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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1925
Page
3
The piece urges giving with genuine heart and tact during Christmas. It warns against condescension or a superior attitude and favors giving for shared joy, noting the great pleasure in charitable acts when done sincerely. Mary Graham Bonner credits the reflection on Christmas spirit from 1925.
An excerpt notes Christmas as a season of snow carols evergreens and feasting, yet true kinship with all the world awakens a real spirit of brotherhood beyond festive sights and sounds. The piece cites a 1925 Western Newspaper Union quotation attributed to W. D. Pennypacker.
Rev. Hoag and his wife Grace Meador of Vernon shopped in Patoka on Tuesday and stopped by the Register Office for a brief call. Mrs. Hoag has long been a valued Vernon correspondent.
J L Simcox notary public offers 1926 motor vehicle license application blanks at his office. Motorists are notified that 1926 licenses must be displayed on and after January 1 1926.
Local notice announces D R Livesay will operate an auto taxi service with very reasonable charges due to the discontinuance of local train service. The ad mentions phone 98 and references assorted local goods and notices about community members and events.
A widowed father with four children, aged ten and younger, keeps his family together after his wife’s death. On Christmas Eve he finds stockings filled by Santa, forgetting the father until a young girl slips in a stocking of her own pennies saved to surprise him next year.
The Yule log tradition at Christmas survives from ancient solstice celebrations in northern Europe and parts of England and the continent. It signals the sun’s return and often a portion is kept to light the next year, while Italians view the charcoal as protection against lightning.
A recipe instruction describes making chocolate caramels using one pound of brown sugar, one quarter pound of unsweetened shaved chocolate, and half a cup of water. Boil, then stir in butter and walnuts or other nuts before pouring into a buttered pan and cutting into squares after cooling.
The piece ponders gift choices for an old friend at Christmas and uses the question of last year’s gift as a starting point. It then transitions to consider New Year resolutions as another recurring contemplation.
Santa Curiosity Jud Tutkins says he wishes there were a Santa Claus hoping a stranger arriving at his home would not try to convey a message.
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