This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1914
Page
6
Poem by Phillips Brooks describing Christmas as renewing the earth and bringing song and hope. It speaks of the Christ Child bringing welcome to the lonely and poor and light to every wanderer. The imagery contrasts a burdened world with a joyous birth and universal grace.
The Philadelphia Department of Health and Charities offers holiday safety guidance. Advice includes temperate eating, proper indoor ventilation, cooling overheated children, avoiding contagion risks, careful gift exchanges, seeking early medical care for illness, supervising toy mouth contact, and avoiding fire hazards from candles and flammable decorations.
Lowell reframes the Nativity story with angels and shepherds as guides to faith and peace. He contrasts ancient oracles with modern doubt while urging daily moral trust to hear the angel song and live in goodwill toward men.
Readable fragments of Longfellow’s Christmas poem describe bells tolling across Christendom then the clash of cannon in the South drowning the carols. The speaker shifts from peace and good will to despair, then to a renewed resolve that the Wrong shall fall and the Right prevail.
A lyric couplet from Tennyson's In Memoriam echoes the dawn of hope and the awakening light of a new day. The lines call for drawing forth cheer from darkness and feeling a divine touch guiding the east toward sunrise.
A brief note presents a line of poetry praising a sweet cool bright day. It attributes the verse to George Heckert and evokes nature’s calm harmony between earth and sky.
A poetic Christmas hymn extols the holy birth in Bethlehem. The speaker asks Christ to descend to endure sin and dwell within hearts while angels proclaim the birth and gifts of heaven.
The piece reflects on Christmas as America’s great holiday, noting Washington Irving as the source of modern Christmas celebration, surpassing Dickens in influence. It emphasizes American temperament toward festive excess and the natural reform of lavish gift making while preserving the holiday’s core spirit.
The passage reflects on Christmas evolving into a distinctly American celebration, inspired by Irving and inherited charm. It ponders how the season softens hearts, prompting memories and small acts of love from parents that might go unnoticed at other times.
A nostalgic reflection on Christmas magic bringing about reunions between estranged families as small acts by children reveal love and forgiveness during the holiday season. The piece centers on shared warmth and the tangible joy of reconnecting relatives through simple gestures.
Poem excerpt by Edwin Markham contrasts a rejected outsider with love as two minds draw a circle that includes the foe. The verse celebrates wit and affection overcoming exclusion.
A short Scottish verse recalls a blessing and prayers spoken after a kirk service. It suggests warmth and welcome to strangers amid fears and cares, urging the speaker to join others in prayer and be an unexpected angel.
A classroom dialogue features a teacher asking if a sentence is correct and a student replying that the subject will resist if she does not want to. The exchange highlights grammar and consent prompts in a humorous or teaching context.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.