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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1890
Page
3
Poetic portrayal of the wise men bearing gifts and adoring at dawn. Mary stands in quiet contemplation as the scene shifts to Jesus in prayerful morning light above the fields and distant town.
The piece recalls miners two miles above New York in Colorado snowbound for months, sharing frugal holidays in high cabins. Tales of home, letters, flowers, scrips of mortgage worries, and a vow to endure, with a reading of a mother's letter ending in God bless us all.
Fragmented poetic tribute by Trivotria reflecting on angels voices Glory to God and peace on earth. It contemplates peaceful rest and universal goodwill, with a distant Calvary reference and a distant east dawn crowning a Christmas feast.
In a brief exchange, Jimmy Tuff tells his mother he is happy with Christmas but disappointed his skates are not nickel plated and he did not receive a double ripper. He hides his true disappointment to avoid upsetting his dad.
A light quip about Christmas timing notes that it comes too late in the month. A man says the problem is the bill arrives about a week after a wife gives a splendid present, leaving little time to prepare. The joke hinges on a three week cushion before financial reckoning.
A historic custom persisted into Charles II's reign involving a procession with the Glastonbury thorn, which blooms on Christmas Eve, presented in great pomp to the king and queen on Christmas morning at the English court.
A wartime exchange sketches civilians and soldiers around Christmas gifts and Santa Claus. A shopkeeper’s wife welcomes Santa while fearing rain, and a child notes that Santa knows him. The piece blends humor with holiday reflection from wartime New York.
An extended portrait of Richard Pigott as a deceitful forger and embezzler ends with his ruin and suicide. The piece links his crimes to the Parnell letters and suggests the forged documents may shift Irish self government and British politics.
In Philadelphia, Drummond rented a two-building doorway for a matrimonial agency offering experimental love making in themed rooms. The venture drew reporters and police scrutiny, ending with an order to vacate despite insists on morality. The episode highlights tensions over propriety in the city.
A St Louis Republic tale recalls a bashful Western suitor who, at a party, proclaims longing for the lady and later returns her forgotten overshoe. He jokes in awkward romance saying he wishes she were a centipede. The scene highlights Western charm and playful flirtation.
Haviland and Hesperhausen left port to tow the Nica raga canal plant aboard a convoy of flat boats. An ocean voyage with a mammoth dredge and about a dozen scows will sail along the coast to the West Indies and to Greytown Nicaragua. The dredge waits in Charleston for a big propeller and three weeks of tagging are forecast to reach Greytown harbor.
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