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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1918
Page
4
A tall man compares his wife’s gift frenzy to a long endurance race as Christmas approaches. He narrates the relentless knitwork and embroidery, the rapid delivery of presents on December 23 and 24, and the tireless pace of the holiday preparations, ending with final push on Christmas Eve.
An aged miser helps a lost baby girl named Mary at a Christmas window. He grows softened by her innocence, buys gifts, and decides to take her home to find her parents, but she remains with him as a granddaughter. The act reveals how kindness reshapes a stony heart.
A narrator describes a wife arriving with a present, ringing a bell, and a maid answering. The scene escalates as a box is placed, a card is inserted, and wrapping paper seals the moment. The imagery emphasizes sudden action and the emotional tone of arrival.
A historical line urges readers to be merry at Christmas and show thanks by sharing feasts with neighbors, from the contrast of the great with the small, attributed to Thomas Lusser.
A commercial traveler offers Havanny cigars as a Christmas present to a Scottish manager who refuses bribes. The manager cites church membership and integrity, then counters with a nominal sale price. The traveler concedes, and the Scot agrees to buy two boxes.
A terse aphorism notes that goodwill among men is a prime necessity of reasonable living, attributed to an old Bennett.
Christmas as a universal children's day invites adults to abandon pretensions and recall childhood perspective. It reflects on memories of stockings, family warmth, and modest hopes, urging love and a warm heart to sustain Christmas for every child.
A Christmas greeting from sender to recipient line reads a wireless wish of good will. It says to you and yours along the line with love from me and mine.
Fragmentary reminiscence of a line about gifts and hidden necktie holders. The speaker jokes that a man with many neckwear collections received more for Christmas. Sparse context limits clarity about origin or event.
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