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Newspaper
Troy Herald
Location
Troy, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1873
Page
2
A fragment from the Little Corporal printed in the Troy Herald on December 24, 1878 includes a sentimental verse about filling a baby's stocking for Christmas. The playful prose invites Santa to bring tiny gifts and describes the cherubic image of a newborn with blue eyes and tiny toes.
The poem presents Santa Claus visiting homes at night as children dream of Christmas. It describes stockings being filled, sleigh travel, and the moral urging children to be good, credited to John L Yates.
Hope, bedridden and weary from long illness, laments missing Christmas as she recalls busy days spent sewing and reading. Mrs. Laurie explains Hope’s recovery is slow and shifts to the plight of twenty five orphans at the asylum, noting limited funds and a call for external aid to fund a Christmas celebration.
In the Troy Herald Christmas 1873 story Hope Laurie proposes a thoughtful plan to fund and host a Christmas party for twenty five orphans. Her mother agrees to help with supervision, and Hope coordinates a team including her brother Phil to craft handmade gifts. A grand tree, a festive supper, and toys arrive from local friends, turning a dreary asylum into a hopeful holiday scene. Hope heals and the family shares the joyous outcome.
A cross eyed Indy of South Bend gawks at a new dam across the river. Her glance toward a companion fixes the water works pipe as she exclaims about the dam. He replies it is the nicest thing he ever saw in that moment.
A Louisville Missouri correspondent urges stronger school governance and teacher conduct, arguing for promptness, order, regular attendance, and kindness over whipping. He cites the Louisville school as proof kindness sustains order, calls for uniform textbooks, and proposes teacher institutes to share methods, stressing better access to education for all and voter education for parents.
Witeman Abram Jones and Martha Ann his wife Perry H Emich and Mary A his wife and others by deed of trust dated August 2, 187? convey to Epaphraditus Sydnor in trust to secure promissory notes. Trustee replacement by Sheriff Thomas M Carter. Public sale January 7 1974 at Troy courthouse, Missouri. Property: southwest quarter of section 12, township 8 N, range 2 W. 130 acres with exceptions. north half of northwest quarter of section 13, township 48 N, range 2 W totaling about 240 acres. Sale for debt and costs.
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