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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1921
Page
3
On the ship the Karluk Lund presses for control while Rainey senses a broader scheme. Simms grows weaker under illness and Carlsen edges toward power as Peggy Simms and the crew watch for a hidden traitor among the mates and hunters.
A narrator recalls a special Christmas from childhood and the ache of losing belief in Santa Claus as the family gathers in a festive home with wreaths, songs, and relatives, contrasted with this year's sadness.
Reporter Rainey is lured aboard the Sealing schooner Karluk by a giant blind man who claims to be a former captain. Captain Simms and Carlsen are found in the cabin. Lund accuses Simms of abandoning him at sea and plans to join the voyage in search of gold. Peggy Simms defends her father while Carlsen a doctor drugs Rainey and claims kidnapping.
The schooner Kerluk measures eighty five tons with a ninety foot length and twenty five foot beam. Captain Simms trains Rainey in sailing while appointing him second mate. Carlson becomes first mate and Wengen acts as quartermaster. Rainey’s kidnaping is not discussed as the crew adjusts to new roles among sailors and hunters onboard.
The article recounts Peter Stuyvesant building a wooden wall from the East River to the North River to defend New Amsterdam. He feared a Dutch Connecticut attack amid rising frontier tensions with New England. A Fairfield meeting pledged fighters, war fears subsided after peace, but the wooden barrier remained for decades, restricting growth.
The article notes the sturgeon as a long lived creature with bony plates and conical spines and says Royal status was granted by Edward I to sturgeon from the Thames. It discusses caviar from its roe and its rich flesh. It adds a line about a new electric heating pad with a thermostat for even temperature.
An article notes an old carol from 1695 shedding light on historical Christmas customs. It mentions minced pies plum porridge Christmas decorations with holly ivy bay rosemary laurel and festive foods like pig goose and capon. It also cites the line Christmas comes but once a year appearing in a fifteenth century mock play.
Canada shines at the Chicago Live Stock Show held at the stock yards with wide praise for Alberta oats, Brooks alfalfa seed, and top honors in wheat, horses, and cattle. Saskatchewan and Alberta breeders claim grand championships, while the government exhibit highlights the Dominion’s growing dairy and agrarian strength.
The passage reflects on a brief season of equality during Christmas when class and caste fade. It argues that children see no hierarchies, while adults perpetuate social divisions, and urges returning to a pure, childlike view of joy and humanity.
Instructions describe making pop-corn bound molasses candy. Cook molasses and corn mixture, stir until thickened, let rest, then drop spoonfuls onto greased paper. Roll each portion into a ball and smooth with greased hands.
The text describes laurel as a symbol of poetry and suggests sleeping with a laurel sprig for inspiration. It notes bay's associations with victory and protection from lightning, and warns against keeping evergreens after Twelfth night. Romans exchanged holly for luck and immortality is linked to holly's renewal at Christmas.
Mix equal parts figs dates and nut meats chopped fine. Add a tart jelty such as currant or grape to form a thick paste. Fold into well beaten egg whites and spread on long salted wafers. If jelly does not stiffen the whites, add a little powdered sugar.
A brief description notes corn kept fresh by popping and wrapping in waxed paper as recommended by The Delineator.
A fragment describes saving soap scraps and melting them with water in a granite pan. It instructs mixing in cornmeal to form cakes and promotes the mixture as effective for cleaning and whitening hands.
A boarding house scene shows Atim Rose's tenant patching trousers himself while feverish with temper. The piece also explains Nova Scotians as Blue Noses, tied to a potato nickname cited by Haliburton in Sam Slick.
A London Punch snippet notes a south coast railway firm testing an engine that can move both sideways and forward. Other items discuss language origins, the meaning of goodbye, and a 1920 Smithsonian round of 23 expeditions with new astrophysical stations in Arizona and Chile.
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