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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1908
Page
11
A friend urges donating turkeys to workers. the magnate worries employees would refuse once they learn how long the birds have sat in refrigerators. The exchange highlights a tension between generosity and employee skepticism in a freezing market.
A snippet features Nix and Dix exchanges about gifts and a Turkish bath cabinet. The dialogue hints at financial strain and Christmas plans, including spending the holiday between family and church fairs and possibly in the poor house.
A reflective verse laments modern coldness and progress eroding Christmas traditions. It contrasts glowing fires and Santa with a prosaic register, then jokes about practical gifts like a washboard and soap.
Two 18 year old girls discuss fiancé gifts on a Red Line car before Christmas and imagine future rings and bracelets. After Christmas they reconnect to find both engaged plans were only for the holiday and have ended, leaving them with cards and disappointment.
Bronson offers Woodson cigars and tells him to pocket six for a Christmas gift. Woodson thanks him and jokes about the gift being from his wife. The exchange hints at a holiday scene between two men.
A portly man recalls his cheeky gift spree to his New England nephews. He sent a drum a fiddle a bugle and a tool chest. The family’s row over the noise led neighbors to sue and the kids’ mischief to end the Santa run for three years.
A bank president promises a generous gift to his valet as a reply to theft during the year. The valet thanks him and hopes friends treat him with similar liberality.
A nostalgic verse recalls yearly family reunions during Christmastides and the speaker’s wish to give Evelyn a gift by calling on relatives like an ante and an uncle.
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