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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1915
Page
7
A lively child roams the house in playful mischief knocking over items and hiding Granny's glasses. Despite chaos, the child ends the day with a soft good night to both parents, confessing effort to be good. The tone reflects a gentle parental perspective on boyish antics.
Eskimos celebrate Christmas with candlelit turnips and deer tallow candles. A trek across moving ice and snow brings a small group to the mission church, while others follow days later, sad to learn the ice barred arrival. The service features lights, sleighs for the sick, and children sharing the candlelight symbolizing the world’s light.
A retrospective notes that New England once banned Christmas for decades under Puritan influence. It cites 1670 Massachusetts penalties for labor on December 25 and condemns Christmas as pagan in origin. Over time religious prejudice waned and Christmas music and observance revived in Britain and America.
A reflective Christmas vignette unfolds as a window wreath reveals a child’s wistful face and a plea to aid the suffering. The scene echoes the Christmas Law of compassion, linking the child’s plea to charitable acts and the distant star of guidance.
A terse newspaper note condemns theft of a Christmas purse, calling for severe punishment for the culprit. The item underscores communal outrage over holiday theft and highlights the moral tone of the era.
Charles Dudley Warner reflects on Christmas customs from earlier times, noting the loss of some rude rituals but a rise in universal charity and brotherhood. He views the current season as the most heartfelt in history, despite the rest of the year tempering it.
J Aaymonds notes the first Romans kept Christmas with few ceremonies. Christ appeared as a historic figure blended with pagan memory. In catacombs he is shown as Good Shepherd and Orpheus, loved as risen, while early Christians hoped for future happiness rather than worldly celebration.
A brief mused reflection on love and kindness guiding everyday interactions. The writer emphasizes that along life’s journey we need gentle acts of care more than cleverness or sophistication, especially in sharing Christmas warmth that endures year round.
In France children place their shoes before the mantlepiece in anticipation of Father Christmas’s visit, a seasonal custom reflecting holiday expectations and family rituals.
An old mistletoe custom tied kisses to berries with a playful claim that a kiss required one berry, and once the berries were exhausted, no berry meant no kiss.
Aged adage notes the loudest critic of Christmas cigars ends up aiding the janitor with the leftovers. The remark frames generosity as surprise from the least expected giver.
Congress opened with Speaker Clark back, Mann out of Republican ranks, and over 2000 bills and resolutions filed including many on national defense and woman suffrage. President Wilson urged military preparedness and naval expansion. Suffragists pressed a constitutional amendment, Wilson promised talks with leaders, and a large petition drive and demonstrations followed.
The passage urges merchants and manufacturers to begin much earlier than the last minute to prep Christmas stocks and production. It emphasizes proactive planning months ahead so goods are ready for shoppers, urging readers to start weeks earlier as well.
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