22 Dec 1904
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Newspaper
Salem Times Register And Sentinel
Location
Salem, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1904
Page
1
Farmer Estey accepts an old woman's gift of savings kept for twenty years and hints the money will be given in a lump. Mrs. Gunning plans Christmas generosity with her kin, inviting Betsy and Henry to share the holiday as they compete for the fortune.
Wallace Irwin in the Baltimore Herald portrays a Christmas church scene where riches inside clash with poverty outside. A rich parishioner prays amid velvet and luxury while a poor beggar kneels at the door, illustrating Jesus’ message of humility and justice. The poem emphasizes social inequality within a sacred space.
Christmas brings joy to the aged who have lived well and sadness for some sins. The young enjoy hope and Santa Claus as a beacon of bounty. Market houses are stocked with trees for benefactors, promising happiness and reunion for families scattered by life’s struggles. Many Pickwicks recall sacred times.
An advertisement claims Burdock Blood Bitters strengthens the stomach and makes indigestion impossible, suggesting health benefits and a remedy for digestive ills as readers are offered a cure from this tonic.
An Australian raconteur places an oversized porcelain egg in a hen nest and notes larger subsequent eggs. He repeats with a goose egg and then a whitewashed football, finding a football sized egg next and a hen inside the egg, with the engraved caption “I’m no ostrich, but I’ve done my best.”
A teacher asks about the two angels visiting Abraham after a lesson. Beulah answers that they washed the dishes, reflecting a simple anecdote or parable likely from a classroom moment.
A farm column notes frequent accidents and recommends Dr Thomas Electric Oil for instant relief from cuts bruises stings and sprains claiming safety and rapid comfort on the farm setting.
Esther Bloomstein known as Queen Esther, a 22 year old East Side department store saleswoman, formed a bond with talking dolls at a Fifth Avenue shop. She declared the dolls as angels, spoke to them as kin, and after a rapid mental decline was moved from a store ward to New York Hospital and then Bellevue Hospital where doctors deem her hopelessly insane.
Wash two ounces of rice in cold water, cook in a quart of water for an hour, rub through a hair sieve, and sweeten with honey. Temon juice may be added to flavor.
Take a double dose of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as soon as the first indication of the disease appears and a threatened attack may be warded off. Hundreds of people use the remedy in this way with perfect success. For sale by W. T. Younger, Druggist.
A little girl bursts into a crowded parlor exclaiming that her cat has twins. She declares she didn’t know the cat was married, prompting amused reactions from the gathered guests. The lighthearted moment centers on the child’s confusion and country humor.
W Lenhart of Bowling Green reports a running itching leg sore caused tortures. After using Dean's Ointment the burning and itching vanished instantly and a permanent cure was achieved.
A mix of verse and comic Q and A jokes refrains about Christmas and social mores. The prose discusses Swiss goitre in valleys and women’s health issues, promoting Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a remedy for irregularities and female weakness. The piece blends seasonal verse with satirical humor and medical advertising.
A simple verse depicts a fisherman perched on a log fishing and watching the cork. He sits at home and sighs while waiting for a bite, resting in quiet contemplation.
Three friends Anna Minna and Helen test husbands by spoiling a Sunday roast to see who handles it best. Anna and Minna fail their husbands while Helen’s Fritz praises the cook and outshines the others in decorum and tact. The verdict: Fritz proved the most composed and supportive husband.
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