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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1916
Page
3
A narrator recalls a magical midnight journey in a reindeer sleigh. The sleigh visits America and a Dutch town, dropping gifts like onions, dolls, toys, and jewelry to children. The tale ends with a farewell as the Christmas work finishes.
A playful fragment celebrates Christmas Day with jumbled lines and festive imagery. The text recreates a poetic mood praising the giver of Christmas, though the wording is distorted and difficult to parse. It highlights reverence for the holiday's origin amidst chorus-like phrases.
Tyrolean Christmas cribs, famed for hundreds of figures and detailed scenic sets, are reviewed as a cultural revival. Notable examples from Innsbruck and Vienna museums illustrate historic artistry and the shift from private passion to public preservation amid export bans.
The article surveys four old carols The First Nowell God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Draw Nigh Emmanuel and their origins It notes German roots for Silent Night debates Luther authorship and the age of the tunes English origins for God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen and the shift of melody to the upper voice French and Breton connections for certain melodies and Mozarabic liturgical ties for Draw Nigh Emmanuel.
A column urges parents to encourage dramatic play by children with Santa Claus scenes and classic fairy tales, noting simple home theater ideas like stockings, Gretchen, and Cinderella. It also describes the Talamancan tribe of Panama, their thatched huts, domestication of wildlife, and palm-framed homes with earthen pots.
The text notes that only a woman has ever run for president, Mrs Belva A Lockwood led the Equal Rights party in 1881 seeking woman suffrage, earning about 2560 of 10 million votes. It also records her 1873 admission to the District of Columbia bar and 1879 admission to practice before the U S Supreme Court.
In a brief exchange from a Roston Globe page, Kathryn asks about a new suit while Kittie notes it looks okay but comments on a poor back fit, prompting a turn to see where it fails. The dialogue suggests a casual domestic moment with gentle humor.
A dialogue fragment shows a Aunt donating a watch to me while I in turn give mine to my uncle Bualthmore Almertenn, highlighting unusual reciprocal gift behavior within a family. The brief exchange hints at social norms and humor in generational sharing.
A fragment discusses an idea to organize a vegetable trust and the challenge of keeping it quiet. It references a man with power to calm a torrent of a woman's will and cites an old English proverb about authority and restraint.
The New York Times notes Dutchess County in New York was named for the Duchess of York when the colony was divided into counties. It explains the historical spelling of duchess with a final e and t until Johnson's dictionary in 1755, and mentions a now vanished Duke county named for the Duke of York.
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