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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1903
Page
4
Rodney Burke eyes a tobacconist window for a pipe for his father but has no money. A philanthropist gives five dollars to buy the pipe and tobacco. Burke later smokes the pipe with a makeshift Eskimo hut crowd and narrowly deflects blame by blaming his mother.
One of history’s famous Christmas trees stood at Windsor Castle in the early 1940s. It stood forty feet tall and drew attention not for height but for gifts valued at 45,000 dollars, equivalent to the output of 9,000 acres of forest land.
The poem depicts a suburbanite fleeing to a warm lair as Boreas scatters snowflakes and a trolley glides through slush. A rosy butcher’s boy slops through the slush while a hailstorm scars the pane. The speaker hides in bed and dreams of summer.
The Louisville Courier Journal reflects on Jenny Lind’s triumphs in America with simple airs like Comin Through the Rye. It compares Burns songs and ragtime, arguing simple melodies bring pleasure without displacing higher art, and stresses balance of melodrama and lighter stage facets.
A humorous Christmas anecdote recalls a farmer’s coin toss game where a clever survivor loses a tail but keeps his head. The farmer’s wager reverses fate, leaving the narrator head intact and tail gone.
How to repurpose turkey leftovers into dishes like turkey salad croquettes patties and layered cranberry molds. Includes instructions for turkey salad with celery eggs and oil or butter, croquettes with bread crumbs and cream, and patties in pastry shells. Also notes seasonal charity trees and warm reflections on reunions and goodwill.
An elderly generous woman plans to change her gift giving this Christmas after repeatedly receiving few thanks for thoughtful presents. She notes that low cost items bought in a hurry failed to elicit appreciation and decides to teach others a lesson by rethinking her approach to giving.
The excerpt reflects on Christmas joy for the aged who lived rightly and the sadness of sins remembered. It notes spirits being powerless during the season, yet the young enjoy unclouded bliss with Saint Nicholas and Santa Claus as two patron saints guiding festive cheer.
The article recalls a post Christmas England custom where a straw heap is lit and a man is hung by a rope to swing until near death. Afterward he tours with a cap to collect alms, a practice chroniclers describe as spectators' gifts. It notes the era's appetite for profitable ventures and wonders why no one has imported this practice.
The London Chronicle notes robber bees disturb bee communities as autumn marauders raid hives. They kill occupants and steal honey in hours, with one case showing home bees killed in a couple of hours. Old straw skips once protected hives better than modern top knives that break combs.
An eccentric English nobleman drove a team of red deer to a light coach when a pack of staghounds appeared on the road from London to Brighton. The chase to Newmarket wrecked the coach and its driver, forcing Lord Orford to switch to horses thereafter.
British artist William Simpson recalls Balaklava sketches during the Crimean campaign. Lord Cardigan eyed the early work with a vacant stare and declared it all wrong. Simpson persisted, earning Cardigan’s admiration after refining the final drawing to feature the commander prominently.
Two men discuss an owed sum with Trotter admitting he had forgotten the debt and Bailaw confessing fear of a reminder. The exchange ends with an apology and reassurance that the money issue troubled no one.
The piece outlines a global hair market focusing on natural hair quality and origins. It notes Germany and Sweden as top sources for fine golden blond hair, Italy providing coarser varieties, and silver gray hair as highly prized yet rare. Peasant girls in Russia and Galicia supply most of the world’s hair, with regional markets in Bohemia Moravia and Galicia.
Abraham Lincoln faced two rival hatmakers who both claimed credit for hats he wore. When both visitors arrived at the same time, he held each hat in a hand and declared that the hats mutually surpass each other, delivering a genial, witty reply that pleased everyone.
A fragmentary account describes Arabian infant practices including brown powder on newborns, painted eyelids, tight calico wraps, blue bead hoods to ward off the evil eye, and a six week hair weighing ritual with a silver or gold gift to the poor. A verse from the Koran is kept in a charm. medical mishaps are hinted at and a reader laments the treatment as harsh.
A terse dialogue notes that many heroes are married men with a line from the New Yorker to frame the idea. The exchange emphasizes marriage as a common trait among heroes and features named speakers Sillicus Have and Inlcus Sir.
A schoolmaster quips that while you cannot remove wrinkles you can erase a frown by turning worry into laughter.
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