Christmas Stockings and Puritan Holiday Fun Traditions
The piece explains German origins of hanging stockings and St Nicolas lore with Pelsnichol the rod bearer, contrasting Puritan New England customs like burning the Christmas candle. It notes German joy and the Puritan explosion of a gunpowder filled taper as a festive thrill for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Kingle
Christ Kindlin
Christ Child
Pelsnichol
Nicholas
St. Nicholas
New England
Colonies
Swed ish Christmas Tale of Birds and Grain Poles
Hon W W Thomas Jr recalls a Swedish Christmas custom seen near Goteborg where farmers set a grain filled pole for wild birds before gathering indoors. He notes every door yard displays the pole as a bird feast, ensuring the birds have a Christmas too.
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W. W. Thomas, Jr
Sweden
Dalston
Gottenburg
Christmas Items and Seasonal Whimsy Across Papers
A collage of holiday scoops and verse from 1910s papers includes a plot snippet about a boxed gift, jewelry critique, and a child’s talk of slippers, plus light verse from the Atlanta Constitution, Kansas City Journal, Washington Star, and Louisville Courier-Journal referencing Christmas and winter.
Dillon High School Monthly Report December 7 1894
Monthly report from Dillon High School shows enrollment figures across rooms and teachers with attendance and punctuality rates. Notable names listed include Bond Ethel and LaMunyon Arthur among students, with Innes Lyve as teacher.
Christmas Eve and New Year events in Dillon notes
Militia drill is canceled for Christmas Eve with a public New Year’s Eve dancing event priced at fifty cents per couple for non-members. Members face re swearing dates as time expires. Local notes mention church preparations, a large sheep smothering incident at Smallhorn canyon, Jesse McCoy’s cleaning powder venture from Henry Lake, street lamp improvements, and multiple local shop promotions. A fast mail run from Lima to Butte is also noted along with holiday fruit, candies, and fabric items.
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Jesse McCoy
Butte
McCoy
Henry Lake
Madison County
Ens
Madison Valley
Railroad sighting sparks town legends in Butte reports
In Dillon notices the Butte Record describes Mrs Howman Pallinger linked to recent nuptials involving John Davis of Salmon City Idaho and Mrs Mary Schuha from last week in Butte. Davis claims forty five years on Carmen Creek and says he first saw a railroad at Red Rock. He is a prosperous placer miner on Fourth of July Creek and a raidman. Public notices warn of assessment work filings due by December 31 1894 to prevent claims becoming jumpable.
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Howman ‘Pallinger
Heinze Smelting
John Davis
Salmon City
Idaho
Butte
Mary Schuha
Davis
Carmen Creek
Red Rock
Fourth of July Creek
Dillon Triunx
Dillon Letter List Dec 14 Uncalled Letters at Post Office
List of letters remaining uncalled for at the Dillon post office updated December 14. Letters will be sent to the dead letter office in 30 days if not claimed. Names include Guace Lamont Brink Geo Fancher White Gosman Mrs Fred W Hartman and others.
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Waul
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Clara
Arthur
Tiffany
Polly Thurston
Susie
Papa
Tommy
Mr. Kanoodle
Miss Alert
Atlanta Constitution
Santa
Kansas City Journal
Washington Star
Louisville Courier-Journal
Atttendance
Oedd
Mast
Nora McIntosh
Edith Clark
Myrtle Riley
Mable Huber
Anna Harrison
Carrie White
Carrie Herman
Jo Barbour
Lew Price
Fred Taylor
Thomas Orr
John Roe
Edward’ — Rich
Irwin McIntosh
Mamie Selway
Earl Bailey
Nellie Phillips
Irvie Staudaker
May Gilbert
Norman Johnson
Lena Fyhrie
Louis
Richie
Mary Kixon H. Hoop
Jesse Phillips
Holdie Rivers
Charlie Patrick
Bessie Sheuver
George Dart
Jardine Rife
Calvin Patrick
John Wolf
Montana
Austan
Gentry Poindexter
Charlie Shannon
Hdna Noyes
Laura Tritt
Willie Herman
John Hoffman
Caswell Patrick
Henry Wolf
Pinkerton
Johnson
Room
Kimory Pulver
Emma Burfeind
Lucile Shannon
Carl Mast
Herbert Hanson
Charlie Hanson
Elmer Brainard
Arthur LaMunyon
Ira Pearce
Nannie Featherly
Harry Porch
Geogia Featherly
Fred Dart
John Underwood
Mary Sweet
Ray Selway
Herbert Gilbert
Willie McLaughlin
Lyve M. Innes
Albers
Dora Albers
John Conway
Arthur Flynn
Ella Gilbert
Wilbur Halliday
Thomas Kennedy
Dwight Lasich
Agnes Loughridge
Orpha Lacy
Myrtle Melton
Henry Mast
Claude Noyes
Ray Phillips
Claude Rice
David Selway
Ray Stanfield
Frank Hagerty
Rosy
May Cant
Barnett Lloyd Bond
Harry
Chapman Willie Conway Warren Conger
Florence Festherly
Reede Flynn
Patrick Hansen
May McLaughlin
James Noyes
Edith Poindexter
Eleanor Phillips
John Phillips
Edith Price
Carl. Peterson Bay Rice
Ethel Rivers
Blanche Smith
Mary Selway
Mabel Stringham
Edwin LaMunyon
Gertrude Lansage
Michael Mittelmeir
Charles Bell Frank
Dillon
Chas. Stoltz
Smallhorn Canyon
Bee Hive Hardware Co
Sisson’s School
Santa Claus
Dillon News Co
China
Majestic
G. W. Dart How. Co
Crowell & Nuckolls
E. Timer & Co
Stamm’s
Monarch Steel
Dillon Mercantile Co's
Lima
Tripune Corner
Mable Putnam
Opera House
Ayer
J. C. Preusser
Converse
Texas
Dr. J. C. Ayer & CO
Lowell
Mass
Tris
Bobs Cutters
Dillon Implement Company
N. M. White
N. A. Stiles
Mout
Dillon Lettter
Guace Lamont
Tris- Mne
George J. Staudaher
North
J. P. Winters
A. & N. Depot
Dillon Mont
Dillon National Bank
Bannack Street
Mont
Tremont
Poston
Masa
WILL
B. Orem
Center Street
J. C. Orem
Madison
Virginia City
T. F* Pollard
Nasholds
E. Nasholds
Prof
J. F. Bisgopr
Miles
Dr. Miles
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