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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1888
Page
3
A reflective reminiscence on Christmas past filled with vivid family scenes and rustic holiday joy. The narrator recalls festive preparations, gifts, and shared rituals from long ago, contrasting them with modern excess and longing for simpler times. Strong images of twinkling lights, a grand tree, laughter, and neighborhood characters anchor the piece.
A fragmentary holiday meditation contrasts festive indulgence with charity and memory of home. It mingles Christmas imagery, childhood nostalgia, and a moral call to mercy, while shifting to reflections on New Year blessings and the year ahead in a poetic voice.
A regular asks Jenkins about his clock and its twenty five year service. A merchant replies on the tireless tick of time as a New England worm anecdote and a tale of a woman profiting from restoring an old house, while a cabbage garden baby incident and Melbourne World’s Fair hints close the note.
In Hampden a chilly December night frames the arrival of Phil Barrow and his sweetheart as Aunt Nedley considers adopting an orphaned girl. Mrs Nedley learns Phil plans marriage with Sara Barrow, prompting tension, devotion, and an uneasy future as the mill life unfolds.
Mrs Nedley’s longing for Sylvia Gray’s forgiveness leads to a New Year reunion with Philip Barrow and his wife. Betsy relays the surprise visit as Nedley, at last softened, welcomes Sylvia, the mill superintendent, and his wife to Hampden. The episode closes with a celebratory mood and approval of Sylvia’s friendship.
A long rural miscellany blends verse about harvest and pumpkins with farm notes on soil, drainage, lime, dry storage, and crop practices. It covers pruning, light in stables, air, and ventilation for animals, and practical tips like winter care, sowing mixtures in wheat, frost protection, and grain storage methods.
An 19th century notice profiles Orman Mey and Tevik Bow Edasiah, Turkish founders in London Galata, establishing typography lithography and engraving within European workshops. It highlights their youth, multilingualism, dedication, and the aim to elevate Oriental printing, with mention of Cure, a Turkish boy founder, and insights into their printing office in Galata.
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