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Newspaper
Monroe City Democrat
Location
Monroe City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1908
Page
3
Mrs Lake told a Lynne Massachusetts audience that reformers should delay the liquor issue and focus on the urgent need for more husbands. A Washington statistics bulletin notes one in twelve marriages ends in divorce, mostly on the wife’s side.
A humorous biography declaring Santa Claus origins unknown, noting his age, lack of known birth place or parents, and his status as a beloved yet non wealthy figure who gives gifts year after year. It playfully questions where he lives, his bachelorhood, and his special rapport with children while acknowledging parents’ views.
A reporter visits a North Dakota home on the day before Christmas and witnesses a man punishing ten children with spankings to ensure no Christmas presents. The narrator asks the reason. the man explains the ritual is to prevent expectations for gifts tonight. The family asserts the children are well behaved, and the father continues the practice as tradition.
A Christmas note urges comfort for the needy while cautioning against excess gifts and mendicancy. The feature highlights Norbert Wiener, hailed as the brightest boy, born in 1894 in Columbia Missouri, a Harvard professor’s son, who could read and write by age two and enter college at 11, planning to study medicine.
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