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Newspaper
Elizabeth Daily Journal
Location
Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1908
Page
8
A friend questions giving turkeys to workers as a Christmas gift citing a long fridge stay. The magnate fears workers will reject fowls due to prior storage. The dialogue pivots to family church plans and a joke about a turkey bath cabinet.
A poem contrasts warm holiday scenes with modern coldness and regret. The speaker laments lost Christmas joy, warns that scientific progress harms forests, and suggests humanity risks spoiling snow and cheer through haste and consumption.
In a family note the narrator plans a yearly reunion and gifts for Evelyn. Brothers Johnson-Dey and Washington-Dats favor practical presents, while a relative hints at a dress. The speaker prefers a washboard and soap, keeping gifts modest and useful.
Bronson urges Woodson to show rigor and pockets six items as a Christmas present from his wife. The exchange hints at a mischievous or practical joke during a tense moment.
On a Red Line car days before Christmas two 18 year old girls discuss engagement gifts for Harry and George. After Christmas one reunites and admits no gifts were given, revealing their engagements were only for the holiday.
A bank president warns a valet that tomorrow is Christmas and plans to return all he has stolen in the year. The valet thanks him and says he will treat the president and his friends generously.
A portly old bachelor recalls gifting nephews with a drum fiddle bugle and tool chest. The noisy gifts led to neighbor complaints and furniture damage, ending his Santa acts as neighbors tightened rules. He jokes that another round would spark powder and dynamite.
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