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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1901
Page
7
In a Western Christmas tale, a cowboy a cattleman and a drummer bring gifts to needy children. They refuse cheap items and buy presents for each child, then fashion a moonlit sagebrush tree and share a hopeful dawn with a grateful mother. A spirit of generosity anchors the scene.
A nostalgic verse celebrates a universal awakening described as the dawning of light and a return to joyous beginnings. The poem evokes communal singing and readiness to welcome a seasonal change as a symbolic reawakening.
Travelers snowbound on a Western passenger train share warmth and stories during a halt in a Christmas Eve scene. A drummer a cowboy a cattleman and a minister aid a widow and her two children by planning stockings and gifts despite poverty and cold as night falls.
A reflective account celebrates Christmas as a universal, creed‑free season of peace and charity. It extols the Yuletide spirit softening sorrow and its rise as a powerful modern observance beyond ancient liturgy and drama.
A merchant questions a clerk about drinking. The clerk denies it, noting the man keeps late hours and appears calm, then adds, in a closing remark, that the boss gave his son a drum as a gift.
A guidance piece on making home crafted candies for gifts. It covers choosing pure ingredients, cost benefits, and attractive packaging ideas using baskets, waxed paper, tissue, and ribbons. It provides a peanut candy recipe and notes on blanching and preparing nuts like hickory, walnut, and almonds.
A retired naval officer reflects on sailors aboard a battleship enjoying Christmas with relaxed rules. On that day the usual strict regimen loosens, cabins turn into a festive confusion, sailors seek land leave, and only simple religious services with a chaplain may mark the occasion.
In England children hang stockings at the foot of beds while in America families suspend stockings from the sitting room mantel to ease Santa’s rounds and store distribution of gifts.
On the eve of St. Nicholas day December 6 parents in France secretly left presents for children while denying responsibility, saying the gifts were left by the saint who travels the earth that night and enters homes unseen to reward the good children.
James St C Hunt argues in their opinion after returning from Panama that a nation should own gunboats. He notes the Panama revolution will not harm American property as rebels have avoided it, aware of consequences.
Harvard students faced strict dress codes from the college’s founding era, with violations punished by fines ranging from a minimum of 3 dollars to a maximum of 1.60 dollars per offense, illustrating rigid 19th century discipline now seen as rebellious by modern students.
A special edition of Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1789 94) bought for 83 500 and noted for handwritten decoration by William Blake for his friend Edward Calvert. The Calvert family treasured the volume for many years.
Mrs. Ellenor Guardhouse of Hester Missouri suffered decades of sciatic rheumatism with constant pain. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills she claims complete relief after eight boxes and remains symptom free for months, astonishing doctors who doubted the remedy. The story ends noting the pride of a man earning his first thousand dollars.
Defiance starch from Magnetic Starch Co. of Omaha Neb claims to protect linen in washing. It uses a special solution said to avoid cracking and blistering, giving a smooth glossy finish that keeps goods looking new after ironing. Sold by leading grocers.
A reflective line notes how speed feels different on a hill depending on whether you are the rider or the rider from the other perspective. The line suggests perceiving motion from contrasting viewpoints.
Nurse in the Children’s Home in New York promotes Mother Gray’s Sweet Powers for children. Claims to ease feverishness bad stomach teething dis orders move bowels and destroy worms with over 50 000 testimonials. Available at all druggists 2¢. Address Allen 5 Almasted LeRoy NY.
A jumble of holiday wishes and health claims promotes Garfield Tea as a cure for indigestion and ill health, with other ad lines praising Ball Blue and Piso's Cure. It includes a dated testimonial and assorted aphorisms about wealth and quarrels.
Some grocers say they do not stock De fiance Starch due to remaining 12 oz inventory unused by customers who previously bought the 16 oz package. The remark contrasts frugal buying with a note on social slang calling a moneyed girl vivacious.
One hundred dollar reward offered for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Ball's Catarrh Cure. Ad lists F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio and Kent West Truax wholesale druggists as endorsers. Hinl’s Catarrh Cure described as internal remedy. Testimonials and price per bottle advertised. Hall's Family Pills mentioned.
Guidance warns against trimming taps too short when cooking beets as this may cause loss of color and sweetness.
The Big Four announces through Pullman sleepers from Chicago and Indianapolis to Jacksonville and St Augustine starting Jan 6 1902. Trains run daily except Sunday at 1 PM with dining and observation cars via Cincinnati Queen and Crescent Son Ry Plant System and Fla East Coast Ry. For details contact J C Tucker in Chicago or Warren J Lynch and W P Deppe in Cincinnati.
A large shark, eighteen feet long, was caught at East London after swallowing a soldier. The soldier’s body and uniform remained intact except for a missing shoulder portion. The report comes from a British steamship worker writing home about the incident.
A Christmas Philosopher asks for Health Wealth and Happiness. Garfield Tea promises good health happiness and enabling wealth. Food for thought comes from the fish that gets away.
The General Passenger Department of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway announces a set of six reproductions of Moran paintings, printed on ten by twelve inch sheets in ten colors, available on receipt of twenty five cents. Send to F A Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago. Happiness has less use for comfort than indolence has.
Brightest fastest and easiest to use dye sold by druggists per package. Some dolls act like girls and some girls act like dolls as described in promotional notes.
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