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Newspaper
Weekly Wisconsin
Location
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1885
Page
12
Fragmented OCR yields a rustic tableau with references to October days, brown fields, rink ground, hedges, and a waning sky. The piece evokes farm life, harvest textures, and a distant chorus of voices or a rural refrain.
In Clifton an elderly charity tale unfolds as Mrs Wentworth and others discuss New suits and school needs for local children. The Sewing Society, aided by Mrs Cash and Mr Harding, plans gift garments and presents while balancing dignity and aid, with Mrs Wentworth volunteering to collect donor names and funds.
In a grim urban tenement, Grandma Wentworth and fellow volunteers raise a Christmas aid drive for the Lester family. Boxes, clothes, and toys arrive while Mrs Lester reflects on hardship and hope. Santa arrives in spirit as the children receive new garments, footwear, and dolls, transforming their fortunes and renewing the parents' resolve.
A reflective essay extols keeping faith in hope and beauty despite skeptics. It contrasts cautious wisdom with the human desire for wonder, urging endurance through life’s storms by embracing the enduring stars, hills, and valleys rather than dismissing all dreams. It defends the glamour of aspiration against existential doubt.
The piece notes three former White House social leaders from before the Republican era: Mrs Polk of Nashville Tennessee, Mrs Tyler of Richmond, and Mrs Harriet Lane Johnston. It describes Mrs Tyler as a brilliant 57 or 38 year old woman living in Richmond, and recalls Mrs Johnston’s loss of husband and two children and her role presiding at the White House.
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