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Newspaper
Port Augusta Dispatch Newcastle And Flinders Chronicle
Location
Port Augusta, South Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 18, 1908
Page
6
A compact excerpt from Longfellow reflecting on Christmas Day. The speaker contrasts familiar carols with a troubled view of earthly peace. The verse affirms resilience of right and divine concern, as calls for peace and goodwill resound despite despair.
A Victorian style verse recounts two Santas arriving by night to fill stockings with toys and gifts. The larger Santa rides thunderous horses across creeks while smaller, gentler visions bring dolls engines scales and other treasures, ending with sprigs of cypress and yew as token offerings.
A Chicago Record-Herald verse depicts a chaotic Christmas Eve at a household. Little Willie overfills with raisins, Daisy discovers a dolly she may not keep, a store returns misdelivered goods, a distant gift arrives late, a failed cash gift to Aunt, and a broken cash table, all prompting a weary mother to sigh about schools reopening and a hopeful world.
In a reflective Christmas essay the writer imagines Rome during Saturnalia while Christians hid in the Campagna quarries. Torches flicker over martyr tomb inscriptions as the aged Alexander speaks to the persecuted believers gathered to celebrate the birth of the Saviour.
The text recalls Alexander named among those sought by Roman soldiers. He urged fidelity to the Faith and spoke of facing lions after Saturnalia. He prophesied the righteous would increase in beauty and the Star of Bethlehem would never set, heralding a bright Christmas following.
A compact history recalling Rome’s 312AD conversion under Constantine and the Saturnalia becoming Nativity, then the Norman Conquest of 1066. William the Conqueror lands at Hastings on Christmas Day, is crowned at Westminster, and a tumult ends in the slaughter of new English subjects outside the Abbey.
The text notes 1525 as the first Still Christmas under Henry VIII with December illness and national anxiety leading to a silent Christmas. It recalls later Cromwellian prohibitions, silent bells, and deserted Westminster Abbey and St Pauls, followed by Restoration with bells ringing again.
The piece reflects on sad Christmases tied to rail disasters and war. It cites 1894 Chelford derailment with fourteen dead and sixty three injured, the 1879 Tay Bridge disaster, and 1793 Toulon fighting amid Christmas. It recalls Colenso in 1899 and Buller’s Tugela crossing, urging hope for peace and goodwill.
A writer recalls a famed town bird during Christmas, calling it the oldest inhabitant and a terror. He jokes about ink, quills, and a dentist's alleged role, recalling his years of reporting and the bird's tough integuments lingering in memory.
Joe Roberts, a roving salesman for Flapper and Dodd, returns home to detect his wife with another man. A brawl ensues, a divorce threat fades, and Roberts faces a comic domestic misadventure amid holiday bustle and churchgoing satire.
A collage of puns and quips about labor crime toys marriage teasing teachers and social mores. It features jokes about coal magnates poverty punishments silly mishearings and humorous exchanges among characters and readers with occasional references to familiar names and places from a bygone era.
A confinee at Goulburn Jail asked to see the Governor and claimed he should have at least a fortnight off for Christmas. The festive exchange included banter at a Christmas Party with Mrs Stoutly and talk of Little Buttercup and joking jests about whisky and appearances.
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