18 Dec 1879
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Newspaper
Southport Times
Location
Southport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1879
Page
1
A Burlington Iowa soap manufacturer reportedly purchased over 40 000 pounds of butter last year to use as soap grease, a fact presented as a solemn, suggestive matter rather than a joke.
The verses describe roosters being killed for a Christmas chicken pie. It recounts the butchery and meals with a harsh, archaic tone. The refrain notes that men must kill and women must eat as Christmas time arrives.
John Warder, a stern rich man, receives a mysterious Christmas basket with a baby girl. The child softens his pride as he recalls past wrongs toward May, his sister, and he reforms, embracing family ties. May reunites with her ailing husband Walter, and Warder learns mercy as the infant heals their broken lives.
A Jewish peddler is attacked by brigands in a Grodno district wood after a gendarme and the victim recover the thief's money. The whistle explodes a bandit assault bringing forth a dawn raid. the peddler dies in the massacre while the gendarme is wounded and the bandits establish a hideout as authorities plan to surround the area.
A San Francisco family of five forms a home buying company with the mother guiding the effort. Each member earns to invest. after four years their savings reach 6 330.72 with added interest and a stated goal of purchasing a farm. Proceeds include a down payment of 8 000. The narrative credits the plan with character growth and steady labor amid setbacks.
A poignant verse contrasts last Christmas Eve when three children slept safely with this year’s loss as a grave lies buried in the snow. Two socks hang in memory of the missing child while bells ring. a father clutches the surviving two as tears fall like rain.
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