Yuletide Musings on Practical Gift Giving
A playful verse rejects strictly practical Christmas gifts. The speaker prefers the holiday mood to dictate gifts even if they are unwanted, promising to pass along any unneeded items with good humor.
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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1922
Page
4
Meanest Man in Missouri Editor Reveals Gossip
A Missouri editor, famed for his Social Gossip column, is cited as a candidate for the world's meanest man after publishing a remark about a young woman visiting her twin brother. The anecdote sparks amusement among readers, while other quirky lines touch on gifts, money lending, alarm clocks, and questions about marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
A Slight Misunderstanding and Tiny Tales
A collage of quick vignettes from daily life and shop talk shows light humor about aging shoppers, sales talk, and small miscommunications. snippets include a clerk quoting prices, jokes about books and fashion, a repair anecdote, and light verses about stoic admiration.
Small Ambition and Sarcasm in 19th Century Wit
A humorous vignette mocks self contentment and social vanity. It contrasts the idea of a man content with little with a bow legged girl who dislikes short skirts. It notes the office favors the man but often ruins him and cites advice to smile whenever possible to avoid facial damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Rummel
Office Cat Laughs and Curses in Wartime Snippet
A quirky collage of sayings and sketches features a wheezy humor about marriages, a tire theft misinterpretation, a furniture store man collecting payments, and a shy boy mocked by a dog. The piece lampoons American life with jest and local color through quick lines and cartoonish captions.
The Office Cat Comes to Town to Prowl
A humorous rhyme warns readers that Junius the Office Cat will expose secrets and scandals. It playfully taunts various misdeeds from infidelity to tall tales, urging caution as the cat prowls through town and jokes about exposing wrongdoings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junius
Christmas Eve at Plymouth 300 Years Ago
The Pilgrims kept watch on Christmas Eve as a fear of an Indian attack loomed. No man rested that day and guards stayed on shore. Beer ran low but Captain Jones allowed beer on the Mayflower Christmas night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captain Jones
The First Christmas Card Invention Disputed
The exchange of greeting cards at Christmastide is a recent custom. Claimants include Rev Edward Bradley known as Cuthbert Bede J C Horsley and W C T Dobson. Bede printed a design for circulation in 1846 and a Newcastle firm later stocked cards. Horsley designed a card in 1846 for Sir Harry Cobe. A thousand copies were printed and one survivor recently sold for £50. Some authorities credit Dobson as the first in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Bradley
Cuthbert Bede
J. C. Horsley
R. A
W. C. T. Dobson
Newcastle
Harry Cobe
Summerly
Old Bond Street
Dobson
Westminster Gazette
Celery Soup From Stalks To Creamy Serve
Begin with coarse outer celery stalks, scrub and cut small. Boil in water until tender, reserve the liquid. Mash the celery and return to water, boil ten minutes, then add a cup of celery water, hot milk, butter, and flour rubbed together. Season with salt and pepper, top with parsley and croutons.
The Christmas Spirit Reignites in Ellen's Charity Journey
Ellen doubted a true Christmas spirit amid scandal and cold crowds until a crippled newsboy's Salvation Army gift and a stranger's praise of her Christmas image revived her compassion. They fall in love, marry, and he cherishes her as the living Christmas spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen
Salvation Army
Ice Filled Well Becomes Perennial Local Curiosity
John Spotted Wolf and family drilled a well near their log cabin on the Cheyenne reservation in eastern Montana. Despite heavy clothing, cold conditions and rising water, the well froze at the top year round. In summer sun melts the cap, at night it refreezes, creating a permanent ice supply that draws tourists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Spotted Wolf
Montana
Mary
John
Better Than Dish Washing Taxi Lesson from Bryant Park
A passerby notes a New York Sun item about a taxi driver near Bryant Park who reads Plato Ruskin and Aristotle between fares. He says the job fits a student, with late starts, selective rush hours, and ample study time including Euclid and art history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryant Park
New York Sun
John Ruskin
Venice
Fisherman Encounters Fabled River Monster At Midetown
A Middletown resident reports a large bass leaping from the Wallkill River into his boat as he smoked a cigarette, allegedly mistaking the light for a belly. Similar sightings are said to have occurred before.
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Middletown
N. Y
Wallkill River
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