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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1901
Page
6
A fragmented verse-laden piece evokes a Christmas ride home with racing imagery. It mentions coaches, a shining track, and wild motion as miles fly by beneath a banner of festivity. The irregular lines center on forward motion and the joy of the season.
Mabel Gifford frets at sister-in-law Maria Church delaying Christmas visit. Rob drives for Maria amid preparations and artful Christmas decor. Maria admires Mrs Church's craft, the church tree program closes a day of strained joy, Polly Pratt delights in a huge doll.
Rob and Mabel shepherd loneliness on Christmas Day as Miss Church, an elderly seamstress, visits with gifts and meals. Mabel invites continued companionship, while Miss Church, surprised yet warmed, enjoys crafts, ginger cake, and politics, planning future visits.
A rural superstition claims Christmas birth gives ghostly sight and a midnight spirit apparition if a Christmas Eve call is made. Cows supposedly talk on Christmas Eve, including those born the day before, who may understand their talk. December 24 birthdays bring luck in love or wealth depending on cock crow timing. Foreign Philadelphia households cage roosters until midnight before release.
A short Christmas note urges readers to give thoughtful gifts even on tight budgets. It counsels avoiding inaction, emphasizes goodwill, and suggests handmade presents as both valuable and sentimental. The piece notes busy times and plentiful small outlay options, encouraging practical generosity.
A U S Geological Survey bulletin urges storage reservoirs to capture spring and summer flows for irrigation power and municipal use. It highlights California surveys on Cache Creek valley and Clear Lake near Sacramento as promising sites to supply San Francisco and support growing water demands.
A Western visitor laments 80 flags in New York during national mourning are tattered and disreputable, contrasting New York’s neglect with Western towns’ bright banners despite smoky air and harsh conditions. He notes better patriotic display via clean flags.
In effect November 4 1951 the Rochester and Pittsburg line runs daily with Sunday off day. Trains 8 and 6 are solid vestibuled with day coaches reclining chair cars and cafe cars daily except Sunday. Trains 7 and 1 have full sleeper service between Buffalo and Pittsburg and between Rochester and Pittsburg. Edward O G Lapey General Passenger Agent Rochester NY.
Fragmented OCR shows a jumble of place names and numeric codes such as Punxatawney and Eureka with many two and three digit figures. Reading implies a local directory or timetable snippet with times and identifiers but lacks coherent events or outcomes.
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