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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1931
Page
18
The article discusses gift jewelry across budgets from costly pieces like diamond tiaras and platinum settings to affordable novelties. It notes how choice reflects the wearer’s style and occasion, with watches and cigarette cases as popular items, and emphasizes rings and stone settings in various metals.
A holiday themed questionnaire asks who wrote Twas the Night Before Christmas who originated Santa Claus and reindeer names when Christmas was first celebrated in America and other facts about Kris Kringle mistletoe and the Star of Bethlehem. Answers appear on Page 7.
Memphis stationery house plans Christmas cards on cotton paper and expects to use 25 000 bales for the project this season.
In Chicago the annual Christmas party for 3000 children is assured by wives of doctors at Northwestern University's medical clinic on the McKinlock campus. The clinic, the only non endowed city clinic, lacked funds until support from the women's auxiliary. Seventy five children are treated in a day with attention to both well and sick.
Across Europe enduring practices mark Christmas with superstition and ceremony. England clings to mattress turning and bread baked on Christmas Eve. Scotland notes a dark-haired first visitor. Germans light candles at church to brighten the service. Lyons honors the first foundling with a cradle and care to echo the Savior’s humble birth.
A brief note recalls how early Christmas decorations like holly wreaths and mistletoe were sourced from forests. The passage hints at long standing traditions and questions why these practices began.
The recollection centers on General Phil Sheridan guiding a cavalry unit and inspiring fear and admiration. An elder veteran recalls Sheridan’s bold ride from a hotel balcony and his shouted commands, with vivid scenes of pursuit, battle dust, and a town’s Christmas greenery contrast.
Bozo one of three lion cubs at a Santa Fe zoo fully recovers from illness after keepers use sun baths a widely publicized health aid for animals. The cubs exposure to bright New Mexico sun leads to a rapid recovery with no further complications.
Washington reports a plentiful 1931 harvest with record wheat corn sugar and beef stocks. Despite overproduction price drops ease living costs for many, while public mood remains subdued. The Agriculture Department notes large surpluses and rising food per capita consumption in recent years.
Basic foods cost less now than years ago. Bread sells at about 74 cents per pound, beef at 20 cents per pound, eggs around 26 cents a dozen, with other staples lower than before. The report notes prices across multiple common items and compares them to earlier figures.
Springfield Missouri report notes CaN Zo Bist and another student from Springfield High School married after a disruption incident. The school had briefly ousted Arthur Brinkman amid a disturbance, but authorities reinstated him.
Messour completes harvest reporting a crop yield of 10.02549 apples, five times larger than last year due to drought relief and good growing conditions. State and federal crop reporting agencies estimate strong output despite protracted dry spells.
Mt Vernon December 2 402 Ca Horlacher 39 who has endured hiccoughing for two weeks has received more than 100 letters suggesting remedies. The affliction has limited his eating and disrupted daily life.
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