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Upper Des Moines Republican in Algona, Iowa

13 Dec 1905

Page 16

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Upper Des Moines Republican

Location

Algona, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 13, 1905

Page

16

Why the Sexton Rang for Christmas

Bargle the village sexton rebuffs visitors and rigidity clashes with a haunting Christmas event. A grieving Alice returns with her child seeking forgiveness, and a ghostly bell tolls. Bargle confronts his past as the rescued family reunites with the vicar, the doctor, and the bell chapel’s ceiling. A pair of merry, unintended bell ringers reveal a deeper reckoning.

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Bargle Sexton Peridale Bargia Bargie Alice Tondon Amos Barge Belfry Dperldale Crie James Young
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Christmas Trials Of A Family Man

A bemused man laments Christmas gifts from home as his family turns gift production into a factory. He endures clutter, homemade bric a brac, and artistic pans while recounting the strain on home life and his own boredom with the season. The other man consoles with a shrug, noting dining out offers a break from domestic chaos.

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A Pauper Plutocrat Christmas Tale of Drayton

Jack Drayton, a penniless man with a $5,000 check, faces a bleak Christmas as he tries to settle debts with landlady Mrs Steinhauser, shopkeepers Jorkins and Dibbs, and relatives. After a night of scheming and near exposure, he goes to the bank on Friday to clear the accounts and discovers wealth cannot by itself cure debt. The episode ends with Drayton’s realization that money cannot buy peace of mind.

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Notion Jack Alick Tva Carlton Prince’s Brighton Perhana Jorkins Mr. Jorkins Mr. Jerkins Mr. Jorking Vic Drayton Fai Jatskina Jerkins Dibbs Mr. Dibbs Hoe Banka Steinhauser Drayton
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BY A.st.john Adcock Kankakee Asylum H. M. Walbrook
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