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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1913
Page
8
The Pella Coal Co operates a mine just north of town producing about 75 tons of coal daily when running at full force. The firm easily meets home demand, selling all mined coal locally.
Fine winter weather welcomes Christmas season as residents prepare. Pete Burgraaf continues hauling chickens and Frank Bartlow delivered hogs to Leighton. Olivet Grange elected officers Friday evening. A lecture on hog cholera by a Ames College student is set for Olivet on December 30. Rochester hosts a Christmas program on December 26. Visitors include Frank Bartlow and several local couples.
A Friday evening performance at the Dixon Corner schoolhouse featured the play Tompkin's Hired Man. The cast delivered solid work and special praise goes to Miss Hazel Holland, the teacher, for guiding a successful presentation.
The Register and Leader reports Turkish solicitors have milled through Webster City and nearby towns asking aid for widows and orphans in Chaldea Mesopotamia and Kurdistan amid Balkan War fallout. Rev N E Kron of Dayton warns against fake canvassers who alter subscription figures for personal gain. He urges support only to responsible individuals or established missionary agencies.
Residents and families share visits across towns. The Vriezelaars, east of Otley, and Mrs. W. O. Frazer visit C. D. VanderPloeg, northeast of Monroe. Mrs. C. D. Rawson plans Ohio trip with furniture arrival. Clyde Kirkwood and wife visit his mother, Norris, and George at Fairmount. Mrs. Henry Rozenburg of Oskatooga visits her parents, DeYoung family, who have had illness this past week.
The Russell Union recounts a year in the life of a western country editor tracking profit and loss with humorous receipts. It notes counts for being broke, praised, told lies, told truth, missed prayers and meals, mistaken identities, found money, and payments from delinquents, ending with cash on hand and a year-end balance.
Christmas celebrations in Mexico last for days with bright lanterns and beaconed homes. Fifteen players portray the Nativity in a symbolic, accessible style with Joseph, Mary, infant Jesus and angels, while Lucifer and his minions challenge the scene. The play, set near Bethlehem, follows shepherds guided by a star to the stable where Jesus lies.
The narrative of angels and the overthrow of evil leads to shepherds rejoicing as they praise the Redeemer born unto them. Music on harp and violin accompanies the scene, continuing late each night of the holidays, reflecting strong Mexican devotion and religious fervor.
A nostalgic verse describes a mother’s Christmas Eve dream of a baby’s stocking, a little toy, and a lock of hair. Angels arrive as she sleeps and reclaim her child, while a final note quotes Ruskin on art and health.
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