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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1910
Page
5
Rare treat at the opera house on Friday December 23 featuring the Ringler Donovan Concerters with musical sketches, vocal duets and solos, various instrument solos and trios, Swiss bell ringing, humor readings and novelties. Sidney Drug Co sells seats. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy endorsement ends the fragment but appears as ad copy.
Local notes celebrate residents travels between Sidney Bridgeport and Santa Anna while promoting area shops. James Hazelwood plans coast departure. Miss Morrison tours county schools. George Moore’s daughter quarantined for diphtheria. Fishman’s department store expands with dolls toys china and perfumes. Sidney Drug Company window art emphasizes Christmas season. Jackson’s stores boast bargain displays and wide variety for shoppers.
The store displays place a contrast of practical goods and elegant wares. Stoves cutlery foot-warmers and useful articles sit beside fine china soft rugs and blankets inviting shoppers inside for practical and aesthetic needs.
Invitations out for the wedding of Fred Korsmeyer and Anna Horst on the 20th. Lutheran church Christmas race and program planned with Reverend Kaul and Korsmeyer visiting Sonsie farm. Community notes include visitors, moving preparations, a new nearby family, farm plans, and local church gatherings.
On December 3 Prof Alfred Hanna spoke to the Belle M Stoutenborough club hosted by Mrs Simon. He tied The Heroic Age to current times praising citizens from laborers to politicians and thanked the ladies for their courtesy and warm reception.
A Tuesday afternoon gathering hosted by Mrs. F. G. Griffith enjoyed tea and a Foss Theater program. Guests included Mrs. Foss, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Pedersen, and Mrs. Davis, who shared a jolly, charming afternoon.
The T N's held a Wednesday afternoon gathering at Mrs Chas Harper's home with all members present. They initiated Mrs L G Simon as the new member and enjoyed a delightful four course luncheon. The group reported an unusually enjoyable meeting.
The article outlines gift giving etiquette emphasizing thoughtfulness over cost. It advises writing a personal greeting on gift cards, avoiding perfunctory presents, and ensuring gifts look well wrapped to convey genuine care. It warns against last minute or poorly timed deliveries and emphasizes timely, considerate giving.
A Christmas tree design game assigns each branch a circle with numbers one to ten or twenty. Players blindfolded pin rosettes on trees aiming for the highest total of three numbered pins. The hostess records each player's trio sums and the largest total wins first prize.
The stanza notes three to four items of joy and sorrow with images of nestlings, a forsaken lamb, a red rose, a bird singing, a rose clinging to a rock, a shepherd with a lamb, and Christmas bells. Willis B Allen is referenced as the author.
A scene places a large green cloth table with evergreen bouquets and frosted tinsel, garlands around three sides forming a tent opening to reveal a silver paper pit. A wax Christmas fairy emerges from the pit with white and silver robes, a frosted wreath, and a long silver wand.
A nostalgic piece recalls long held Christmas beliefs such as oxen kneeling at midnight and the silent, speaking spirit for an hour. It shifts to a vignette of a father child memory, a half-closed door, and a mother’s judgment in a Chicago Record-Herald tone.
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