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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1903
Page
7
A dialogue between Bobbie and his father Bingo about belief in Santa Claus. Bobbie admits he knows there is no Santa and resists his father’s pressure to pretend otherwise. The scene ends with Bobbie reluctantly agreeing to continue the pretense for the sake of relatives.
In a Harlem Life scene Bobbie and Willie Stimson discuss a passerby. Bobbie names the man as the biggest liar who ever drew bread, noting the accusation half an hour after a tense warning. The exchange hints at street gossip and sharp dialogue.
A piece from Ladies' Home Journal advises parents to teach Santa as a myth from infancy, preserving the joy of Christmas while guiding the child to understand the spiritual meaning. It urges belief in Santa by adults, sharing fairy tale style narratives, and eventual mind readjustment to identity with growing age.
Fragmentary OCR mentions a Christmas carol with a reference to an author and a line about Onward Oh. The text is incomplete, restricting precise details about title, author, or publication context.
A reflective tale recalls youth and a Christmas reunion at Singin' River. A cousin Miller arrives, bringing joy and tears as the family shares a warm, stormy celebration and memories of loved ones.
Aunt Matilda narrates a Christmas moral about a boy with an insatiable appetite who turns into candy after visiting the Wizzle Wuzzle Man. The tale ends with a lesson on obedience and moderation for children.
Ma'am Hickey recounts Singing River Christmas tree for the camp. Big Dan and Joe Burke return after a mountain snowstorm with turkeys and gifts as the hall is decorated with evergreen buntings. The post office hall gleams with red white and blue decorations while children stay in the kitchen baking pies cakes and doughnuts.
In a rugged Crystal City mining camp the men stage a wild Christmas scene turning Big Dan into Santa Claus. They rig a bearskin, flour whiskers, sleigh bells, and a roof hole for a roof-entry. Children Freddy and Eisie react with joy as dolls, toys, and treats pour in, while women Ann Dickey and Mary Ann Morris manage a communal supper.
A reflection on what it truly means to keep Christmas beyond mere observance. The essay urges selfless living, empathy, and giving to others, asking readers to consider duties over rights and to act with love toward neighbors, especially the vulnerable. If kept for a day, why not always, for one cannot keep it alone.
A Chicago Inter Ocean reminiscence recalls Civil War hardships. Veterans J. J. Wallace and an Eighty-sixth Illinois man recount wounds and bruises from battles near Richmond including Perryville Chickamauga Buzzard's Roost Kenesaw Peach Tree Creek and Jonesboro. The men describe lasting pain and the mislabeling of injuries as mere bruises.
A narrative of Corporal John C. Stoughton of the 114th New York Volunteers. His near miss under enemy works at Port Hudson, capture and three weeks in Confederate hands, later Cedar Creek gallantry, and a daring escape and return to his company. Also includes Lincoln’s quip about John Morgan and other brief anecdotes.
An Indiana cavalry scout recounts approaching a Lookout cabin where a devout Confederate loyalist woman prayed to sink Union ships and erase Yankees. The speaker describes raiding, questioning, and a knee wound from Missionary Ridge as he pressed on, carrying scars but remaining unreported wounded.
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