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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1869
Page
3
A sentimental Christmas memory unfolds with a mother and child Benny and Harney in a hearthlit scene. The child asks Santa for kindness, the kitten seeks egg nogg, and the family ends with prayer and gratitude for a child’s blessing.
Georgie Ware a nineteen year old from New York visits Kinnicutt for Christmas. She rediscovers love with Allan Beckwith during church preparations, finding reconciliation after their earlier engagement discord. The village spectacle ends with a quiet betrothal at the same altar and a hopeful, festive future.
A bitter winter frames Jenny and her sister in a rural tale of poverty and care. The selfless older sister hides nuts, apples, and seed cakes in Jenny's stockings, brightening Christmas with humble gifts. Jenny grows up grateful, wealthy in memory and kindness, forever linked to her sister's love.
A New York Express piece notes purveyors of items claim the happiest people in New York are the deaf mutes. It cites their indifference to nature’s sounds and mocks the chorus of birds and human chatter as unseen to them, calling the phrase Shoo Fly out Bodder Men a sign of blessing during the epidemic.
A frugal family faces shortages yet bakes mince pies for Christmas. Mrs Burton involves all, even sharing with Mrs Murphy and Miss Brooks. The festive work unites kin, neighbors, and a widowed supplier, amid rising costs and careful planning.
A fragment from a domestic scene shows Betty preparing mince-meat and a family meal, with characters Matty Nan Tim Elle and a visitor. Dialogue hints at pastry making, dough, and concern over mince-meat, as children react to the kitchen bustle and a dish being shared with care and doubt.
The Father of Frederic the Great is described as scrupulously clean and austere, hatred of French polish, and ever ready with his cane. He stalks through the streets of Potsdam like an elephant, challenging passersby with sharp questions and assigning a Berlin cleric role to a clever threadbare youth who quips back that both he and the king are two such exceptional people.
A dramatic episode in a First Presbyterian service, described by the Cincinnati Gazette, as a young man disrupted Rev C L Thom during a sermon on inheritance of sin. He walked the aisle sobbing, begged Christians to pray, and was supported by the congregation. The event left many lingering in witness and prayer.
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