Letter from Parson Jones on dying at home and modern life
Parson Jones laments the shift from home based life to hospitals and institutions. He mourns Hezekiah's daddy and argues that people should die among family at home, criticizing doctors, schools, and modern culture as uprooting homes and routines. He closes to attend the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hezekiah
Shady Rest
Gentlemnan
Batman
Christmas Customs Across Nations and Notable Mementos
This column surveys peripheral Christmas customs tied to Saturnalia in Rome and the global portrayal of Santa Claus variants such as Santa Claus in America and Father Christmas in England. It notes the 1845 first Christmas card by W. C. Dobson, the mistletoe kiss myth, Thomas Nast’s Santa illustration, and Washington’s 1776 Delaware crossing on Christmas Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
St. Nicholas
Santa Claus
England
Father Christmas
France
Petit Noel
Russia
Grandfather Frost
W. C. Dobson
Thomas Nast
Harpers Illustrated Weekly
George Washington
Delaware River
U. S
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ann ‘Muah
Dalton
Dalton, Ohio
Edgerton’s
Edgerton Wrag
Blatz
Massillon
ERIE
Parson Jones
Justice of the Peace
Wayne County
First Federal Savings & Loan Association
Wooster, Ohto
GS and Loan Association OF
Wooster
Lincoln Way
E. Massillon
of the Worlds
M. &M Oil
Youn
Chrysleget
Chrysler
You
Lucy Low
Speed Queen
Hotpoint
Tappan
Hardwick
Gibson
Amana
Dexter
Hoover
Sylvania
Olympic
Ist
Lydia E. Pinkham