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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1899
Page
2
A scrambled column mocks fashion with hairpins on sidewalks and a joke about concealed weapons. An English doctor oddly links appendicitis to erasing logs. Bolivian trade and Vanderbilt house copyright rumors are teased. A reader notes a critic’s taste for short stories and dismisses a verbose tale as foolish.
The Rev Charles M Sheldon argues in Ladies Home Journal that integrity and faithfulness outrank wealth, while fashion trends push long dress trains toward extinction. Reports on a Philadelphia golf championship describe Hoyt halving a putt and Mrs Fox winning a hole, amid mixed views on dialect stories and golf popularity.
The Daily Bulletin reports a string of odd post office names from the government era. Story in Indian Territory appears special from Beef Creek, Norinx in Kentucky with Sister Mary Rosine Green as postmaster, and Okra in Mississippi with Drunken L Little. Other appointees include Eva Whitecotton Nyike Poortinga Raud Alfstar, and a new West Virginia post named Pad with Special ram Loousyrille.
A playful dated verse in a newspaper voice recounts Santa visiting Kit McDonough at Kitty's gate. It blends holiday whimsy with Nostalgic imagery and a light romantic tease, featuring a jolly Santa and a cascade of festive details.
Mildred and Mrs Windsor seek to brighten a small Christmas for seven by weaving a rainbow of gifts for each guest. In the days before Christmas they fill stockings with useful tokens, delight the guests, and end with a postscript from Santa Claus in the library.
A quiet Christmas evening unfolds with a mysterious figure lingering behind a closed room. Guests arrive reluctantly as holly and mistletoe brighten the dining area. A small Christmas tree sits at the table center, adorned with candles, flags, cornucopias, candies and miniature stockings. Bright ribbons stretch from a red and green ball to the table edges, adding festive flair. Holly decor suggests a traditional, intimate gathering.
A mysterious Postal Santa visits the Boston post office each year to settle postage on unpaid Christmas packages sent abroad or within the United States. Last year he covered over $20 in postage, aiding recipients who would otherwise be disappointed. this year he returns to repeat the deed. The piece ends noting the Druids' regard for mistletoe.
A fragmented verse depicts a merry yule scene where an artless youth and a maiden exchange a sprig of mistletoe. The maiden theatrically places the mistletoe in her hair as others observe with discreet murmurs in a dim conservatory among palms and orchids.
Guests at a library door gather around a decorated screen and a bushy Christmas tree as Mildred assigns color coded bags for each guest. Envelopes hidden inside bags reveal acrostic poems naming guests, sparking laughter as prizes include a toy watch and tin toy while explaining Christmas origins and the kiss tradition under mistletoe.
The piece explains the peacock as a favored Christmas bird among English ancestors, noting elaborate preparation by expert cooks and presentational flair with the bird's comb and spread tail. It cites a humorous exchange about the world's end predicted for next Christmas and mentions enormous England pudding production with vast egg use and pudding weight estimates.
Frayed moral verses warn against gifting excess and showy presents. Advice cautions debt, balance, and reciprocity while urging practical, modest choices over luxury and extravagance. It blends humor and prudence about gifts, wages, and social expectations during a holiday season.
A clipped essay on the Christmas card trend highlighting selected quotations as gifts. It notes Shakespeare Emerson Dickens and Stevenson lines, then laments Christmas customs, with a glance at ancient usages of evergreens and mistletoe as survivals from pagan rites.
A long held Devon and Cornwall belief lingered that at midnight on Christmas Eve cattle in stalls knelt in adoration of the Saviour while bees sang in their hives and bread baked then never grew mouldy.
Fragmentary verse style dialogue urges cautious holiday preparations. A playful speaker tells Timmy to adjust stockings before Santa or Cupid visit, implying festive chores and homey domestic humor.
Washington dispatches report General Otis confirming insurgents are weakening as American forces advance in Manila area. Mabini, ousted Aguinaldo as figurehead, is described as the insurgent’s guiding mind. Secretaries call Mabini’s capture and Mabini’s role pivotal in the rebellion’s leadership.
New York dispatch notes Col John F Gaynor, held on heavy bonds in federal indictment over Carter frauds, was divorced by his wife Thursday. Justice Giegerich granted the decree as Gaynor faced the criminal case hours after the decree. The divorce included $10,000 cash and alimony of $150 a month.
United States Minister Dudley cables Lima confirming Peru’s ratification of the extradition treaty negotiated with Peru. Republican Committee Changes report notes Senate Republicans adopt changes made by the committee on committees in Washington.
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