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Newspaper
The Chanute Times
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1900
Page
7
Dorothy Bertram, a thoughtful neighborhood girl, buys flowers for reclusive Mr. Jordan next door. Her simple act changes him, revealing a lesson about kindness from a child that ends with his warm conversion and the family’s festive cheer.
In England the waite are musicians who play through towns at night for two or three weeks before Christmas. They call on inhabitants for donations. Historically one man held a privilege to collect from this practice, taking a large share of profits, while other players earned through this occupation.
A historical survey of Christmas Eve traditions in Britain. It covers Cornwall mining masses, Derbyshire village carol tours with ale, Chester street singers, the Ashton fagot burning in Devonshire, cider offerings to apple trees, a Devon superstition of kneeling oxen at midnight, and John Martyn’s 1723 charity bequest to Exeter parish poor for yearly beer distributions.
Private Patrick Francis Tiernan of the Seventh Cavalry, recently reduced in rank for drunkenness, rides through a blizzard to rescue Colonel Blake’s daughter Molly and Carruthers from a doomed trail. He uses a secret bottle of brandy to revive the trio, earning praise as the cavalry arrives after the storm. Inside his watch, Molly Blake’s gift salutes “Non-Commissioned Officer and Gentleman.”
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An enthusiastic mother recalls the joy of Christmas trees and gifts. She reflects on childhood delight in stockings and small trees from six inches to three feet, each with candles, cornucopias, and gifts labeled for every pet and doll. The piece laments the enduring toil of elders and the endless charm of festive preparations.
A garbled Christmas fragment appears with distorted lines and stray phrases about presents, faces, and a strange dialogue. The text reads like a broken poem or note with nonsensical segments and missing context, lacking coherent events or clear subjects.
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