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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1925
Page
2
A widowed father with four children, aged ten and younger, stores Christmas in a day nursery aided home, while Santa fills stockings. A little girl, saving pennies, plans to surprise him next Christmas, hoping her gift will show he is loved and seen. Lucius Conk.
The Yule log burning marks Christmas time in parts of England and the continent, a relic of ancient solstice rites celebrating the sun’s return. It is believed to bring good fortune and is often used to light the new log next year. Italians view the log as protecting against lightning.
Readable lines describe making candy with brown sugar chocolate and nuts. Instructions mention one pound brown sugar one quarter pound unsweetened chocolate water boil then fudge add butter and walnut bits pour into buttered pan cut into squares before hardening. Text is garbled with misspellings and punctuation errors.
When considering what to give an old friend at Christmas the question recalls last year’s gift from L and ties into how New Year’s resolutions frame giving and thoughtful remembrance.
In a Washington Star item, Jud Tunkins muses that a stranger delivering gifts would be a relief, expressing a childlike wish for Santa Claus to avoid any home intrusion.
The piece stresses true Christmas charity, urging giving with humility and sensitivity. It warns against condescension or patronizing speeches that ruin the giver’s or recipient’s pleasure and promotes generosity grounded in shared joy and respect.
On Christmas Eve James Wingall, a 35-year-old bachelor, returns to an empty hotel room and feels a void despite business success. He scans old Christmas cards, keeps one from the first girl he kissed, and decides to return home to reconnect with friends and seek a life partner.
Make white Christmas trees by dipping evergreen branches in thick starch with borax, then add artificial snow while damp. Dry branches can be placed in pots or baskets with earth, and larger trees glitter with extra snow. Use glue to moisten the brines, add cotton tufts and glass icicles for trimming.
A small leather wrist strap score pad helps Kor keep personal scores, opponent scores, and holes played. The item offers a compact tool for golf rounds and friendly matches.
The text advises patience in romance and suggests waiting for his Christmas gift to gauge his true feelings. It frames love as something tested by actions and timing rather than words.
Readable notes describe a Christmas Eve bread baked with a superstition that it never turns stale or moldy. The tradition ties the loaf to luck and holiday blessing.
In Brompton the Hammond family turns a small income into a merry Christmas through a pre festive fund. A box labeled Do your bit to make Christmas merry prompts each member to contribute, with Tim age five helping. The plan grows funds and joy, making Christmas morning the happiest for the family.
The piece reflects a festive personification of red and green as essential Christmas colors. It notes these hues bring vivid green and glowing red to decorations, praising their chosen status and expressing delight in their festive role. Mary Graham Bonner is cited with a date from 1925.
Algernon Noseup the Bundle, a titled figure who shuns Christmas cheer, becomes the target of neighbors generosity. After tripping at his door on Christmas Day, he is humbled by tokens from the town and vows to never look down on others again. The tale, by Christopher G. Hazard, from 1926, publishes as a moral vignette.
Tiny Tim tells his father he hopes people see him in church on Christmas Day to remember Christ who made the lame walk and the blind see. He wishes God blesses all, as Dickens quotes.
A letter argues that Santa Claus eclipses Jesus in children’s hearts and warns the church to guard Christmas from becoming a Santa Claus celebration. The author urges teaching Christ’s nativity and adoration by the shepherds, stressing the message of glory, peace, and goodwill.
A statistician reports on the load of fetching water for a farm home. The average farmer’s wife walks 12 miles to the pump and back, pumps 50 tons of water annually, and carries it to the house. The piece argues for mechanical pumping to spare the wife labor and allow garden work.
Dr. W. O. Thompson, former president of Ohio State University for thirty years, has resigned to accept the pulpit of the Central Presbyterian Church in Denver and will address the mass meeting.
A mass meeting of all associations will be held at Organized Agriculture in Lincoln during the first full week of January. Dr Thompson will present a witty and pleasing address with real agricultural zeal. Hon Frank O Lowden of Illinois will speak on The Problem of All and both speakers will address farmers on current issues.
Railroads serving Lincoln offer round trip tickets at one half fare during Organized Agriculture week. Tickets go on sale January 2 at all stations, with excursion period January 2 to January 8. Return allowed until January 11. No stopovers permitted.
A hand carved frame finished in polychrome is shown as a dainty gift and is currently on display at Peterson's Studio.
Pretty handkerchiefs are described as gift options. One is a square white linen with mauve linen appliqued corners and embroidered outlines. The other features a tiny white linen center with a wide footing edge edged and bordered round with daisies.
Instructions describe making a date treat by removing the date stone, filling with fondant or nut butter, rolling in sugar, then rewrapping in a sugar crust with optional nuts for variation.
The short dialogue depicts a late tour by Santa Claus and a child asking where he is. A mother expresses uncertainty about Santa’s exact location as Christmas approaches.
A distraught bride hurls a cookbook from a window as Christmas pie remnants tumble after. She quips about the so called Easy as Pie phrase and the man who coined it.
Not enough readable details to identify a clear event or names. The fragment mentions Christmas Ess and stoking oearer, but lacks coherent facts or context to form a factual summary.
Fragmentary text outlines ordinary mechanical bank service and hints at employee ploys. The readable portion suggests routine bank operations and possible manipulation by staff, but specifics and context are unclear from the damaged clipping.
Holiday toiletries offered in an attractive gift presentation by Brooke Drug Co. with vivid praise for the Asichard Hudnut gift sets and the festive season.
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