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Newspaper
Encampment Echo
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1920
Page
6
A judge proposes a satirical Christmas plan for those opposing Santa Claus. Children would be gathered to hear that gifts from a "rolled" mother and the gifts from a thrift-store flood are simple, humble, and disillusioned, to avoid parental guilt and public fuss. The piece mocks consumer excess and urges a restrained, honest celebration.
A Christmas message urges embracing the spirit of loving and giving as the year ends. It emphasizes children, remembrance, and that Santa will come, encouraging simple, heartfelt gestures over costly gifts.
The text recounts a claim that Christmas was first observed in year 98 and became a solemn feast by 187. It attributes early celebration to Pope Telesphorus and recalls Diocletian ordering church doors closed leading to a fatal blaze with six hundred deaths.
A quirky dialogue features a brave soldier teased by a thriftily dressed narrator. The exchange centers on holiday temptations and Santa Claus imagery as a caution against excess.
Two girls discuss a possible poor Christmas due to a strike keeping their father out of work. One friend reassures her, noting the father's return to work and the mother's improving health. They realize Christmas spirit lies in heart and friendship, not gifts or a tree.
The piece notes Puritans and Quakers opposing mince and Christmas pie with criticism of clergy abstaining from it. It quotes Bickerstaffe arguing the Christmas pie is a consecrated badge of distinction yet forbidden in family practice. It compares a sirloin of beef's exposure to depredations with minced pie's transformation into meat for the master.
A whimsical verse from the Sunshine Bulletin imagines Santa Claus living in a snowy house atop a hill with many elves at work. He prepares a million pretty things like cakes sugar plums and toys to fill children’s stockings as Christmas toes arrive.
A Tacoma Ledger editorial urges societies to pledge members against giving gifts beyond their immediate families to curb excess. It cautions reformers against attempting to legislate personal customs while urging remedies for various issues without new statutes.
Dick and Jimmy visit their grandmother and discuss Christmas wishes during a family prayer. Jimmy asks why his loud petitions should be heard, and Grandma softly encourages him to pray quietly.
The piece describes simple home theatre for Christmas with a family audience. It suggests children acting as Kris with disguises and props, parent involvement, and a playful plot about Santa’s sleigh returning and gifts. The guide stresses costumes like white whiskers a tassled cap and a fat stomach.
A religious meditation urging the heart to return to Bethlehem and remember the Christmas message. The speaker speaks of envy pride and denial of the Lord, urging repentance and the guidance of the star and angels still seen in Bethlehem.
The Russian working people have long used Christmas as a reason to halt work for a lengthy period, sometimes a month. Before the revolution Kolenda marked Christmas Eve with peasant carols, coin tossing from windows, and a final masquerade by people of all ages dressed as animals to reflect the Saviour’s birth.
A reflective editorial urges keeping Christmas spirit year round not just on holidays. It advocates brotherhood, fellowship, and kind words every day, urging others to extend helping hands for 864 days a year and to bless all with gratitude for national blessings.
Simple homemade gift ideas for sewing minded households include handkerchiefs with embroidered initials, canvas or denim gloves, night slippers for children, a knit corset-cover from worn sweaters, doll clothes from doll sized fabrics, mittens from wool, fur muffs and scarf ends from old pieces, and a cheery house plant for an invalid friend to brighten Christmas.
A tense street confrontation erupts as Gee taunts a husky youth with threats of a beating. Bystanders intervene as the scene heats, with no injuries reported and police called to calm the crowd.
A festive exhortation to celebrate Christmas for children urging belief in Santa Claus and Saint Nicholas with a note on religious framing and joy for the year.
A child’s simple wish echoes in a seasonal scene. A boy asks to be the janitor’s little boy so his father can be polite too, capturing holiday warmth and modest longing.
In a street collision a hay wagon struck a car, pinning the driver. Passersby lifted him from the dust and one proposed moving him toward an undertaker’s shop, but he demanded to be taken to the drug store first. A new microscope illuminator by Prof. Alexander Silverman promises detailed views of opaque and translucent objects, aiding metal testing textiles and bacteriology.
Robinson says the boss will hire women to collect bills from men and husbands. Jackett notes if a woman can collect money as well as from her husband, the plan is sound. The remark suggests entertainment will be paid for as readily as food.
A humorous judging quip contrasts a grandmother's old fashioned manners with modern fashions and social changes. She valued modest dress and ritual church life, knew her ears, danced with men, and avoided contemporary trends. Yet she wisely managed family roles when grandfather returned.
More Practical Welcome, Emily liked playing grown up lady. She wore her mother’s hat and fur wrap to visit Aunt Ida. T answered, inviting her to warm by the fire. Emily sighed and corrected the greeting, insisting on offering tea and cake.
A brief exchange notes a sharp memory with a remark that he can even remember his wife's birthday. The dialogue hints at a humorous, domestic observation without naming people or places.
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