The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-12-28
Kenosha Has One of Most
Notable Celebrations in
History of the City.
THRONGS ATTEND CHURCHES
Poor Of the City Are Well Taken Care
of and Many Happy Reunions Held
in Kenosha Homes-Business Men Of
City Say Business Sets New Record.

With Christmas carols and Christ
mas sermons in many OF the Protest
ant churches and midnight masses in
all of the Roman Catholic churches of
the city, one of the most beautiful
Christmas days ever known in the his
tory of Kenosha was ushered in at
midnight Sunday. Homes in the city
were bright with Christmas cheer and
Christmas trees were Respondent with
lights in many happy homes while those
of more unfortunate circumstances
were not neglected and the coming of
Christmas proved merry hour for
every one in the city.
Bells were rung and throngs of hap
Ply young people paraded the streets
exchanging Christmas greetings and
singing Christmas songs. The only
thing lacking to make it an ideal
Christmas was big snow storm and
this the weather man is to blame for.
Christmas eve entertainments were
numerous in Kenosha and merry
crowds gathered at many homes ON
Sunday evening to await the coming
of the annual holiday of good will,
The happiness was not all confined
to the homes for when the Kenosha
merchants closed their doors at mid
night Saturday might they found their
stocks depleted and all along the street
it was declared to have been the great
est L hrlstnas business iii the history
Of Kenosha. Kenosha spent more
than 100000 on Christmas this year
and the business of the holiday sea-
son proved prosperous one to the
business men.
Express messengers and mail. car
riers worked all day Sunday delivering
the packages carrying Christmas joy
and on Christmas day they we're just
as busy. Notwithstanding the bust
ness at the postofffee was little late
in starting wagon loads of presents
were piled up on Christmas morning
and the amount of mail handled in the
last two days OF the rush will break
all records for the Office.
At the Christmas services held in
all the churches on Sunday evening
the story of the Christ child was told
again and it wSs given a setting of
beautiful music. The churches were
thronged at all the Christmas services
and at the midnight masses and serv-
ices the churches were filled to over
flowing.
It was an especially merry Christ
mas day for the poor of the city for
never in the history of Kenosha had
the needs of those people been so well
taken care of. Agents of the various
organizations worked until late Sun
day night seeking out homes that had
been forgotten and when the tired
workers finally stopped to aid in the
ringing Of the Christmas bells at mid
night Sunday night they declared that
there was not home in Kenosha into
which the Christmas spirit had not
gone in one form or another. Good
Fellows were very much in evidence
and even at the last minute when a
family was found that had been over
looked there were three or four men
ready to see that the Christmas tree
and toys were delivered.
The day was particularly glad day
for the children, for notwithstanding
tho fact that dinners were sent to
many of the homes, the children
were not overlooked and great packs
of toys went with che dinners. The
little girls that wanted the dolls got
them and the boys all had full sup
ply Of toys.
On Christmas day Kenosha business
men abandoned the stores entirely
and merry family reunions were held
at many of the homes in the city.
In all the day is declared to have
been the happiest Christmas ever spent
in Kenosha.