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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1912
Page
5
A reflective piece recalls old fashioned Christmas joys in a family home where parents and children shared handmade gifts, sewing and crafts. The narrator argues simpler observances over debt, highlighting father bearing costs and linking timeless warmth to genuine generosity rather than expenditure.
A vivid winter scene follows a wagon to a country entrance as a grocer purchases a Christmas tree from a lumberjack. The man with a woolen coat and ax cuts trees for transport to a depot and thence to a grocer, while deer, blue jays, and snowy woods frame the tale of seasonal supply and gratitude.
The piece traces early Christmas observances from Norse exploration of Vineland and Greenland to Catholic and Puritan practices in New England. It recounts Lief Erikson’s winter in Vineland, subsequent Norse arrivals, and Gudrid’s convent founded after her travels. It notes 17th century bans in Plymouth and the revival of Christmas under later regimes, ending with a reflection on Christmas spirit in the United States today.
A quirky exchange shows Atlas still holding up the world as Santa passes by. Santa jokes that after his trip there will be nothing left for an everyday hold-up man to do. The playful dialogue blends mythic and seasonal imagery.
Rev Hudson Hubert Jones preached a Christmas sermon and found a youth sitting on steps. He urged the boy to get up saying the occasion calls for effort. The youth replied he has a big Christmas dinner but cannot move.
Lily and Thomas Mogrewan, two orphans, prepare for a Christmas separation as Lily leaves the asylum with Miss Priscilla and Miss Mattie for new guardians while Thomas stays behind. The scene contrasts hopeful holiday rituals with the somber setting and the children’s quiet, resilient emotions amid the farewell.
A fragmented classroom dialogue about oysters and a luxury suit appears in OCR text. The passage mixes a teacher prompting about months containing R and a student mentioning a call and a Went Ad results phrase, with unclear context and no identifiable event or outcome.
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