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Newspaper
Ireton Weekly Ledger
Location
Ireton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1904
Page
3
A fragmentary rural column moves from sentimental holiday reminiscence to a near catastrophe aboard a Cincinnati streetcar. Wemper narrowly averts a head-on crash with an inbound car, passengers reward his bravery with donations totaling over $100, and a banker’s note accompanies the gift as Christmas cheers.
Crowded streets glow with electric lights as Christmas shoppers hurry through a snowy city. A fatigued motorman reflects on low wages and scarce groceries while guiding a suburban car through a white, silent landscape.
A Detroit Free Press piece describes a tense collision near a power substation with a daring, risky escape as two trains pass each other causing a spark of danger and danger fades. The tale shifts to a festive at-home scene and two Christmas games featuring a donkey party and a rosette pinning contest.
The piece describes Servian Christmas customs where a father cuts a young oak for luck then brings it in and the family greets it with blessings. They place the log on the fire to burn until Christmas morning and toast with pistol shots. The national dish is pork and poorer families save all year to buy a pig for Christmas.
A poem from Youth's Companion reflects on leaving behind the old year. It imagines packing away regrets disappointments and quarrels in a bag for the Old Year. The verse ends hopeful for a bright Happy New Year for all.
A bustling merchant notes Christmas comes once a year while an elderly man with many descendants sighs with relief. A child asks if Bessie wrote her letter to Santa, and the family jokes about who will mail it.
A Mukden dispatch notes heavy cold freezes front activity as Russian and Japanese forces hold positions for weeks. Port Arthur and surrounding units may see reinforced action if Oyama shifts to offense, while Kuropatkin gains rail-linked supply and troops. Baltic Fleet pace and routes toward Vladivostok are outlined with forecasts of arrival around March.
The report notes a Russian mine sinking the Japanese cruiser Sairen off Port Arthur and an attack on Adsumin with another mine. It mentions Japan preparing to act against Baltic ships and lists parliamentary actions in the U S Congress including impeachment moves against Judge Charles Swayne and various bills on tariffs and public works.
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