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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1895
Page
8
A nostalgic tale contrasts festive cheer with electric heating worries and moral reflection. A street urchin gazes at a toy shop window as a father purchases gifts, prompting the boy to ask why others can have such things while many go without.
An aged sailor recalls a voyage from 1840 ending in a Christmas Day massacre on a Pacific island. After a whale of a storm the Jolly Rover shipwrecked, and crew were captured by cannibals who prepared a feast of turkeys. A British warship answer saved them as cannibals fired upon the islanders. Jack Brown survives and vows to cook a Christmas turkey himself.
A Armenian Christian recounts Christmas observances across homes from Constantinople to Asia Minor. Services begin before dawn with archbishop officiating, children receive new clothes or gifts, parochial schools aid clothing drives, and charitable buying helps the poor. Carols are sung door to door as visitors are greeted with Christ is born.
Amos J. Cummings recalls a harsh Christmas in camp after Fredericksburg at White Oak Church Virginia. A Dutch sergeant provides marrow bones and yeast while a pair of soldiers plot for sugar and whisky, stealing molasses and yeast from a storehouse under cover of night. They survive on improvised fare until boxes from home finally arrive.
A discussion of varying depictions of Christ in old master paintings from Louvre collections and others. It notes inconsistent features and lack of a single model, praising certain works for conveying a dignified Christ while criticizing Dunkacy’s Christ Before Pilate. Includes humorous Christmas anecdotes and moral notes on gift giving and behavior.
A scan of old holiday lore compares world and German Christmas customs with sayings about weather, fruit, and gifts. It notes a bridge finding proverb and explains Santa Claus and Kris Kringle as coins of folklore, with a glimpse of St Nicholas and Pelsnickel beliefs. Also mentions Missouri Pacific holiday fares offering one third off round trips within 200 miles, limited to January 2.
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