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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1912
Page
4
A cautionary holiday tale warns against ill chosen gifts and sarcasm. Bank president John Waggley buys a valise for his cashier Theopolus Peters with a label pointing to Canada. Peters vanishes with bank funds after receiving the prank and a letter of mock gratitude.
John W. Waggley a banker records a humorous but costly accounting entry. Debit lists a bag purchase and stuffing costs totaling 19,364.98 dollars. Credit shows 0.05 dollars from the alleged joke, leaving a grand total of 19,366.98.
A nostalgic guide describes holiday pencil and paper games for children by the Christmas fire. Greens are chosen from a basket and named without readers discussing others, while prizewinners are decided by closest correct lists. A second game assigns cake and candy answers to various professions and characters, with prizes for the longest correct list.
A festive fireside game for children using a toy shop concept or color rainbow orders. One child hides a toy or color, another guesses what was moved or hidden, with variations increasing difficulty and recalling exact positions.
A holiday game uses slips with thirteen chosen letters to create telegrams. Players write readable phrases starting with each letter, then pass slips to neighbors who form thirteen word sentences. Examples show playful, non Personal content as crowds giggle and read aloud the garbled telegrams.
Christmas in France shows regional variation and change over time. The piece notes differences from England, and how French traditions now blend with American and English Santa Claus versions and the mistletoe custom becoming more common.
A reader advises keeping last year’s list to avoid duplicates and notes that jotting hints from friends in a small book aids planning. Following this through the year helps buy presents intelligently and ensures items will be appreciated.
A nostalgic piece describes a Christmas game where players create three part drawings a head body and legs across folded papers. It contrasts with London society novelty radium gifts priced high and showcased through a spinning hariscope. The poem laments holiday inflation and continuing overspending.
C B Rader of Lewisburg West Virginia credits Electric Bitters with curing a ten year struggle with stomach trouble and rheumatism. He calls it a perfect remedy for dyspepsia indigestion and kidney poisons and says every bottle is guaranteed to satisfy at 50 cents.
A brief ad notes both old and young desire certain furniture pieces. Visit our store to pick a fine line of presents suitable for all ages.
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