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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1906
Page
6
A humorous verse describes Santa delivering gifts in a Salt Lake City home. He climbs the chimney through smoky air to find numerous stockings labeled with many names and ages. A line about Utah’s market for children’s rattles and teething rings appears, ending with a judge’s note.
A critic notes mistletoe as a key Christmas plant once sacred and tied to holiday rites. The piece mentions a superstition that a girl not kissed under mistletoe may delay marriage, and recalls historical links to Scandinavian lore and ancient religious traditions.
In Boston Socrates Bulginbrow quotes a Baltimore American line about a bovine leap over a night light. He jokes that cows of that era would need strength akin to today’s fleas, illustrating a playful reflection on verse and science.
In a dialect reminiscence Mammy Minerva recounts giving Jim a goat for Christmas to a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals gathering. Jim and the goat played rough, Jim lost his temper, and he butted the goat almost to death.
The Brook lyn Citizen reports a scene where the head of a firm tells Mr. Penwiper to give the office boy a couple of dollars for Christmas and the bookkeeper suggests a New Year gift after sending him with a telegram, noting the boy may miss Christmas.
Crowds fill the Madeleine as Christmas Eve rituals unfold with lights, music, and prayers. A vast interior erupts in a powerful organ blast that moves the crowd to tears, while the city hums with car horns, hoofbeats, and December nightlife.
The Shetland islanders descend from Norsemen and observe Yule as a sun season at the winter solstice. The rite, called Hjul or Yule, centers on the sun’s return and governs daily life from turning ships and mills to propitiating fairies. The period is marked by rest and strict observance, with superstitions guiding behavior.
At a Vienna visit, Wagner faced a planned German protest serenade tied to Hungary Austria tension. Chancellor Beust showed autographs and an old 1848 proclamation by Wagner, hinting at possible trouble. Wagner departed for Bayreuth the next morning.
The article notes wampum beads are valued by certain tribes and worn by all ages. It describes shell types used, steps to shape drill and grind beads, and the rarity of skilled makers who travel long distances for materials. It mentions ancient ruins in the southwest possibly linked to early bead deposits.
A description explains a jar experiment where a mushroom placed over water and exposed to sunlight absorbs oxygen from the air. The resulting carbonic acid dissolves in water, raising the water level to one-fifth of the jar, then the mushroom dries but can revive when a green plant is added, drawing oxygen from the fresh plant.
A Guam Christmas celebration impressed American observers with native joy and abundant entertainments. A floating decorated Christmas tree paraded through Agana streets drawn by six plumed mules, with outriders and a native band, as Santa Claus handed out gifts.
On Christmas day a child named Mary contemplates eating more bread and milk after her mother pressures her. The scene ends with the child fearing she will grow a humpback in her stomach like grandpa, a line attributed to Lippincott s.
A Philadelphia Press excerpt shows a new clerk asking for higher pay. His employer counters that years of work are needed to truly understand the business, implying patience and experience before true insight is earned.
A regional exchange reflects on holiday gifts. Billy recalls receiving only a jackknife and a sled while Tommy lists a small stock of modest items including clothes, overcoat, hat, underclothes, a poetry book, stockings, gloves, collars, cuffs, and a few other modest gifts.
Dialogic verse shows two young men asking the daughters to marry them and the father insisting on meeting them first. The exchange highlights family prerogatives and young romance in a humorous domestic scene.
A playful exchange shows a doctor diagnosing a slight fever and thick tongue coating while the patient reacts with eager curiosity about the remedy, in a light humorous style.
A note warns that mistletoe hanging places should be kept intact as a fall could bring bad luck. It stresses superstition about the plant remaining fixed.
Quote attributed to Schopenhauer stating that reading equals thinking through another person’s perspective rather than one’s own. This reflection connects to intellectual influence and personal interpretation.
A Vienna court tale recounts bandit Schoenenburg requesting pardons for his four companions if he could walk after beheading. The headless corpse rises, traverses to each condemned man, then falls lifeless, prompting the query how a headless body could think.
James H. Collins notes in Atlantic how a struggling writer who arrived in New York built an epic by slicing a long work into short fragments and selling humor at high prices. He recalls a rival who turned to writing a practical handbook Where to Eat In New York and dined at cafés for a month to prepare it, aided by the publisher.
The text argues that education should fit men for any public role, from army to pulpit or bar. It asserts nature allocates humans to humane service and that a well educated pupil can discharge duties in all offices tied to humanity, with Rousseau cited as supporting the idea.
The article outlines parliamentary decorum: a member must not wear a hat while speaking or entering or leaving. When the speaker mentions a bill the member lifts his hat. If his name is named in a speech he lifts his hat, and even if bare headed he must seize a hat, put it on, then lift it.
A remarkable effect of tobacco smoke on color is noted for the field scabia Knautia arvensis. Held in tobacco smoke, its purplish blue blossoms change to a bright green, matching the color of the leaves, a phenomenon observed on hills and commons from August to October.
A Philadelphia Press account recalls a warning from a terrified victim who doubted the old elevator’s safety. The operator retorts that the danger lay in the descent, implying the ascent seemed safe until disaster struck.
A cheeky exchange shows two physicians debating heredity as one asks if the patient has inherited trouble and the other confirms. The first physician hopes to hand the case to his son, reflecting period views on medical lineage.
A brief epigraph quotes It is well for one to know more than he says attributed to Plautus, reflecting on prudence and discretion in speech.
A Woodbury New Jersey advertiser offers a two cent postage paid wooden and glass German Syrup and August Flower Puzzle. The puzzle aims to amuse and perplex all ages and is described as difficult but solvable by instruction.
Local listing shows 5e pill boxes with 40 pills and 100 pill boxes sold by Fox in Wisconsin. Pricing set at 25 cents per box.
The article lists city officials including Mayor W. O. Hikh, Treasurer Nels Lee Verk, Assessor L. H. Lita, and Police Chief R. A. Hering, with the designation Thief or Police in the source text. The names appear as the primary figures guiding municipal governance.
Local political notes show L. M. Ulausan seeking victory against HB Kenneid for secretary and HB Hecioe vying for vice president roles in a contest shaping the party slate.
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