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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1887
Page
4
A lyrical scene retells a Christmas story with a stranger in a manger. A guiding star shines over Bethlehem as wise men and hosts of angels worship the newborn and proclaim peace on earth and good will to men.
A widowed mother Abby Hicks, poor on Christmas Eve in New York's Madison Street, crafts a makeshift menagerie from vegetables to delight Ruth and Robbie. They wake to find scarce joy and a hidden inheritance in a tin box marked Owen Hardcastle, changing their fate while preserving mother’s love and dignity.
In Oakland 1852 the family faced a lean Christmas with no turkey or onions, buying six eggs for $8 and using dried apples to make plum pudding. Grandmother and the women improvised with goose, crane, and homegrown herbs to achieve a festive feast and hopeful Santa.
A playful verse describes a Christmas stocking bulging with goodies from candy to a banked savings tally and a toy harp, ending with a handwritten wish for a merry Christmas attributed to Tom Masson.
Paxton recalls Christmas 1862 on the Rappahannock where Union and Confederate soldiers shared coffee sugar and pork in boats, traded goods, and exchanged greetings. He contrasts wartime duty with memories of home and a call to mercy and forgiveness on Christmas Day.
A secular meditation from Harper's Weekly blends Christmas hope with a veteran’s remorse. The author reflects on shedding the old militant self tied to Grant and Hancock, choosing peace, and seeking compassionate action as a newer, humbled self.
The piece describes Christmas customs in Kentucky and Tennessee with gunpowder gunfire, hunts in fields for rabbits and game, and large social gatherings. It notes Tennessee laws encouraging marksmanship with wagers and matches, detailing rifle contests and Christmas night dances in backwoods homes and towns.
Poem excerpt recalling Christmas traditions from rustic and noble households. It contrasts humble communal rites with the lordly hall, describing merriment, holly, mistletoe, and the festive exchange of gifts and social roles in a traditional holiday scene attributed to Sir Walter Scott.
A Harper's Weekly reflection extols Christmas as the most universal and ideal holiday surpassing Fourth of July Decoration Day and New Year. It praises shared charity and goodwill, urging active thought for others so that acts of mercy reveal our inner spirit.
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