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Newspaper
The Perrysburg Journal
Location
Perrysburg, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1909
Page
16
The store announces its annual Christmas Festival after a month of preparation. It highlights a strong selection of substantial gifts while noting that toys are not sold in-house, though nearby neighbors offer toy lines. The invitation extends a cordial greeting to all to attend the festival.
A Christmas message touts gifts that please every relation with steady prices and no price increases simply because it is the holiday season.
Mina Dare, a young widow, initially resists Christmas charity. A friend asks her to host a dinner for 300 poor in the East End. She participates, finding solace in giving. After the feast, she admits selfishness and vows to keep Christmas with others year round, inspired by faith.
A village charity tale shows 45 orphans invited home for Christmas, but five recovering children in an attic hospital are overlooked. Miss Anne Armstrong learns loneliness can be healed when five orphans arrive at her door with a lamp shining like a guiding star. The scene ends with Miss Anne welcoming them, and the house full of warmth replaces fear.
The poem envisions Christmas renewing hope for mankind, portraying humanity as God’s children. It speaks of a welcoming light and open doors for the lonely and poor, with a gentle Christ Child and trumpet-like joy marking a universal blessing.
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