Christmas Poem and Yearend Reflections at Silver Lake
A clipped note from Silver Lake Indiana reflects on 1909 fading, wishes a Merry Christmas and prosperous New Year to the Recors family, and quips about public office, voting, and famed explorers Peary and Cook as a lighthearted comparison.
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Recorps
New Year Resolution Promotes Golden Rule Living
A resolution urges citizens to live more faithfully by the golden rule as the guiding principle for the new year. The style reflects a civic admonition promoting ethical conduct and personal virtue in public life.
Habitual mispractices undermine a town figure
The subject is described as misplacing tools delaying work and wasting colleagues time. He arrives late to appointments, belittles competitors, monopolizes talks, and misrepresents goods, actions seen as stealing reputations and robbing customers under the cover of custom.
Santa Claus Visit Reveals Hidden Affection At Christmas
In a waiting drawing room scene, Fletcher plans to confess feelings to Lida alone. With Mrs Safford and children away for Christmas and the brother absent until evening, an intimate moment finally seems possible before the roomful of servants remains.
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Lida
Fletcher
Christmas in the Carriage and the Pie
Teddy meets Santa in a motor carriage and tours the town with his aunt. Fletcher and Lida remark on Santa’s sleigh and the absent snow as Teddy delights in the visit and the new experience. A humorous family tale follows about a boozy mince pie and the Rev. Jeremiah Scroggins praising its flavor.
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Santa Claus
Tad
Fletcher
Lida
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Jeremiah Scroggins
Jeremiah
Mother
New York Mail and Express
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