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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1891
Page
6
In this department flannels priced at 22c with a 50c tag. 54 pieces in flannel at 38c, other goods at 50c. Special offer drives Henriettas at 25c and up. New novelties listed at 75c, worth $1.
A reflective 1891 Christmas prayer seeking divine aid for the sorrowful, captives, and neglected souls. It asks peace for the prisoner, healing for the ill, comfort for the lonely, and relief for the tormented and starving, ending with a plea for rest for the afflicted.
A father tells his children a Christmas tale about a Pony Engine at Fitchburg depot and a family of locomotives. The story centers on an orphan Pony Engine, its brave mother, a drowned father, and dreams of growing into a passenger locomotive, with the children prompting and reacting.
A Papa tells two children a rambling tale of a Pony Engine craving glory. It imagines swerves, a nightmare locomotive, and a dramatic chase across plains to the Sierra, with trains, wolves, and a hopeful dash toward San Francisco.
In a tale retold by William Dean Howells in Harper’s Young People, a brave Pony Engine chases the Pacific Express from Boston toward San Francisco. The trainspersona adventures cross tunnels, quarrels with other locomotives, and ends tragically as the pony engine dives into the Pacific. The father closes with a moral about obedience.
In a New York Tribune snippet, Tommy pleads to fight with neighbor Jimmy Jones over whose mother is nicer. His mother scolds him and orders a Christmas tree purchase, a scene ending with a policeman threatening to intervene if the fighting continues.
A collage of holiday poetry and notes on leap year customs. It discusses romantic rituals linked to February 29 and legends from Rome and Scotland, along with playful lines about Christmas lights and gift ideas. IsaBel A. Mallon signs off.
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