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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1885
Page
4
A sick man in a hospital whispers of letters from home and promises to return home for Christmas. In dreams he recalls youth and fishing, then wakes to say he is ready for the first train. He reflects on a house that will fulfill all orders and, in the end, makes a round trip home for Christmas.
A brake man recalls a Christmas ruined by tragedy as his wife and child Dixie suffered from exposure after a failed telegram. The pair travel with the engineer, the whistle signalling the next stop. Dixie’s death marks the family memory at the holiday.
The Brooklyn Eagle praises home made gifts as the height of affection and patience. It notes a husband or father relaxing by a glowing grate in an elegant dressing gown and slippers crafted by loving hands, feeling warmth and appreciation for the careful stitches.
An 1800 year old Chinese craft mentions provincial varieties of paper including rice paper resembling wool and silk. It describes compressed pith sheets cut spirally, and the use of funeral papers such as paper window frames doors and yard long visiting cards. A British envoy to Pekin was presented with a giant Emperor’s visiting card spread on the floor.
The article surveys German Christmas tree displays emphasizing room background and clever ornaments over heavy toys. It describes rooms draped in crimson and gold, white muslin backdrops, and trees lit with colored candles. Notable ideas include snow effects with white cotton and powdered glass, red dyed corn kernel holly, and musical friezes of muslin flowers.
A New York Mail and Express reporter learns dealers predict fine Christmas and New Year cards. Sketches on white cards feature landscapes yachts and sporting themes drawn by young city artists for extra pocket money. A second style uses antique covered books with poems and bronze pearl decorations.
Daniel Webster bought the Washington medals after reading an advertisement in the Intelligencer around 1824 or 1825. Judge Bushrod Washington, administrator of George Washington, had auctioned similar items among heirs, with Lawrence Lewis’s line eventually holding them. Webster bequeathed the medals to Peter Harvey, who in 1874 gave them to the Massachusetts Historical Society, now stored in its fireproof hall.
The widow of Washington discovers her physician suitor abandons her for a younger beauty. The fifty two year old doctor marries a eighteen year old bride on Christmas morning amid pomp. The widow replies with poised theatrics and silent farewell to the couple.
BeechER CopeLand lists Walter A Wood enclosed gear mowing machines priced at 65 dollars with a reaper attachment option. Walter A Wood enclosed gear mower at 63 dollars and Meadow King mower at 60 dollars. Other items include spring-tooth harrows at 20 dollars, Oliver chilled plows, Gowanda and Remington plows parts, seeders, cultivators, Tiger steel-tooth hay rake, Buckeye drill, wagon lines, fencing, cement, paint, cooking stoves, and Paris Range stoves all at cash-friendly prices.
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