22 Dec 1910
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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1910
Page
1
Two travelers trudged along a hill road on Christmas Eve amid a windless, freezing night. The moon and stars gleamed blue with frost as villagers huddled inside their homes. The pair prepared to seek shelter at the next house despite the bitter air.
Travelers Sigurd and Fridthjof seek shelter on Christmas Eve. A farmer recalls nightly goblin feasts and danger, but the two men confront a goblin chief to defend the home. The tale ends with the farmer prospering, and a sermon urging to crown the Christ Child as King.
A traveler on Christmas Eve seeks shelter at Ephraim Gogard and Tabitha’s farmhouse. The couple recounts family memories of Christmases past, the children, stockings hung, and hopes to greet Santa Claus, with a nostalgic reflection on change.
An aging couple mourns three children who vanish into later tragedy and glamour. A visitor dreams of Ophelia like performances, champagne revels, and a spectral family reunion before waking to a solitary room and a reminder of foreboding fate. A clergyman recalls a woman who prepares for the worst every day in tidy routine.
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