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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1909
Page
10
A whimsical poem recounts Santa Claus setting out with his sled to deliver gifts on Christmas Eve. He encounters toys for girls and boys, but an auto collision explodes his cart, tossing toys across the town. The next morning empty stockings reveal Santa was busted and failed to open the show, per Job Kerr.
A young student laments the failure of peers to explain why Christians celebrate Christmas while recounting calendar battles with family and shopkeepers. He imagines a hopeful Christmas morning with gifts and turkey, then suggests mutual gift exchange to thank a kind teacher, hoping for a lively Fourth of July.
An old man with funeral garb and a look of danger asks strangers for directions to the poorhouse. A passerby offers a quarter but the man insists on a grander plan, wanting a hotel, clothing, a bank visit, and a boarding house to feel he is still capable, before entering the poorhouse. Joe Kerr. The Santa Claus question of myths and schemes. A jokey exchange about cigars and stockings. The Disappointed Preacher jokes about many slippers, and a man asks for a divorcee as a Christmas gift.
A tramp recalls Christmas experiences in Connecticut, praising farmer hospitality and feast while revealing a rough turn of events with a 30 day jail sentence. The piece contrasts rural goodwill with tough country sentiment, ending with a domestic gag about tobacco and cabbage.
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