Centuries of Christmas Observance Reflected in Customs
The piece traces how Christmas evolved from a mixed pagan Christian festival to a major religious holiday. It notes changes in calendars, Dutch and English influences, and the decline of stagecoaches, plus Irving’s sketches and evolving customs such as gifting, Santa, and living trees promoted by civic groups.
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Europe
Christ
Bethlehem
New Amsterdam
Virginia
New England
England
Father Christmas
Santa Claus
Washington Irving
Orient
Melchair
Caspar
Balthazar
Society For the Prevention
Uncle Sam
Chamber of Commerce
Boy Scouts
National Plant, Flower and Fruit Guild
New York City
The Happy Home Stairways of Old Time Charm
Margaret Bruce laments dull modern stairways and praises antique designs. She recalls colonial stair rails with graceful curves and contrasts them with straight bulky modern rails. She cites a remodelled General Grant era house showing how period-style ironwork preserves elegance.
Year round window box charm for seasons
Home makers can enjoy four season color in window boxes. Start with spring daisies pansies and follow with jonquils daffodils narcissus then summer geraniums petunias ageratum and trailing vines. In fall switch to dwarf French marigolds and in winter use small evergreens to keep a green display.
Glass House Plans and New Steel Breakthroughs
Reports note glass house concepts under discussion by specialists. Electric welding is supplanting riveters on steel structures. A Swiss inventor Mosshard claims a new steel is 40 percent lighter and could cut construction costs by about 30 percent. The codfish season may yield over 9 million eggs.
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Mosshard
Now I Am Well and the Mother of Two Children
A brief feature profiling a person who recovers from illness and life with two children. The piece emphasizes resilience and communal support in a small town context.
Pe-ru-na credited by Minnesota reader as cure for chronic catarrh
Mrs. Anna Linder of Dassel Meeker County Minnesota reports two years of chronic catarrh conquered after using Pe-ru-na. She praises the medicine as essential and affordable and notes its long history of use by Dr Hartman. She urges insisting on genuine Peruna.
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Anna Linder
Box
Dassel
Meeker County
Minn
Oakland
Nebr
Anglo American Drug Co
Sec
Dave's Mentha Pepsin Promises Fast Digestive Relief
Advertisement-style copy touts Dave's Mentha Pepsin as a real stomach medicine. It claims quick relief from gas belching and indigestion and suggests trying one bottle with a money back guarantee if it does not help. It emphasizes chronic cases may require two or three bottles and urges readers to ask their druggist.
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Dave
The Doctor’s Rounds Across City Professions
A brief poem notes a doctor observing patients after work with lines on the ragman painter banker pugilist and progress through signs of strain and recovery. The verse captures everyday trades and the human condition in brisk, observational cadence.
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City of
David
Christ the Lord
Son of God
John Dickinson Sherman
Bouguerreau
St. Luke's
Lord
David's Town
Savior
Yorkshire
Florida
Dad
Iith Altave
Margaret Bruce
Motrin Trent TN Nen
Spohn's
Spohn’s
Spohn Medical CO
Goshen
Ind
Infante
Anglo-American Drug CO
Fulton Street
New York
Parker
Tiscox Chem W
Hiscox Chemical
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