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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1923
Page
7
A lively Christmas parlor game described for a circle of players. One side blindfolded guards chairs, the other moves to fill vacant seats. On sing, unblindfolded players sing to disguise voices while blindfolded guess their right-hand neighbor. Correct guesses free the seeker, wrong guesses continue with one guess per turn.© 1923 Western Newspaper Union.
A short prose vignette describes a poor but content woman praised for inner wealth. She endures pity from passersby yet remains serene, grateful for health, a simple fireside, modest income, and faith in the future, as Katherine Edelman is cited.
A fragmentary Christmas note evokes a festive mood with garbled phrasing about joy and celebration, referencing bells and dressing waves and a seasonal greeting.
Katherine Edelman extols Christmas magic as a universal force that lifts people above themselves. The piece urges giving love and service to others, claiming personal happiness grows when self is buried in helping others and happiness endures beyond the season.
A nostalgic note praising mailmen who go house to house with cards calendars and gifts during Christmas. It emphasizes their cheerfulness hard work and significant contribution to spreading joy and asks readers to show appreciation for their Christmastime efforts.
An English writer describes the Yule log as a massive rugged piece of wood carried from the forest amid shouts and laughter. In the great hall, each family member salutes it, sings a Yule song, and toasts a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
In a 1923 Western Newsp tale, Aunt Mehitable, famed for vivid imagination, invents troubles by trying to straighten things. George frets over his mistimed stare, suspects a Christmas present, and after a tense morning, relents as Aunt Mehitable receives a playful new nightcap from the moment.
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