24 Dec 1892
Page 1
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Newspaper
Waycross Herald
Location
Waycross, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1892
Page
1
A catalog note lists fabrics and prices including Albatross 40 inches at 45 cents per yard, High Colors in Bedford Cord 38 inches at 45 cents, Best Quality Silk Warp Henrietta 46 inches at 98 cents per yard or 27 cents per pair, Fruit of the Loom Bleaching 4-4 at 8 cents, and Fine Quality Cambrics at 7 and one half cents.
An eccentric scene unfolds at Yalrtide with a pompous major and Flo discussing leaks and plans amid a parade of oddities. Sid remarks on the leaks while a peculiar visitor with a pointed nose and gray mustache debates friendliness, hinting at a faded Bracial Ames past and a dreamer’s drifting fate.
A disjointed reminiscence chronicles Cyril Thompson meeting a shy major, a penniless dreamer drawn to wealth, and a strained plan for a Christmas gathering. The major’s memories of a vanished life, marriage, divorce, and ambition haunt him as the two men navigate unlikely bonds and looming social tensions.
Christmas Eve scene shows a weary mother mending a torn dress as a rag doll soaks the child’s tears. The story shifts to the doll’s fate and the pauper’s child, ending with the doll discarded and forgotten as charity lingers in a harsh century. The later fragments touch on French cooks’ wealth, a hurt football player, and Bahamas pineapple farming.
Local sale advertises men's wool pants in good and best quality and feather ticking fabrics. It includes Henri etta fabric at 19 cents and 13 cents, with an early 20th century price tag implied for low cost textiles.
The article outlines practical holiday greenery care detailing selection and placement. It covers arranging holly and evergreen branches, layering and tying, positioning on mantels and shelves, and using ivy and plant vases. It warns against drying heat and suggests watering technique and dormancy timing for best display.
A fragmentary verse narrative portrays General Washington’s passage to the river ford and a farmer Parsons who halts the royal procession by asserting the right of way. Washington affirms Parsons as right, praising the citizen over rank. The piece closes with a stray note on tropical bilious fever and moving spores by a French physician.
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