Excusable Folly at Christmas Times
A fragment reflecting on Christmas foolishness in gift giving. It questions whether prudent restraint leads to happiness and notes a difference between trivial spending and genuine joy in the holiday season. The tone echoes editorial musings from American Magazine.
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Earl Pontz
William
Lancaster
Jacob Mumin
H. B. Brubaker
Mr. Brubaker
Akron
Charles Brown
Lloyd Brown
Brownstown
Martin Brown
Reading
Rebecca Brown
W. S. Stauffer
Warren Stauffer
Norman Bender
Ephrata
Earl Stauffer
Dick and
Bobby
William Shimp
William Musser
Joseph Long
Lititz R. D
Mary Shimp
Marvey Koehler
Eph Carvell
Ruth Mellinger
Larcas
Ancient customs of giving gifts tied to Christmas origins
Washington Star notes Christmas gift customs trace back to Teutonic traditions and pre Christian rites. It mentions New Year exchanges in Latin countries and pagan survivals like mistletoe holly nativity plays and carol singing. Saint Francis reputedly started Latin church crèches.
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James Waldanweett
Washington
Mising
Eingland
St. Francis
Protect Children During Christmas Celebrations
A 1922 Western Newspaper piece by Charles Frederick Wadaworth urges caution in festive safety. It warns candles pose burn and fire risks to children and Santa Claus imagery, recommending electric lights for tree illumination and supervised play to prevent accidents.
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Charles Frederick Wadaworth
Western Newspaper
Nine
Christmas on the way to the North Pole tale
The report recalls Scott and his men celebrating Christmas during their polar voyage. They washed in a cup of water and wore shirts for one Christmas. On another occasion they ate raisins and chocolates for breakfast and a four course supper despite scarce rations. They started with pemmican and horse meat flavored with onion and curry, then narrowed to cocoa, plum pudding, caramels and ginger for dessert.
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Scott
Pole
Reedy Christmas Display Includes Blue Comet Trains
Carl Reedy hosts a holiday display in Rothsville featuring a farm setting a park a fountain a railroad station and a mountain scene with the Blue Comet and two other electric trains. The display draws visitors and includes automatic signals bells and tunnels attracting local watchers.
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Carl Reedy
Rothsville
Reedy
Mission Band
E. C
Folta
Difficult Travel and Warm Sleep After Plum Pudding
“All this,” says Scott, “it was difficult to move. Wilson and I couldn't finish our share of the plum pudding. We felt thoroughly warm and slept splendidly.” But the advance was slow the following day owing, probably to the tightening of the night before.
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Scott
Wilson
Scarborough Warning origins in medieval law and raid lore
Belated note explains the Scarborough warning as an old term tied to a warning before a strike or capture. Some attribute it to the 1557 capture of Scarborough Castle by Thomas Stather, others to a tradition of hanging robbers at Scarborough under lynch law.
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Father Christmas
Santa Chaus
T Nichols
Niclas
Knecht Supercht
Robin Goodfellow
Grimm
Telia
Knecht
Nicolas
Bertha
Rampus
Scarborough
Scarbrough Castle
Thoms
Bundles and Packing Tips Warn of Future Savings
A fragmented note advises packing items like blankets and furs in labeled bundles to estimate a future date and avoid unwrapping. It claims an 80 webrouble saving later, though the context and origin are unclear.
Wake Up Your Liver Bile with Carter's Liver Pills
An old advertisement urges readers that bile flow from the liver affects energy and digestion. It warns against salts, mineral water, oils, laxatives, or gum, claiming they do not address the cause. Carter's Little Liver Pills are praised as harmless vegetable extracts to restore bile flow and vitality.
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Carter
C.M. Co
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State Teachers College
Willis Knox
Philadelphia
Frank Knox
Aaron Palmer
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King On the Square
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Razin
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