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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1914
Page
11
A Santa Claus region dispatch describes a hollowed glacier center turned into a fretery for ornament soaking. Two 10 000 worker shifts operate from 6 a m to 6 p m with fires and bubbling pots of melted jewel liquid.
A poetic Christmas piece by Josiah Gilbert Holland celebrates the birth of Jesus. The star over Bethlehem, the manger, and the Virgin Mary are depicted as inspiring joy across nations. The song emphasizes reverent praise and the world uniting in song for the infant King Jesus.
New York papers recount J Pierpont Morgan gifting his son a brownstone mansion on Madison Avenue with a fleet of luxurious additions. The gift includes a vast home, a marble museum, a giant toy car, and costly jewelry, illustrating a record era of opulence and holiday spending.
Explanations for the Scottish term Hogmanay are explored as New Year’s Eve customs center on the midnight moment. The article notes varied regional names and dismisses many etymologies while describing traditional O t d gifts and gatherings associated with December 31 and January 1.
A Cleveland Visin Dealer correspondent suggests using discarded Christmas trees after the holidays. A clipping from Good Housekeeping shows cities collecting trees and placing them as windbreaks or artful displays in squares. The plan promotes evergreen plantings to beautify neighborhoods year round.
A read poem extols Father Christmas as warm and joyful, bringing light through winter, laughter and mirth to the elderly and family, with Mother Christmas praised as well. The verses evoke hearth, home, and seasonal warmth from Terry Cooke.
A New Year poem in praise of a child as a lily, star and rose. The verse likens the newborn to purity and hope, describing the dawn, fragrance, and joy she inspires in weary hearts and the broader season of renewal. Time and the future are invoked as guiding forces for bright tomorrows.
A compressed reminiscence on New Year resolutions urging focus on self improvement and patrician self discipline. It notes past year errors and the urge to discard missteps while planning a purer year ahead. The piece references social customs including affectionate greetings and a governor’s evening practice.
A whimsical tale of the old year’s death and the new year coming of age through a grand feast. Days as guests attend a year long celebration with personified timepieces, feasts, and playful pilgrimages ending with Valentine and May leaving together as April Fool departs.
The piece urges resolving to make others happy as the best New Year pledge. It argues happiness returns when we please others, driven by proper self love. The aim is a brighter, happier year for all through giving pleasure.
Bells herald the New Year across countries with a tradition dating to Bishop Paulinus. The practice, tied to exorcising spirits and guiding souls, includes famed bells like Moscow’s, the Liberty Bell, Bunyan’s bell, and Christ Church Philadelphia. Modern tech now powers the chimes.
A seasonal message asks readers to enter the coming year with resolve to grow knowledge character and usefulness. It urges thoughts to take possession and guide actions toward a sweeter happier and more successful life in the time remaining before the new era.
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