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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1905
Page
8
The text evokes memory laden scenes of childhood Christmases with imagery of snow winds, twilight, and distant voices. W D Nesbit pieces together a dreamlike procession of old holidays and forgotten paths in a reflective Harper's Weekly feature.
In a Plymouth home Cedric laments weddings and gloom while a scarred, hidden history unfolds. Jacquita, once loved by Dacre, reappears as Jacquita dies at a station after a shipwreck, and Cedric vows a future with her betrothed, revealing a long buried truth.
A poetic note depicts Christmas day beginning in the middle of the Pacific Ocean where Santa Claus initiates and concludes his singular yearly voyage.
The narrative follows Jacquita’s sudden marriage to Cedric, the wedding under Christman arch, and the ensuing horror as a gunshot wounds Dacre Holme. Jacquita reveals a woman killed Dacre near the hill station, while Cedric returns scarred yet steadfast.
A childlike verse cherishes belief in Santa Claus with snowy night imagery. The speaker recalls feeding the reindeer with hay, imagining a jolly bearded figure delivering toys and spreading love to boys and girls. The poem rejects worldly glitter, longing to regain childlike faith in Santa Claus.
A Christmas Day scene at the depot as twenty express wagons and a hearse waited for a Limited train carrying a late passenger. Undertaker and drivers faced grief with quiet faith as they joined in hymns with a group of workers offering comfort to a mourner who had lost three children to diphtheria. The moment turns into a small Christmas service, reminding that even in sorrow there are sources of comfort.
Devon and Somerset observe a Christmas Eve ritual lighting green ash bundles bound with withy bands placed on the fire at eight. As the bonds break, toasts rise with Merry Christianas, tied to legends of Bethlehem fires and Alfred the Great’s green wood flame in Somerset.
A bookseller touts a new patent diary as the cleverest in its line. The shopper examines the pages and is shown a calendar where each date includes printed daily actions such as got up breakfast lunch and dinner to ensure a complete diary for the year.
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