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Newspaper
Ellsworth American
Location
Ellsworth, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1901
Page
3
Retail prices listed for produce and meats in Ellsworth show post Christmas discounts. Items include okra at 28 cents, fresh laid eggs, poultry around 10000 per ton, lamb and roll prices, with country produce pricing noted as below the Xmas rush.
The article recounts mistletoe’s storied past from Norse myth to Druids and medieval rites, detailing its favored trees, medicinal myths, and the tale of Baldur’s death caused by a mistletoe spear. It notes Friga’s protection, Loki’s mischief, and the plant’s enduring mystique in festive lore and superstition.
A fragment describes a wintry Christmas tableau with crowd scenes and rooftops, vivid details of wind and snow, and a distant sense of travelers and gatherings. The passage hints at a northern village mood with festive imagery and cold air.
The piece contrasts Christmas greens with the tree as central ornament in festive decor. It emphasizes the tree’s lights, tinsel, and finery as a standout juvenile spectacle, marking a brief epoch in holiday life as described by The Philadelphia Times.
The article traces Christmas customs from England to ancient rites. It recalls holly and mistletoe gathering led by pipers, Druidic processions, and ritual kissing beneath mistletoe. The Yule log tradition and festive feasts are described as centerpieces of historic holiday merriment.
Nominations for Maine postmasters include Frank M. Hume Honiton J Lane and Auguste Rose Shen a domestic aged sixteen died from clothing catching fire in Calais Capt Thomas R Williams Islesboro dies aged eighty four Ulmer Knox county sheriff dies after long illness Old Town fire destroys Barnhams livery stable and Jordan Lumber Co plant total loss over fourteen thousand dollars Dublin mill privilege at Machias sold to E B Curtis Wakefield reports state liquor sales for year totaling sixty three thousand eight hundred with Portland receiving over thirty one thousand.
A garbled dialect filled set of maxims on life morality and society. It lampoons hypocrisy, warns about saloons and debts, and warns against pretending to virtue while noting the stubbornness of truth and the folly of human vanity. The piece frames common sense as a moral guide.
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