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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1904
Page
8
Poem recalling a mother’s memory of a lost child at Christmas. A white sock, a tiny toy, a lock of golden hair mark the infant’s merry prayer and the angel’s visitation. The speaker waits for reunion as eternal watchfulness comforted by memory and faith.
In a poor tenement, two children admire shop windows filled with toys while a sick girl, Ruthie, longs to hold a doll. Joe secretly borrows a doll to comfort her, keeping it overnight before returning it to the shop with Ruthie’s tears and gratitude.
Ruthie, a sick child, receives a doll from a kind stranger and is promised a cure and a move to a bright hospital room. After treatment at a hospital, Ruthie regains the ability to walk with a crutch within weeks. The family celebrates with stockings and gifts, and Ruthie’s brothers enjoy the doll's return.
Joe and Dan borrow a doll to comfort Ruthie who is homebound with a hurt back. A passing gentleman helps, buys the doll, and arranges a visit to Ruthie, learning about the family’s poverty and their mother's struggle.
An exhortation from the St. Louis Chronicle urges embracing the Christmas spirit through charity. It highlights Christ's service to the poor and sick and urges readers to extend generosity beyond comfort to aid those in need, urging every person to tithe their blessings and spread kindness.
The article recalls how Christmas feasts stretched across two to three weeks in many countries with angels said to share the earthly meals. In Denmark breakfast, dinner, and supper featured distinctive dishes including beef, reindeer cutlets, oatmeal and rice soup, roasted goose with apples, pork with beets and gherkins.
A pocket speller and dictionary makes a fitting Christmas gift for a typewriter enthusiast. It is practical, helps improve typing accuracy, and supports daily writing tasks with quick reference when words falter.
A St. Louis Globe Democrat writer notes hotel staff report women rise promptly to morning calls, while men resist and require repeated knocks. The piece describes a chain of wake up mishaps ending with exhausted guests and persistent bellhops.
Florissant Missouri reports show Dodd's Kidney Pills curing early kidney disease symptoms and alleged cures for Bright's Disease Dropsy and Diabetes. Mrs Peter Barteau says back and knee pains ended after starting the pills. Local residents tout many similar recoveries and view the remedy as saving lives.
A Philadelphia Press note recalls two boys who presented a slip reading Please give the bearer 5 cepts worth of Paddy Gary. The pharmacist supplied paregoric and has heard nothing more, underscoring the need for strict vigilance by pharmacists against easily misspelled drug requests.
An advert claims catarrh is a constitutional disease and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F.J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio as the only constitutional cure. It asserts blood and mucous membrane action and offers $100 for a cure failure, urging readers to contact the company and local druggists.
Minks boasts of a cashier’s misstep, blaming poor management. He reveals the scheme by giving his wife access to the safe, leaving the cashier to struggle to earn his pay.
One fare and a third for round trip on Nickel Pinte Road via Dee th for travel from Dec 26 to Jan 2. Good returning Jan 4, 2008. Call agent or address Co A. Asterlin T. P. A. Fort Wayne Ind 490.
A brief quoted exchange notes that the war in the East costs Russia about three times what Japan pays monthly. The Yonkers aman remarks on Russia incurring higher expenses while Hubert agrees Russia is getting a harsher treatment.
Custom rubber stamps in all kinds with gell-inking dates and new pads available. Send for catalogue to Leck Bea Wages for pricing and options.
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