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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1913
Page
17
A poem reflecting on Christmas amid industry where children and rails symbolize progress. The speaker envisions Bethlehem and steel as linked, with children as the future who will carried by steel and rails into a shared joyful Christmas. The verse contends that Christmas spirit endures beyond iron and snow.
The Sunday school superintendent asked Eddie what he would give his failing little brother for Christmas. Eddie, blundering, replied with a joke about last year’s gift using weasels, while he fumbled with his pockets.
Miss Passage laments smaller stockings on Christmas morning. Miss Pertly replies age does not matter, it is because she is thinner. The playful exchange highlights fading holiday abundance as the speaker grows older.
A couple in a humorous newspaper exchange vow not to exchange gifts this Christmas. They admit a long habit of breaking the pledge with secret presents, then propose a public agreement to gift each other despite expectations. The chat focuses on the futility of egging the yearly cycle.
A community letter urges readers to subscribe to a new Fremont newspaper the EAGLE. Merchants guarantee trade credit refunding advances as a gift of 31.50 to 7.50, with a free want ad service for paid subscribers and a promise to serve the home community with a distinct local paper.
Two households confront the impulse to surprise with gifts. Mrs. Whittler balks at hidden plans for surprise presents, while Mr. Whittler secretly prepares a twenty dollar note as a gift. In another home, Juliet Allison misreads desires and buys practical items, only for Frederick to reveal more gifts, ending with a humorous exchange over a teeth set after a bargain advert.
On a calm Christmas Eve a girl named Elizabeth Rockerby sits in her grandmother's drawing room overhearing servants whispering about a poor child. The scene contrasts festive bustle with the girl’s sadness as relatives offer scarce candies and warmth.
Elisabeth Rockerby impulsively runs away and spends ninety eight cents to buy a doll for a girl in a shop window. A kind stranger, Cousin Bob, finds her and takes her home, starting a new life with relatives.
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