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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1895
Page
3
A lyrical snippet imagines a union of Christmas with life and thought, casting a radiant Orient glow fading toward a Western gleam. The text invokes the heart’s bright fire against dark dawns and a vow that shadows shall not endure.
In a late night reading, Santa Claus assistant visits a child by the tree, shares a whispering tale of his outside help for the season, and leaves with a kiss from the boy. The scene ends with the boy content and the helper joking about a New Year’s job.
The article discusses mistletoe legends in Shakespearean and contemporaneous writing. It recounts a prince who wanders, finds a cottage, falls for the resident’s daughter, is rejected for his shabby appearance, journeys on, and learns from a fairy that a mistletoe twig from a hollow oak near a stream can reconcile the irate parent to the match.
A disguised thief trespasses a house during a festive gift exchange and discovers Santa Claus is blamed for misdeeds. The boy Bobbie offers him a present, sparking a turn of events that leads to repentance and a happy ending as the visitor returns to the palace with the maid and the couple. The tale concludes with communal forgiveness and a mythic blessing.
A rustic boy narrator recalls lessons from family figures about behaving before Christmas. He imagines what a good son should be, referencing schooling, chores, manners, and dreamt future roles while noting interviews with family and a wish to emulate a missionary like his uncle Dan. Written by the late Eugene Fletcher and printed in Ladies Home Journal.
A dialogue among young matrons swaps tips for financing Christmas gifts and discreetly inflating budgets. The talk shifts to a biblical interlude about Mary and Jesus, contrasting modern frugality with ancient hospitality and the idea of planned generosity.
A customer asks a clerk to find a suitable present for her husband. The clerk clarifies options, asking whether a large or small flask is preferred, while the conversation hints at gift suitability and size choice.
Testimony from A D Thompson in the Duluth Merritt suit details Leonidas Merritt at the Metropole hotel saying he and O W Wetmore sought to draw John D Rockefeller into Iron milling in Minnesota by degrees. He claimed daily increases in amounts to entangle Rockefeller and rescue the corporation during a critical period.
A Toledo firm markets Hall’s Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy that purports to heal catarrh by purifying blood and targeting mucous surfaces. The ad asserts the treatment’s legitimacy, cites a physician’s prescription origin, and mentions testimonials. A separate Kalamazoo Gazette anecdote recounts a Lansing woman who never left her yard for fourteen years after a dispute with her husband.
A fragmented notice extols the failure of energy and digestive processes, noting retirement of the liver and kidneys. It claims Hostette’s Stomach Bitters can restore vigor, resume stomach and bowel activity, and conquer malaria and kidney troubles.
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