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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1884
Page
4
Poem-seeming lines describe a couple facing a fast divorce while two lawyers attend the scene. The first eve finds them hopeful by a yule log, but the current eve reveals tension as she seeks a quick divorce and he drinks.
A moonlit snow man smokes a pipe as children expect Santa to visit. He watches the Christmas tree glow through a window and laughs at Saint Nicholas's chimney arrival before a final dramatic, fragile end.
On Christmas Eve a hurried crowd carries gifts toward home while a lonely grandpa gazes from his window. He envisions his fallen son and a heavenly visitation, then awakens to a family scene and learns he has died in the night.
A frostbitten forest tale follows a young Christmas tree confident it will please Santa and join a festive party, while the Old Oak mocks its green outlook and the Woodman arrives to harvest the tree for a yearly Christmas honor.
A Broadway firm with a Bridgeport toy factory highlights season favorites and new mechanized novelties. Illuminated by walking dolls, a smoking man, stump orators, and Home Guards wood soldiers, they report brisk sales and inventive display items for children.
The piece describes making holiday trims from fir and hemlock, constructing vine like garlands, arch adornments, and wreaths with mosses and bittersweet. It highlights family collaboration with Bridget and children, the joy of a shared project, and teaching children cooperative craft as a moral good.
A Philadelphia Call reprint recounts how siblings Tom and George feather the tale of a widow in Chicago and her stocking. Harry helps the widow by sawing firewood while Tom and George reform after hearing of the widow’s loneliness and a plan to place coal in her stocking on Christmas Eve.
The article traces Santa Claus to Celtic and Pagan origins, noting echoes in the eastern and western traditions, and links the name to the Gothic word for child and son. It asserts that in the Middle Ages Santa was seen as Jesus in birth and blessing, with Germany retaining the festive belief in visits to Christian families on Christmas Eve.
A young lady visitor at a residence hears unearthly sounds from the basement and learns that the half footman Willyam screams and yells to steady his nervous system when the family is away, while attempting to return to normal condition during off hours.
A summary of Roman rule from AD 14 to 313 noting fifty seven emperors with twenty three assassinated and several killed in battle murdered by soldiers or by others. It suggests the empire would not be a good life insurance risk due to frequent violent ends.
Reprint recalls a Portland gathering forming The Children's Christmas Club. Six hundred poor children were to receive a Christmas tree and dinner. A hundred children from various Sunday schools pledged to help, with a motto Freely ye have received freely give and a ten cent annual membership. The first festival planned for December 28 1882 at City Hall.
The author notes that modern children receive far more presents at Christmas and birthdays than their fathers did, highlighting a broad cultural shift over forty years. The piece calls this growth in sentiment a sign of social progress and hopes the custom endures.
A collage of holiday sayings and jokes about Christmas cards gifts and buying habits. It notes the thrift in selecting presents early and mocks overindulgence while sharing vintage quips about Santa Claus stockings and yuletide behavior across diverse voices.
Miss Nellie Kent of Wellington Ohio reports marked relief from catarrh bronchitis and neuralgia after one month on Peruna. A Chicago clinician cites Dr Hartman’s remedy restoring senses in a patient with long untreated catarrh. A Kanawha County shopper and Coshocton Ohio doctor endorse Peruna for cramps and gastric distress.
A series of testimonials from Rev A J Merchant and others from Meadville Rochester Fredonia Hamlet praise Dr Fenner's Kidney and Back-ache Cure for quick relief and cures of kidney and related ailments. Advertises cures of kidney disease bladder and heart related issues and lists a 25 cent Has Cough Cure from Johnson and Siegfried.
A child asks to hang a stocking with a piano inside on Christmas Eve and the mother warns that asking such a thing could lead others to think she is a Chicago girl. The exchange reveals playful tension and regional stereotype.
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