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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1908
Page
4
A Leytonstone shop in England displayed a seven foot high cake weighing about 1660 pounds. Ingredients included 152 pounds butter and sugar, 325 pounds flour, 110 strong Balchien, A note on fruit peels and 601 eggs, many pounds of almonds and icing sugar, and a wide range of spices and essence.
Alfred Hammermeister sacrificed sleep and walked eight miles in snow to find gifts after a fire destroyed his Cleveland home and burned the Christmas presents. He roused a storekeeper, bought replacements, and returned to comfort his children who woke to a burned out Christmas.
The Washington Star notes ambitious ghosts hunts as a trend in society while praising a famed specter in Washington with a cocked hat and gold lace. The piece compares American interest to English traditions and comments on the country’s relative newness.
A New York Mail editorial urges turning seasonal charity into sustained social justice, arguing poverty cannot be eased by annual food baskets and used clothes. It promotes equality, fraternity, and resisting commercialism, alongside a note about a U P ladies bazaar on December 19 offering Christmas presents.
Mr H G Myers of Huchinson & Myers Jewelers and Opticians Massillon Ohio will be at his business on the 4th Saturday each month with a full line of glasses and optical goods. Myers is a college graduate and well recommended. All glasses guaranteed to fit. Free examination offered. Dalton Ohio 33-1-m
A historical notice warns that repeated colds lead to chronic catarrh and urges prompt treatment. Mrs. M White of Butler testifies that Chamberlain’s Cough-Kennedy relieved her throat and lungs and cured her, with A J White selling the remedy.
The editors urge a future where the strong aid the weak and fraternity ceases to be rhetoric. They frame Christmas as the one day when love could birth justice rather than mere charity, a venturesome hope.
The ad claims backache rheumatism and lumbago are signs of kidney trouble and promotes Pincules as a tonic to kidneys and bladder that purifies blood. It offers a 30 days trial for $1.00 and lists W. QO. Haney as the seller.
A shopper reminder notes to stop at Scott's when in town to pick up a genuine Bear's Lancaster Almanac. The casual prompt highlights Scott's as the local source for the almanac.
The article urges protecting children from colds to prevent diphtheria and scarlet fever. It states Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is trusted by many mothers, including Mrs. F. F. Starcher of Ripley West Virginia, and notes it contains no opium and is safe for adults as well. It mentions availability from A. J. White.
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