Missionary's fall and rescue on Fiji voyage
George McAusland, 36, travels from America to serve in the Fiji Islands. A crime in anger shakes his resolve. He shuns Mary Doncaster who sails from Honolulu to visit her missionary parents on Gilead Island. Mary dives to save him when he falls overboard, and George faces his growing love for her.
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George McAusland
America
Fiji Islands
Mary Doncaster
Honolulu
Gilead Island
Mary
George
Island Firm in the Face of Loss and New Hope
Mary Doncaster contends with her father Ephraim Doncaster’s death on a Marquesan island as missionaries debate who stays. George McAusland confesses his fear of failing but asks Mary to join him in staying, while Joseph Neargood volunteers to remain with the islanders.
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George
Mary
Captain Keen
Mary Hor
Jarambo
Keen
John Gale
George McAusland
McAusland
Ephraim
Mrs. Gale
Joseph Neargood
Honolulu
Joseph
Ike
Father
Mather
Ephraim Doncaster
Mary Doncaster
Venturer
Tom Hanline
Tammy
New Bedford
Tom
Deck
Corkran
Yule Candles Across Cultures Mark Midwinter Season
The article notes that peat Christmas tree candles trace to early Christian times with the Yule candle lit at Nativity celebrations. It describes candle lighting as a broad religious and national custom linked to Norse mid winter rites and the Jewish Chanukah or Lights during the same season.
Christmas gifts trace back to Roman festival customs
The text explains that Romans exchanged gifts during gay celebrations and later formalized it in their festival program. It notes Christmas boxes and ecards echo ancient Roman rites, mentions France giving gifts on New Year’s Eve for children, and compares practices in England Germany Italy and the United States with a Santa visit at Christmas.
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France
England
Germany
Italy
United States
Santa
Christmas customs through holly mistletoe and gifts
The article traces ancient Teutonic use of holly and evergreens as symbols of life and Nativity themes, notes Christian and pagan contrasts, and describes spread of gift traditions with St Nicholas, Woden, Bonhomme Noel, and stockings in England, the US, and France.
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Christ
St. Nicholas
Woden
Holland
France
England
United States
Italy Abolishes Tipping at New Haven Venue
Visitors praise the new Italy for many changes and the abolition of tipping. Warnings warn attendants who accept gratuities will be dismissed and visitors offering tips will be asked to leave the premises.
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New Italy
All Electric Slow-Motion Camera Unveiled by European Firm
The department of commerce reports a European electrical company has developed an all electric slow-motion camera capable of 80 000 pictures per second. The device targets technical work and advanced research applications.
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Department of Commerce
British bakers find UV light improves dough color and fermentation
British baking specialists report that dough exposed to ultraviolet radiation during mixing yields better color and a definite improvement in fermentation. The finding suggests UV treatment could enhance bread quality and consistency in production.
Reading Signs at Speed Risks Highway Safety
A driving study notes an automobile traveling at 40 mph covers 39 feet each second. It takes about one seventh of a second to clearly see an object, making it hard to read most direction signs while moving at that speed. The finding emphasizes the danger of late sign recognition for drivers.
Married at 96 Justus Rockwell Weds Hat Tie Alexander
The Seattle Post Intelligencer notes 96 year old Justus Rockwell and 86 year old Hat Tie Alexander wed by Justice of the Peace William Hoar. The piece, dated August 21, 1930, reflects a landmark late marriage in Seattle society.
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Justus
Rockwell
Hattie E. Alexander
William Hoar
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Bicycle Tourists in Germany Offer Low-Cost Rentals
Bicycle travel in Germany is popular with visitors who can rent a cycle for a week for under two dollars. Tourists may skip long roads by riding the trains for 28 cents per 16 miles.
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Germany
Puritans Opposed Christmas Carols Yet Tradition Survived
The Puritans predicted the disappearance of Christmas carols and discouraged singing them. Yet carols grew into a core part of Christmas tradition, with roots extending to early Christian Rome and cultural parallels in the French Noel and German Weihachtslieder from the Eleventh century.
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Rome
National Christmas Tree Scene of Annual Service
The United States hosts a national Christmas tree, a giant Sequoia over 267 feet tall. Located in General Grant National Park east of Fresno, California, devotional and patriotic services have been held beneath the tree yearly since 1925 and broadcast nationwide.
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United States
General Grant National Park
Fresno
Calif
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