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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1879
Page
3
A poetic holiday piece urges readers to ring bells and sing with joy to wake hearts and inspire compassion. It invokes Christ’s birth and calls all people to turn thoughts to mercy, generosity, and aid for the needy through the season.
The two brothers sneak to the pantry and set a rat trap to catch Santa Claus. They raid mince pies and doughnuts while waiting, but the trap catches father instead when he enters with stockings and candy. The twist ends with the father gently admonishing the prank and revealing the gifts.
The bishop of Peterborough sets September 28 for the Anglican Church Congress. The Philadelphia Lutheran Almanac reports 67 synods and 3,092 ministers. 5,888 churches and 694,426 communicants. The Philadelphia City Mission shows 446,959 tracts distributed and 587 new churchgoers. 509 children attend Sunday school. 477 destitute aided. New York Bible Society reports 16,000 receipts and 8,000 expenditures. 90,748 Bibles distributed. A Protestant minister in Erzeroum draws a 2,000-strong crowd. eight new high schools planned at 100 students each. A New England education piece criticizes local district management. The London Court refuses to open Guildhall Library on Sundays. Times notes indifferent public sentiment. Robert G. Hutchins’s Columbus pulpit is broadcast via telephone, with sermons and organ music heard citywide. The method may predict future demand for remote preaching on storms or low pew attendance.
The article argues against high heels from science and experience. It cites the natural foot as best, notes slippers at home, and claims high heels hinder grace, speed, and comfort. It compares barefoot and moccasin wearers across cultures and ends by deeming heels an unnatural distortion of the foot.
Ada Woodruff recounts a Christmas Eve scene where a family discovers Santa Claus in a playful prank. Father’s amused calm, mother’s quiet control, and two boys Bill and Charlie stash a doughnut moment amid a shattered punch-bowl and a pretend dream gone real. Nellie and Tom quietly wonder at morning reveal.
An elder narrator recalls a late night gathering of leading Kentucky citizens who discuss establishing an art gallery to benefit the African race. Hon Labratus Bloster supports club influence, while opposition questions the proposal.
In a Detroit Free Press excerpt, Sir Isaac Walpole imagines a scene of poverty and critique of European palaces while debating art galleries. Aided by humorous dialects, thePresident dismisses the topic, urging focus on real progress and national issues.
In Volhynia Russia a wife petitioned a district court against her husband for brutal abuse and starvation. The court acquitted him claiming a husband may beat his wife. The husband refiled against her and the court then sentenced the wife to public flogging. Lumber floated down the Mississippi River this season.
A poem from Nursery by Alice Williams Brotherton celebrates each month as a gift bearer. The speaker lists tokens and blessings for the birthday girl, imagining jokes, toys, and seasonal wonders from January to December.
The article recalls Nezahualcoyotl, a Tezcucan prince who fled imperial wrath, became a revered king, supported arts and science, opposed human sacrifice, and, like David, spoke of a single unseen God guiding his realm while defending his people against harsh laws.
In a Christmas tale retold by Trowbridge a youth faces the king after admitting disobedience. The king reveals a plan to let poor people gather fallen wood in royal forests and grants favors to the lad and his parents, noting the boy’s steadfastness against temptation. The piece contrasts ancient kings with Nezahualcoyotl.
Olive Thorne describes Japan as a paradise of dolls and toys in St. Nicholas. She notes vast wares such as dancing dolls, wind instruments, animal figures, and clever mechanicals and recounts the Feast of Dolls for girls and the Feast of Flags for boys as yearly celebrations.
Nancy N. Clough of Enfield New Hampshire died November 22 at eighty years old. She saved her family farm from foreclosure by moving to Lowell Massachusetts to work in factories, earning high pay and supporting siblings. She lifted the mortgage, rebuilt the home, and returned with her brother and sisters to live there the rest of her days. The piece notes dietary fashions, oatmeal benefits, and Seth Green’s fish culture claim regarding shad in Lake Ontario.
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