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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1941
Page
3
Ellen Carey pursues two men Jeff Brand, a hustler, and Calhoun Terry, ranch manager, as four rustlers are mysteriously killed. The story notes that the big ranchers hire a new manager despite Terry’s protests.
Ellison and Collins lead a raid group trapped at Wagonwheel Gap Ranch by hundreds of settlers firing from haystack fortifications on a hilltop. As night falls, leaders plan to seek outside troops while Hal Yancey volunteers to deliver a telegram to the governor from Jim Creek to request federal help.
Yancey escapes a deadly squad and seeks a telegram through the Round Top hillside. Terry and Larry aid wounded allies while a stakeout by vigilantes escalates, and a plan to move a gravely injured man to safety unfolds amid gunfire and pursuit.
Ann Carson receives a box of white roses from Timmy the florist while recalling a vanished romance with Jerry. The note promises red roses at Christmas if he could live without her, but years of separation yield only white blossoms and a quiet, painful epiphany about love and loyalty.
Orrek Gordon faces a mutinous crew as his workers threaten to quit for town. Marcia inspires a bridge table and a plan to form a string band, gathering tools and volunteers to lift spirits and secure a musical Christmas gift for the men.
Mrs Young and Mrs Older miss several streetcar rides and opt for the Purple Tea-room. Mrs Young, torn between home and social duty, telephones for a taxi using a stray ten dollar bill and returns home in time for Teddy’s late call to say he will dine out with Mrs Older at the tea-room.
The group led by a Diamond Re verse B superintendent is rebuffed when Terry and Carey offer mediation. Lane Carey faces suspicion after signing a telegram for soldiers. Herriott refuses terms, vowing no surrender and promising punishment for Turley’s backers and the men who killed Dave Morgan and Sid Lee.
The piece traces the role of medieval kings’ fools and later corporate and private jesters kept for Christmas. Jesters brightened halls and kitchens with wit and practical jokes, transferring from monarchs to broader groups over time.
An unusual method for packing many small gifts into a Christmas box uses envelopes of red holly silver or gold paper. Each item is wrapped in plain white tissue and sealed in two envelopes with contrasting seals. Patterns can be cut from ordinary envelopes by tearing one apart and enlarging it.
The article notes the earliest printed Christmas carols around 1520 by Wynkyn de Worde, titled Christmas Carolles Newely Enprinted. Only a single leaf survives, containing two complete carols including a hunting song.
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