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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1906
Page
9
A verse imagining Santa granting wishes to all, from defeated candidates and lovers to golfers and poets. It envisions public office for the sad, riches for the unrequited, publishing aid for writers, and coal for widows, ending with a plea for contentment and service for servant girls.
Harry M. Layton, 27, of Waukee Town, was found lying in the road a mile from Greenwood with a two inch neck wound and a one inch cut. He used a small penknife in an attempted self harm but is expected to recover, expressing intent to try again if healed. A Bankers' Benefit Association guard and $5.25 were found on his clothing.
A long retrospective on Christmas traditions from many lands describes Belgian, German, Romanian, Russian, West Indian, Swedish, Chinese, and French Canadian customs. It notes processions, gifts, Danube rituals, masquerades, bird feasts, Yule poles, and debt payments, with a festive tone.
A poem speaks to the New Year urging mutual virtue. The speaker asks the year to reflect courage and self reliance, believing reward follows effort. It emphasizes inner strength, trust in the soul, and transforming trouble into good through fearless striving.
A Christmas tale recalls telegraph operators and doctors, patrols and firemen kept busy by the holiday. In a faded moment, Carl Steward meets Rachel West in their old home town, reflecting on twenty years apart, and the clash between success in the West and a dream of returning home.
Carl Steward returns to Farmington to buy Rachel West’s family home amid past quarrels with her brother-in-law Jerry Carpenter. Rachel accepts Carl’s offer, plans a Christmas dinner, and ultimately marries Carl with Morgan paying the mortgage to restore Rachel’s home as a summer residence.
The piece notes how Christmas brings no rest for express workers, letter carriers, and messengers as packages, cards, and deliveries flood the day. It highlights the nonstop duties of transit staff, hotel workers, engineers, and utility crews who ensure warmth, lights, and comfort for others on Christmas.
ARL Steward returns to Farmington after twenty years and reencounters a slender woman under a kerosene lamp as he reflects on his changed life. The scene unfolds on a snowy village street with bright stars overhead and a rekindled sense of identity for the banker Carl Steward.
A new talking doll, set to rival human speech, could carry on conversations of a hundred words or more and even sing current songs. The doll uses a small disk inside its back, activated by a nurse placing the record disk in a back crevice. Two dolls with records may conduct intelligent chats, per the London Daily News.
Advice on wrapping gifts with tissue or crepe paper and a ribbon bow, plus holly sprig for festive appeal. Emphasizes that a gift with personal thought and preparation is valued more, regardless of price.
The year German toy exports to foreign markets near 13 700 000 dollars with the United States as the largest buyer at about 4 million. Sonneberg remains the main center of the industry. The Sonneberg chamber reports daily wages for doll and doll head workers from 54 to 60 cents for men and 36 to 48 cents for women, with weekly earnings ranging up to 7 20 dollars for skilled men and 4 82 for expert women on piecework.
A fragment from the Cincinnati Times-Star notes a humorous exchange about Christmas gifts asking friends who sent suspenders last year to send trousers to match, illustrating festive generosity and fashion expectations.
The piece notes in Time Immemorial that Christmas customs trace to earlier visuals like angels and illuminated scrolls, and discusses German and Jewish traditions. It explains the Jewish festival Kislev Kisleu around December 25 and Chanuka parallels, including lights and oaths, linking Feihnacht to dedication and the feast of lights.
A rowdy exchange recalls Uncle Ebony seeking help to raise funds for a Christmas dress for his wife. He suggests Mr. Featherstone assign chores to his son or even hire the elder woman as a washer, revealing a quaint holiday tableau of frugal generosity and family duty.
A speaker reflects on a puzzling remark about a Christmas tree display. The dialogue contrasts extravagant decorating with the cost of a bonnet in Washington Star. The exchange hints at consumer expectations and the value of ornamentation.
A reflective note says Christmas nears with no gifts needed as the writer is at ease after buying everything last July.
The text describes the Russian idea of Santa Claus or Kris Kringle and notes a calendar difference of about two weeks behind the Western Christmas. It mentions the Greek church and Russian church, and references a priestly tradition and religious context.
President Roosevelt will withdraw his simplified spelling order and return to the old style in all executive documents. Representative Landis and the house discuss revoking the reform if Congress opposes the system. The house resolutions urge adherence to standard orthography per generally accepted dictionaries.
Marshall Missouri Jesse Clyde Rumsey a Chicago youth pleaded guilty to charges from the Alton Burlington and Rock Island train holdups near Glasgow. He received minimum sentences totaling twenty years and was sent to the penitentiary.
A man who claimed to be actor Rankin Duvall, forty, drew a cheese knife in a New York saloon and stabbed himself in the abdomen, then twice again, collapsing to the floor. He was taken to a hospital with only a slight chance of recovery.
New York report says K Vanderbilt Jr driving a sixty horsepower car with a chauffeur on the shore of Lake Success Long Island when the front axle snapped the car skidded and the body struck the ground tearing up the road fifteen feet the car was detached and Vanderbilt hurled into the lake far from shore.
A fragment reports a group termed the Fescue party forming in Bakerfield with six workers connected to the event. The text hints at a dramatic moment, mentioning one man alive and a large force, but details are unclear due to damaged OCR.
Police report a 23 year old daughter shot her father after a quarrel in an upstairs room. The Rev Mr McAntee, former pastor, aided arrival and nearby residents assisted as bullets struck the elder. Officers say drinking and family tension preceded the incident.
A distorted New York report centers on a dinner where speakers attacked Japanese and Chinese Americans. The piece notes Pacific Coast attitudes, fears of invasion, and calls for loyalty to the mikado while criticizing national policy and citizenship terms.
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