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Newspaper
Mansfield Mirror
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1919
Page
1
A brief, seasonal piece urges cheerful giving to uplift the weary and sorrowful. It counsels turning abundance into sunlight for at least one poor neighbor, promising personal happiness and a true Christmas remembrance for the giver.
A brief dialogue shows Daughter-Say asking what to receive for Christus while De Close-Well declines, offering to keep the money. The exchange centers on a money-oriented resolution without further details or context.
A heartfelt holiday greeting underscores that Christmas is more than gifts and trees. The note emphasizes communal bonds and lasting friendships, hoping the coming year brings warmth and light to every reader.
A reflective Christmas meditation urges carrying the Christus spirit beyond the holiday. The piece invites readers to cultivate compassion and generosity throughout the year, echoing seasonal warmth with a steady moral call to action.
A poetic Christmas meditation on the Christ-child seeking a welcoming home. The poem contrasts cold, restless places with warm hearts and the true spirit of peace, urging readers to invite kindness and goodwill where angels bring message to earth.
The article notes Christmas evolved as a Christian festival over centuries, celebrating from December to January, with December 25 as nativity. It discusses the Christmas tree’s obscure origins linked to symbols of light, life, and protection, and explains how gift giving echoes the Wise Men. It mentions holly as a sacred plant and customs like mistletoe loss of ground, all tied to ancient beliefs.
Loyd Wisner faces a snowbound Christmas as Willis Thorne's airship lands Santa Claus at the Wisner farm. Muriel Lane, who accepted Boyd Wisner's proposal, helps the children greet a flying gift bearer. Boyd reveals his love with a kiss as the airship delivers presents to the family.
A humorous verse from the Brooklyn Standard Union catalogues a shopper's exhausting Christmas list. The speaker tallies a long line of aunts uncles cousins and family friends, like Aunt Maria Aunt Lizzie Aunt Jane and Cousin Nell, then contemplates gifts from diamond rings to silk stockings while fearing bankruptcy. The piece ends with the seasonal reminder that Christmas comes but once a year.
The article offers practical tips for Christmas decorating with trees and greens. It lists suitable tree types such as red cedar, white pine, spruce, and hemlock, and describes how to keep the tree fresh in a water-filled container. It also suggests gathering holly, laurel, partridge berries, mistletoe, Christmas fern, polypody, and other regional greens, with care not to damage plants while harvesting.
A winter care guide suggests making a birds Christmas tree from evergreen and a large tree or shelf outside the window. Fill wire baskets with nuts, seeds, and suet, add fruit and vegetables on shelves, and provide cotton-filled boxes for warmth. Keep a water pan heated for thirsty birds during cold spells.
The excerpt speaks of Christmas as an unseen joyful warmth, a widening of the heart and shared generosity. It evokes comradeship and selflessness, noting pessimists cannot banish this generous spirit from our hearts.
Under the Holly Bough a short verse invites those who harmed or distressed friends to gather and seek reconciliation before the year ends. The poem emphasizes forgiveness and restored friendship, ending with a brief attribution to Charles Mackay.
Adam Marsh confronts a robber in his kitchen loses mercy, and a stolen locket reveals his estranged daughter. He vows to mend his life after the intruder explains his hardship and a child’s plea moves him to restore Christmas cheer to the rightful owners. Marsh returns with gifts and a renewed pledge to family and faith.
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