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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1915
Page
2
An ornate reminiscence details a Christmas feast set with long table, white linens, and a roasted turkey. Guests, wives, and daughters prepare dishes from marzipan and nuts to puddings as the house fills with holiday aromas, bells, and old-fashioned manners.
The article describes elaborate Christmas dining and gift exchanges with detailed etiquette. It covers turkey and pig courses, table decor, and the proper behavior for guests and hosts. It then outlines playful gift-distribution ideas such as a Jack Horner pie, hidden eggs with poetry puzzles, snowball gifts, and the cobweb trail method to deliver presents, all framed as homely, etiquette minded entertainment.
In Muskoree Oklahoma Creek Indian Mandy Simon was fined 1 001 000 and sentenced to 39 years in jail by Judge Ed J Williams in a police court. Williams claimed Simon had been a constant nuisance, repeatedly causing drunken disturbances over years and vowed she would spend the rest of her days in Mackogee jail. Chief Joe Depaw supported the harsh sentencing.
Christmas, once Cristes masse, marks the birth of Christ but arose from earlier winter festivals. Roman Saturnalia and pagan Yule customs influenced December 25 celebrations, later christened as the Birthday of the Unconquered Sun. Mormon myths aside, the era fused traditions like the Yule log and misrule into a Christian holiday with lingering pagan echoes.
A Sunday school tradition focuses on giving rather than receiving for Christmas. Pupils organize a class Christmas diner and collect articles for a Christmas dinner, plus fruits and treats. A Santa figure presents an empty bag, while children share sweets and gifts with needy peers.
Schoolwide event features class reps and clubs presenting gifts to an orphan asylum. Givers wear themed costumes, recitations and songs accompany cereals and "pure" products, with wrapped parcels labeled for giver and receiver. Parents play Santa and hide bundles for a morning gift exchange.
A fragmented exchange shows a politician fearing re-election and venting about constituents while a separate domestic scene touches on marriage. The dialogue hints at political anxiety and personal avoidance of socially binding matches.
A middle aged well dressed man registered as Dr G Barris in Chattanooga after a sudden memory lapse. He recalls taking the name after forgetting his identity and says he was on a train from Bluefield to Raboville when the lapse occurred. He shows a laundry tag J D M and fears his family will think him dead while doctors plan memory tests.
Six to nine youngsters at Oak Run Schoolhouse in Redding California chased a bear during recess. The bear climbed a tree to escape and fled into Amos Welch’s field where Welch killed it. The following day a community barbecue was held at the school.
Lorain Ohio Mrs Margaret Clark sixty years old told Judge Thompson in common pleas court that she poisoned her husband s two race horses at the Elyria fairgrounds because she desired to save the rest of her property Myre Clark and I gave the two horses which were as much mine as his to save the remainder of our possessions Man of 1 Watches Operation Trenton New Jersey John Hoagland aged ninety one astonished surgeons at the McKinley hospital when he refused to take anesthetic and watched the removal of a cancer from the wrist Marries 43YearOld Girl Beaman Missouri Miss Dorsey Davis a thirteen year old schoolgirl was recently married to Jefferson Closser also of Beaman who gave his age as over twentyone Workmen Failed Dynamite Plot Cleveland Buildings of the Theodore Kundtz Cabinet works and the Forest City Foundry company in this city were imperiled when a dynamite bomb was found in a freight car Joe Jerminski a workman saw the triggering fuse and stamped it out preventing an explosion Wabash Indiana Amos Reynolds completed death by own action recently by leaping into a fireshead built Her charred remains were found by her two sisters
A fin de si cle romance turns deadly at Crystal Lake as a party guest named Lara foils an assassination attempt on Clyde Rawson while a hidden motive linked to a last will and property unfolds. Lara shields Rawson, is wounded, and the assailant flees. a note suggests a planned return to the scene with a mysterious benefactor.
In a St Louis Dispatch item a rural gentleman aboard a Crosstown car is approached by a young woman who returns a lost bill. He admits it was his. She explains she found it behind him on the car and the exchange prompts reflections on honesty and a two year old loss. A second joke line follows about a dressmaker and a pelican in a brief quip between husband and wife.
A fragmented feature describes a remarkable harvest across Western provinces with farmers counting high yields. It notes extensive crop success, mentions towns like Regina and Moose Jaw, and reflects on rural life notes including women’s labor and economic outcomes. The piece blends agricultural detail with social observations, concluding with a travel mention and an advertisement tease about regional farming pride.
A fragmented dialogue hints at covert figures named Kane and Pat discussing a risky task. Clues surface about disapproval, secrecy, and potential efforts to aid a cause, while participants express cautious optimism and reluctance.
Classified fragment lists wanted butternut meats from crop five to ten pounds at five to seven cents per pound. Also mentions an advertisement location in Omaha Nebraska and references to a theater stage and Marine. Fragmentary lines touch on age, eyes, and a product called Dehlson's Coles as a remedy.
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