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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1948
Page
8
Yule Crooks prey on Christmas goodwill, imitating charities and religious groups to fleece the public. Historic scams included fake Salvation Army outfits soliciting door to door. The briefing warns that such schemes divert millions, urging donations only to established, trusted charities such as the Red Cross and Community Chest.
A Swiss custom known as Singing at the Fountain by the Sebastiani Brotherhood in Rhein felden traces to 1540 during a plague. Twelve men sing at seven fountains on Christmas Eve starting at the Froschweide, dress in dark clothes and top hats, uncovering their heads when Christ is mentioned.
In the Middle Ages Christmas was a long season lasting from December 24 to January 6 or December 21 to February 2 in different lands. The extended celebrations grew so wild that Puritans banned Christmas in 1644 and it was reestablished by Charles II in 1678.
A fragment claims a wild boar taught humans to plow by rooting with tusks. It notes ancient reverence for the animal from pre Christian Druids to solstice rites and its continued role in festive meals due to its food value.
A reader advertisement offers Parolee crocheting instructions and stitch illustrations for crochet ing and embroidering letters for Pot Luck Holders pattern No. 5820. It requests 20 cents, name, address, and pattern number and adds a tip to identify children’s toothbrushes by writing the name on the handle and sealing with cello tape.
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