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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1927
Page
10
A shy maiden runs an economy shop and promises a free toy to the fifty youngest customers before Christmas. On the eve, a crowd gathers at four o clock, bringing genuine thanks as a kindly white haired candy shop owner resembles Santa and shares his wares.
More and Miss Watkins share Christmas joy as Santa Claus from across the street playfully suggests they team up for life. Miss Watkins blushes and agrees, surprised but pleased, in a playful exchange attributed to Florence Harris Wells.
In 1926 Frank Herbert Sweet explains how to tell Christmas trees apart. He contrasts spruce with stiff needles, hemlock with flat needles, and fir with undersides also parted. Pines and cedars are noted for variety and scent.
Mary Graham Bow ber recalls a towns Christmas program that united residents and nearby families with a concert by the village band, lighted trees, and free hot soup and biscuits, describing a festive week from Christmas to New Year’s as the town’s best shared moment.
Poem praising the red white and blue flag as heroes bled for it and purity kept it white, written by the late George Harper of Frankfort Kentucky on Armistice Day's first anniversary.
Readers debate the newspaper's religious and political coverage while a portion of the audience questions Adam's role, noting mixed reactions and half-hearted alignment with the paper's positions.
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