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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1893
Page
3
The piece recalls a long-ago Christmas in rugged canyon and frontier camp. Scouts, trappers, and rovers gathered by pine fire, with rifles on the wall and a rickety banjo in play, while stories of loved ones and the olden time filled the hearth. The author notes that the site now hosts a cable station and that only a few stalwarts remain.
A memoir scene chronicles Alice's reunion with cousin Harry Lester after sixteen years, their strained first meeting, family bereavement, and Harry's lifelong love. As the father dies and a new dawn arrives, Harry comforts Alice and proposes marriage to share her burdens and raise her four sons and Helena.
I tell how after a year of mourning I married Cousin Harry and found a private handkerchief kept as a tear-stained memento. The hush of loss opened the heart to reunion, bringing happiness to both of us as of yesterday.
A miscellany notes women balancing work beyond domestic service and love, fashion shifts in London, and a Maine merchant report of shoplifting by several women, with one confessing to taking then returning an item. It also touches on diet and marital advice for wives.
A Chicago Inter Ocean note reflects on poverty and generosity during a hard season. It cites a preacher blaming poverty on lacking notes in preaching and mentions Germans developing paper from brewery hop waste. The piece urges broad aid so all can share in the season’s feast.
A December market report details steady overall prices with cabbage notes slipping. It lists abundant provisions including various meats, dried goods, lard, canned vegetables, fruits, flour, and livestock costs, highlighting general price ranges and supplier names across multiple commodities.
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