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Newspaper
Lander Evening Post
Location
Lander, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1921
Page
3
The notice from Fremont County's Official Paper promotes Christmas photographs through Sproul and showcases holiday gifts from Lander Furniture and Hardware Co. including Kuppenheimer suits at a cash-only 20 percent discount. It highlights subscriptions and advertising details and urges prompt attention for Christmas shopping.
Wide assortment of property and items offered for sale including two Main Street lots near a vocational high school, land in Landers, a cemetery, a lime quarry with machinery, a dwelling in Hudson with six lots, a 450 horsepower boiler, harness, wagon, a large work team, 91 acres of limestone, and various buildings and equipment. Also gift shop items, jewelry lines, special men’s overcoats, lost and found notices, and requests for portraits. Contact J. D. McKenna, Lander, Wyo, and other local businesses referenced.
Philadelphia post office chief recalls many humorous parcel post episodes from crowds at the window. Tales include a Virginia mammy wanting to ship herself home, a barred apple pie sent through the mails, and a chicken appearing from a bag on a moving train. Also notes a soldier, Sergeant Willie Sandhill, a Medal of Honor recipient, in France.
The custom of placing candles on a birthday cake originated in Germany. A central thick candle called Lebenslicht symbolizes the light of life, lit only by the person whose birthday it is. Unlucky if someone else blows it out. Candles represent years, and as people age more candles are added, though a limit is implied by practicality.
The writer argues that society rewards and confines a person’s life to humor once they display it. It recalls Spencer Leigh Hughes and others like W W Jacobs and R G Knowles, noting the conflict between clowning and pursuing lasting achievement. The piece stresses that laughter can grant money but not enduring fame, while tragedy and art gain respect.
Rev W Adams of Liverpool owns Peter a terrier who while holidaying in the Lake District barked loudly in a garage. Mrs Adams found Arnold fallen 50 feet with multiple injuries and rocks pinning him. Peter alerted rescuers and may have saved the man from death before medical aid arrived.
A clipped dialogue quotes Wayelde Teles on distinguishing robbery from pillage. He riffs that robbery is theft while pillage implies broader looting, contrasting two examples with evaluative tone.
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