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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1912

Page

6

A Midsummer Visit From Santa Claus

A midsummer tale shows Santa puzzled by a missing calendar date and a hot world. Fairies and forest creatures become toys, delivering gifts by geese drawn sleighs. Children wake to curious presents and joy before Santa realizes the proper Christmas time.

Santa Claus Tett

Packing the Present for Delicate Gifts

Practical guidance on selecting protective filler for Christmas packages. Recommends tissue paper, excelsior, or finely cut paper to fill space and prevent breakage, ensuring gifts arrive intact. Emphasizes choosing materials that cushion and stabilize items during transit.

Santa Claus a Plight of Gifts in Verse

A humorous verse portrays Santa confronting an overwhelming Christmas load. He lists fifty thousand trees, sugar cats and dogs, gilded nuts, candy rings, and other toys to scatter across Christendom. The speaker notes the absurd scale, a billion tons of gifts, and Santa’s heavy burden to deliver them all.

Santa Claus Santa Christendom

The Coughs of Children

A satirical medical pitch claims many childhood coughs stem from a lazy liver and urges readers to consult a physician and use Aver's Pills, sugar coated, for improvement. The ad presents a testimonial style claim with the Aver family brand and a location in Lawell, Massachusetts.

Aver Tha Ayer CO. Lawell Maas

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J. Elmer Charlson Osteopathic Physican Main St Pella Iowa P. A. Edmond Wormhoudt DR. Aschenbrenner Geelhoed G. Fultz W. F. Crew Square Allcalls J. J. Sybenga Leighton Calla S. G. Vander Zyl E. T. Warren Granite Works Alu Santy Claus’ Plaint Ayer Geo. J. Thomassen Pella, Iowa W. H. Vander Ploeg Farmers & Merchants Bank H. F. Keables M. D Musis Sacrum
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