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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1929
Page
3
In a florist shop window a Christmas cyclamen moves a story of love and separation. Actor Jack Corwin, estranged from his family, purchases the plant to send a message to his wife as Myra Gordon learns of his plan and his happiness returns with the thought of reunion.
The first observance of Christmas on December 25 emerged mid fourth century. Early Christians rejected birth dates as pagan, delaying a settled nativity date.
A passage recalls the birth of the Prince of Peace and describes two millennia of worldwide celebration through charitable giving across Christendom.
In Armenia and Syria the lamb is the chief Christmas dish. A whole sheep is barbecued for the family meal and stuffed with boiled rice pine seeds and raisins.
The source notes Christmas in France is observed primarily as a religious occasion with secular revelry and gift exchange reserved for a later time. The tone emphasizes solemn observance over festive indulgence.
West Texas Museum reports Edwin F Coffin conducted four months of archaeological work in Bee Cave Canyon Brewster County Texas under Cambridge University Museum and the Museum of the American Indian. Finds include sandals bone tools gourds corn nets pottery fragments and possible pottery fragments while cave burials reveal woven skins and fiber cords. The project benefited from West Texas Historical and Scientific Society assistance with specimen transfer planned.
B K Townsend curator of the museums looks forward to receiving promised returns as Mr Coffin has filed his report. The item titled Sul Ross Skyline is referenced as part of the ongoing collection development.
Jack McFarland, once an Alpine boy, now represents Kino grams at San Antonio. He was among photographers sent to Laredo last week to photograph the Calles Valls air, Sales books. The Avalanche lists sales books priced affordably nationwide. Call 5.
Ramsey's Austin Nursery in Austin Texas advertises a catalog of the best trees and plants including four recat trees that provide shade and food and live for generations. Free catalog offered.
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