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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1916
Page
4
Janet breaks their engagement and returns the ring to Dick. A church mouse later discovers the ring, gnaws it, and hides it in the church basement. The mouse’s accidental return of the ring to Janet leads to a Christmas morning reunion and a vow of renewed faith and love.
Wilbur D. Nesbit poem inspires vision of a world filled with children not hungry or sick, marching with drums and bugles beneath a radiant Christmas Tree. The piece blends verse with local notices as Mildred and Mag Harrington visit, weather notes, town goings, and farm transactions amid wartime peace overtures from Germany.
A housekeeper suggests preparing a single room for decorations and gifts to save time and keep Christmas surprises intact. A commercial traveler recalls a boss giving envelopes with a twist, ending with a prescription instead of a check, a humorous Christmas box anecdote.
A miner visits Uncle Lilah's boy and asks whom to thank for a fine turkey. The child replies simply that he should thank Farmer Green for leaving his hen house door ajar, in a quaint regional speech.
The forest service in Lassen National Forest has cut down and burned over a thousand trees in three months to halt a beetle outbreak. The dendroctonus destroys trees by tunneling between bark layers, killing pines rapidly and rendering them unfit for lumber. Prompt action by timber owners and government is urged to prevent large losses seen in historic California forests.
Senator Lodge lauded Serbia’s resourcefulness in its uneven fight against Germany Austria Bulgaria and the Turks saying Serbia keeps her army intact and recalling a Christmas tale of a girl improvising during mistletoe shortages. Washington Star mentions Claude McCoy visiting Crawfordsville. Local notes report Midget basketball loss at Postville, cold day, and Dr. Hadsel's appendicitis operation with improving recovery. Miller and Grover advertise drayage and Hawkeye products. Townsfolk visits include Kerr from Waterloo and Whitford family. Frank and Mrs DeSart return from Mason City and South Dakota before California trip.
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