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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1897
Page
6
A seasonal verse celebrates autumn’s fading blaze and winter warmth as households share food with the poor. It urges rich and poor to break bread for Christ, noting the Advent approaching and the welcoming of a guest who unites all at a shared feast.
An excerpt from Coventry Patmore reflecting on Regina Coeli and the Virgin Mary. The speaker questions how Mary bore and raised Jesus while maintaining gentleness and faith. The verse contemplates divine love, motherhood, and the sacred nature of Mary and her child.
Lucien de Hem loses his last francs at the roulette table and, near ruin, contemplates suicide with two army pistols at home. He endures a feverish Christmas Eve in the club as snow falls outside and a Pole named Dronski begs five francs before the clock strikes midnight.
Lucien de Hem, a young officer, pauses before a sleeping beggar girl on a palace steps. He steals a gold louis, wins big at roulette, plans to rescue the child, but discovers she died of cold. Awakened by a nightmare, he enlists, changes fate, and later funds alms for another beggar.
A fragmentary 13th century style text praising Christ's birth with a refrain in excelsis gloria. It evokes shepherds, angels, and holy praise, reflecting traditional devotional language and hymn form.
Prince Victor Emmanuel of Naples, a Pennacean electrician, is described as an expert in lighting, sound, motive power, and photography. He is noted as an early Italian researcher into Roentgen rays and conducts experiments across multiple applications of electricity.
Mary Diefendorf recounts St Nicholas history from Patava to Myra, Bari, and New Amsterdam, linking the guardian saint to New York’s beginnings. The piece blends Dutch myths, Knickerbocker lore, and German Kriss Kringle traditions, noting Christmas customs, Pels-nichol, and stockings.
Holly and mistletoe, abundant and cheap, brighten homes with wreaths, crowns, and festoons. Central pieces use a large holly bowl with scarlet and white berries, with candy designs on cakes and colored ices. If holly is scarce, greens like pine and cedar, plus bittersweet and Indian arrow berries, create lovely decorations. Chrysanthemums add yellow and crimson tones to the Christmas dinner table. Cakes and nuts can be arranged at the start to enhance the festive look.
Ruth Ashmore suggests giving money as a Christmas gift when unsure of her taste. She advises making the gift feel personal by presenting it as a chosen item, such as placing gold or a new bank note in a miniature purse to show care and consideration.
Des Moines reports six Iowa filings prepared in the U S Patent Office have been allowed though not issued. Names include O A Rogers West Union for a duplex stay buck saw. R G Rider Mt Ayr for rail joint nut lock and bridge bolts. J R Braden Rowan for a woven wire tree protector with tar saturated top. H R Gregory and R H Ratton Prescott for an adjustable straw stacker and threshing machine attachment. An undivided half is assigned to C H Dicks Des Moines. Thomas G and J Ralph Orwig, patent solicitors.
Astronomers report no meteor displays around November 13 despite possible activity. Weather hindered observations in Europe and America, with distant observers yet to respond. The miss does not cast doubt on the anticipated great displays of 1899 and 1900, which are still expected on schedule.
A Scottish inventor received a U S patent last week for a process to obtain useful products from all worms. Sues & Co offer patent law information from Bee Building Omaha. A Chicago operator claimed to restore old rancid butter but marketed only large lots. Dealers sent samples, received fresh creamery butter, then faced coercive tactics and a drop in value as the material was graded axle grease.
The Royal Publishing Company of Richmond Virginia advertises liberal weekly salaries and expenses for men and women of good character. A letter to them may present a surprising and gratifying proposition. In Montenegro on Christmas Eve locals say tonight earth is blended with paradise.
The Burlington Route advertises cheap quick comfortable excursions leaving Omaha at 4 35 p m and Hastings 5 30 p m each Thursday. It promises modern clean tourist sleepers with through cars to San Francisco and Los Angeles via Denver and East Lake City, with carpeted interiors, curtains, bedding, towels and services of uniformed porters and experienced conductors. Second class tickets honored. Berths available. Request folder from nearest Burlington Route office or J Francis Omaha Neb. Note on discipline law mentions no punishment for Chinese children who disobey their parents.
The publication promises TELEQRAPATO News and up to date information on best routes services straininey sailings and facilities for Alaskan prospectors and friends. Send six cents to W R Callaway Minneapolis MN to join the list. Nearby houses at Black Hill near Church Streetton Shropshire are claimed to be 1000 years old with massive tree trunks. The Anglo Saxon name for Christmas was aleg Modreacht Mother s Night.
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