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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1940
Page
4
The article explains Italy’s Epiphany gift tradition with La Befana, an old woman who visits homes on January 6. Unlike Santa, she leaves presents for each child after a legend says she searched for the Christ Child after a call from kings at Bethlehem.
A brief history notes the first Christmas card was designed in 1846 by J C Horsley of the Royal Academy in London. Sir Henry Cole ordered a thousand hand colored cards to greet friends, sparking a national stir among temperance supporters before lithographed cards appeared.
Unsealed Christmas cards will carry one and a half cents postage and may bear simple nonpersonal inscriptions. Weight must not exceed two ounces and letters cannot be enclosed with Christmas packages on first class. Fourth class or parcel post allow greetings with identifying names. Books may bear nonpersonal dedicatories at one and a half cents per pound.
Fragmentary verse recalls crowds singing carols by fire in December. Henry W Longfellow inspired imagery of shepherds, nuns, and watchers warming hands as streets, rafters, and granges tremble with music. The poem laments cold, yet urges singing ever higher until night expires.
Bethlehem remains a hillside city six miles from Jerusalem famed for its flat roofs and narrow friendly streets. More Christians live there than in any other Palestine town, with shepherds seen on the hillsides and stars overhead.
A compact verse notes that mistletoe stirs romance among youth causing kissing to begin under its influence and proceed beyond its initial aid.
A speaker argues that Jesus Christ’s teachings and life stand as the world’s enduring miracle. He cites skepticism toward miracles, but insists the Master’s law of forgiveness reshaped humanity and remains central as Christmas approaches across churches in America and Europe.
Kathleen Norris urges a sober Christmas focusing on love and prayer for guidance. She argues peace comes when individuals imitate the Master’s humility and kindness, and warns that greed and hate threaten Europe and the world.
The note describes cheap clear material under 50 cents used to fashion a hat cover, underwear case, and two glove cases. Instructions outline cutting and assembly sketch directions. Bright blue bias tape and colored zippers match bindings and closures.
A one pound tin of Prince Albert tobacco is advertised as a gift for pipe and makings. The holiday package features colorful wrappers and a gift card, highlighted as a cooler burning tobacco and the National Joy Smoke. A tobacco dealer should have the gift tin on display for the season.
A quotation heavy note praises ideas over force. It claims thoughts are mightier than armies and asserts that principles win more victories than horsemen or chariots, credited to Paxton.
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