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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1920
Page
2
A judge proposes a satirical Christmas program to mock those opposing Santa Claus. He plans to stage a mock gift exchange showing a mother battered by bad gifts to urge audience thought on child welfare and parental behavior. The piece aims to provoke reflection rather than present a real plan.
A holiday note urges embracing the season’s spirit of loving and giving as children receive letters and tokens from home. It reassures that Santa Claus comes for all children, good or not, and encourages teaching kids the joy of thoughtful giving over expense.
The account recalls Christmas first observed in year 08 and celebrated as a solemn feast by 187. Pope Telesphorus decreed universal celebration. Diocletian once ordered Christians to leave their church and burn the building, killing six hundred worshippers.
A thrift minded piece argues holidays tempt us less than we think and invites readers to study Santa Claus’s features, noting he wears the same old clothes he has worn for years. The tone is inkeeping with a period newspaper’s gentle, humorous instruction to readers.
In a reflective walk home from school, Jane and Florence consider hardship and hope. With their father's strike keeping work scarce and their mother ill, they resolve Christmas spirit comes from hearts not presents, planning to share faith and care despite poverty.
A fragment discusses Puritans and Quakers opposing mince or Christmas pie. It notes clergymen should abstain from it and includes Bickerstaffe's remonstrance. The piece contrasts a sirloin of beef served whole with minced beef folded with plums and sugar, claiming change in its moral property and suitability for the master.
A fanciful portrait of Santa Claus living far away with a snowy horse and elves busy in a hilltop house. The elves create countless cakes sugar plums and toys to fill the stockings of young girls and boys during Christmas time.
Societies organize pledge against giving gifts outside unmet families to curb Christmas giving and temperance. reformers should not enforce views by law. The Tacoma Ledger warns many issues should be remedied without legislation.
Dick and Jimmy visit their grandmother and say prayers. Jimmy loudly asks for Christmas presents. Dick retorts why pray so loud, the Lord isn’t deaf. Jimmy backstage whispers that grandma listens.
An old family reminiscence describes a playful Christmas pageant with children acting out Santa Claus and the gifts tradition. Laughter and nods replace speaking parts as parents guide the game, ending with the dramatic “reindeer” return and the reveal of Santa Claus in costume.
A reflective call to preserve Christmas spirit year round. It urges brotherhood and fellowship beyond December, encouraging kind words, helping others, and gratitude for blessings and freedoms, envisioning a peaceful, universal law future.
Poetic Christmas verse urging a heart to return to Bethlehem. It speaks of peace, ceasing envy and grief, and hearing the angels. The refrain invites the reader back to the manger where light remains and the star glows.
The article discusses how workers historically stop work for Christmas, noting a dying period of celebration. It describes Eslenida as Christina eve festivities where peasants gathered at noble houses, sang carols, and collected coins tossed from windows. It adds a masquerade simulating animals to recall the Christ child’s humble birth.
Simple home made gifts include hemmed handkerchiefs with embroidery, gloves from denim or canvas, night slippers for stairs, and a knit or woolen corset cover. A worn sweater can become a dress or bonnet with minimal cutting, mittens from wool, a child's fur muff rim, and a fur scarf edge. An invalid friend receives cheer on Christmas day.
A terse line from an unidentified speaker refers to a rough encounter and a threatened beating linked to a juvenile suspect. No verifiable details, names, or dates are provided in the fragment.
Poetic note urges belief in Santa Claus and similar figures as a joyful ritual. Emphasizes happiness, religion, and cultural tradition tied to Christmas celebrations for children.
A garbled wartime style fragment hints at a Christmas wish scene. The dialogue suggests a child narrator referencing a wagon journey author in a rural setting. Names and precise details are unreadable in the OCR fragment.
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