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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1895
Page
10
The excerpt presents a humorous, dialogue driven segment featuring Cousin Dick and other characters in Deadgulch humor. It alludes to Christmas season preparations, a mock Gaeterman tree, and light banter about costs and timing of gifts. The piece closes with a wry pun about delaying bill arrivals after Christ and the month’s end.
A playful early 20th century tale from St Paul Pioneer Press recounts thieves Tom and Dick plotting to bag Santa Claus. They rig a burglar’s sack and trap Saint Nick as he climbs down chimneys to deliver gifts, mocking his prayers while a machine museum prepares tomorrow’s display.
A compact recounting of 1620 Puritan Christmas in America from William Bradford’s manuscript. It notes workers erecting the first communal house, starting timbering, sailing, and the Christmas Day water drink and beer aboard, with a brief aside on mistletoe lore and oak association.
A fanciful poem by John Kendrick Bangs evokes a distant clime with a red plum pudding tree that promises abundant feasting. A family, including three hungry boys, awaits Christmas when bells, sleighs, and a fairy attendant signal the looming pudding grand on a white, wintry road to their home.
A Notes and Queries writer links mistletoe to Scandinavian myth. Baldur’s death by Loki and Frigg’s protection of the plant frame mistletoe’s festive use. The ritual kiss signaled harmlessness, with French remnants persisting into the 1500s as crowds gathered for its festival.
A Christmas reflection highlighting peace on earth and Christ’s savior role for all. It contrasts English and American Christmas customs, urges national dishes, and warns against greed in prayer. It closes with a call to trust God for daily bread rather than hoarding wealth.
A fragment from a period piece shows a discussion on air sterilization by Professor Kijantzia of Kiev. It notes that a scientist destroyed fibers of air deemed pure and hints at conflict with unseen "Vitti beasts."
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