from a ship, and a blizzard chasing Bessie Johnson tests courage, with a hidden fortune and a warm reunion hinted amid snow and sorrow.
A poetic exchange where a daughter asks her father what gift to give her husband for Christmas and the father suggests a preset for Clarence, hinting at a humorous or domestic Christmas vignette.
Advice phrases urge taking initiative not to wait on luck or despair. The message encourages keeping busy, improving conditions, and not dwelling on problems while opportunities remain, using rural imagery of cows, milk, and pasture. It frames self-reliance and practical effort as response to a changing world.
A playful verse invites children to hear Kris Kringle with bells in a festive scene. The imagery centers on ringing chimes, twinkling stars, and stockings of light, tying merriment to a traditional Christmas rhyme.
A playful exchange ends with a vow to kiss later under the mistletoe while in the moment he declares a kiss now. The scene captures holiday romance and flirtation in lighthearted tones.
The guide advises checking freshly cut trees by shaking to avoid dry needles and choosing balsam pines for form and scent. It notes spruce as cheaper, sources from New England and Catskills, and describes extensive decoration ideas including colors, icicles, ornaments like birds and bells, tinsel, asbestos snow, cornucopias of candy, and ample candles.
A shopper witnesses her husband selecting a silver horse shoe pocketbook while she talks to the department saleswoman. Later the husband visits a drug store and asks if his wife chose cigars or a toothbrush, noting price and brand with a grin as the clerk smiles.
A poem describes the New Year as a child arriving in snowy weather. It urges opening hearts, welcoming the year with kindness, and carrying whatever it brings with quiet resolve, whether joy or fear. The verse blends warmth with a gentle duty to embrace the unknown.
A domestic scene unfolds as Sle waits in the hall while Mrs Pinkerly and Pinkerly discuss a Christmas present sent by the boy. The gift is on C O D life, prompting embarrassment and curiosity as the couple awaits delivery.
A playful verse by Harper’s Lazar laments December duties and the hard task of Christmas preparation. The speaker notes that long division and spelling are tough, and that small boys must be very good for three weeks before Christmas.
It quotes a dialog about holiday giving with spouses exchanging valuable presents. A husband plans to give a hundred dollar check to fund his wife’s gift while his wife plans a hundred dollar dressing gown for him. The exchange is framed as mutual generosity during Christmas.
Residents welcome Santa as the season brings cheer and a festive mood to the town. Children gather to see Santa and share their Christmas wishes while the town enjoys seasonal activities and lighthearted gatherings.
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