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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1909
Page
3
A collage of festive quotations and biblical excerpts from Stevenson Dickens Mabie Van Dyke Deland Irving and others. The piece weaves holiday sentiment with Christian themes and moral reflections on generosity, faith, and the meaning of Christmas across centuries.
Theodore Roosevelt recalls a December ranch hunt for deer with his foreman. They trek across a thawing river and hunt a whitetail buck and young doe, packing the meat home after a dramatic ice crossing. A final ice crash ends their triumphant return with Christmas dinner.
Riis voices skepticism about modern holiday trees in Yale circles. He laments electric lights and costly ornaments, preferring wax candles and homemade decorations for a more wholesome, traditional display.
In Worcestershire and Staffordshire England the belief endures that a silver sacrament shilling, obtained by gathering pennies from a dozen maidens and exchanged at a parish church on Christmas morning, cures any illness when hung around the neck of the sick person.
The article describes German villages and Dutch towns devoting midsummer to Christmas toy production. By August depots overflow with toys such as clowns puppets drums and wooden horses. Travelers begin shipping samples as corn nears harvest time. In Holland May through August sees everyone making dolls and outfits as part of a large seasonal industry.
Abundant 1909 harvests lift Canadian West as farmers gain $100 million from wheat plus $60 million from oats and barley and additional returns from other crops and stock. American settlers flood in, rail expansion accelerates, and prairie provinces report record elevator and mill capacity as land surveys and homesteads attract widespread immigration.
Miss Martha Sherwood told a teacher institute that sad stories have no place in public schools and urged use of humorous tales to make children laugh. She argued laughter grows children and shapes contented adults with sunny outlooks.
Loss of appetite and lassitude signal weakened vitality. A well known physician advises improving appetite and digestion with a homemade bitters mix of Balmwort and Sarsaparilla in whiskey. Mix one ounce balmwort, one ounce syrup sarsaparilla compound to half pint whiskey and take a tablespoonful three to six times daily. Also acts as a tonic and system cleanser.
Dialogue fragments show a playful exchange with a character labeled Judge and a couple calling affectionately to each other. The scene includes the line Oh custard pie and a question about love, suggesting a lighthearted moment amid formal setting.
Mrs Matilda Holtert of Providence recommends Allen's Foot-Ease as essential relief for aching feet. The advertisement claims rapid comfort for tired feet and notes the product is sold by all druggists for 25 cents with today’s availability.
A married man faces a court case noting behavior that could lead to a small leniency in his sentence. The proceedings discuss prospects of a reduced term based on conduct.
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