Jingle Bills Yule Gifts Thrifted From Fancy Stores
A humorous 1940s style gift guide lists whimsical holiday trinkets for women and men with prices ranging from $6 to $4250. Items include jewelry, compassed earrings, gold whimsy pins, umbrellas, satin belts, sable muffs, ermines, clocks, revolvers, bronze chess set, a gilded golf counter, cigaret cases, and a hand carved Steinway piano. The piece closes with a witty nod to Christmas and bankruptcy.
Community Notes From Otranto And St Ansgar
Local residents visit relatives and dine with families across Otranto St Ansgar Mason City and Plymouth. Guests include Mr and Mrs Dockstader and family Dr and Mrs L Dockstader J Gomez and family and several local households. PTA Christmas program and circle meetings were noted with community involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Dockstader
St Ansgar
H. B. Dockstader
J. P. Hansen
Leona
Maureen
Bert Jensen
Marion Jensen
L. Dockstader
St. Ansgar
J. Gomez
Mason City
Peter Gomez
Dc. J
James Baisley
Clinton Perkins
Raymond Borcherding
Carl Rowe
The Power and Pain of the Sharp Tongue in Daily Life
A reflective piece on how harsh speech wounds others and harms friendships. It contrasts damaging remarks with kind words, cites Ambrose Bierce as a case of sharp wit, and urges mindful speech to uplift others and avoid regret in tense situations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bitter Bierce
Ambrose Bierce
New York Times
Mexico
Villa
Lighting the Jefferson Memorial Needs Open Dome Change
Sculptor Rudulph Evans argues current lighting hides Jefferson's features and proposes three fixes. He favors opening the dome top to allow natural skylight, noting Pantheon designs and Monticello's skylighting as precedent. Evans hopes Congress will authorize the lighting overhaul for better viewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudulph Evans
Evans
Washington
New York
Paris
Congress
Jefferson
John Russell Pope
Pantheon
Rome
Monticello
University of Virginia
Brainerd Doctor Dies at Florida Home
Dr. Willmar C. Rutherford, who practiced in Brainerd Minnesota, died Sunday in West Palm Beach Florida after a months long illness. He had gone to his winter home at Palm Beach Shores three weeks earlier to recover from the illness since 1946.
Low bidders named for Duluth Air Force Base apron anchors
The Army Corps of Engineers reported A. A. Bodin & Sons of Duluth Minnesota submitted the apparent low bid of 3697 dollars for the installation of apron tie down anchors at Duluth Minnesota Air Force Base.
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