First Carol Sung By the Angels in Yuletide Season
A historical overview of Christmas carols tracing origins from Latin roots to church and folk traditions. It notes St Francis of Assisi, the distinction between carols and hymns, Puritan suppression, folk revival in the 19th century, and popular examples like Silent Night Hark the Herald Angels Sing and It Came Upon a Midnight Clear.
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The
Angels
St. Francis of Assisi
Richard the Lion
Herald Angels
Charles Wesley
John Wesley
America
Europe
Germany
England
France
Edmund H. Sears
Defense spending split among services shown by NAM study
A National Association of Manufacturers analysis of the $38 billion defense budget for the fiscal year ending June 1958 shows the air force receiving about 47 percent of the total. Navy and Marine Corps together allocate slightly over 27 percent, with the remainder to the Army and other defense programs.
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National Association of Manufacturers’ Statisticians
Air Force
Navy
Defense budget distribution overview in military spending
The article breaks down defense funds by component: nearly 24 percent to the army and the defense department, about two percent for interservice activities, over half of total spending to personnel and O&M, more than 34 percent for procurement of aircraft ships missiles and vehicles, with nine percent on public works and reserves and four percent on research and development.
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Defense Department
Eureka Montana Declared World Christmas Tree Capital
Eureka Montana population about 1000 in the Rocky Mountains concentrates all activity on Christmas tree care cutting and shipping. The community ships more than 150 freight carloads of trees.
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Montana
Eureka
Rockies
Tree Cutting Firms Promise Seasonal Jobs for Communities
Report notes yearly demand to brighten homes drives seasonal work. It states cutters earn about 0 cents per tree and can make $2500 per day or more during peak periods, reflecting intense short term earnings in high season.
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Cetshias
Matthew
Carl
Gamble’s Store
Marguerite
Andy
Ann‘s Boulder
Cafe Alice
Ella
Marion Ann and
Merle
U. S
Christ
Nyre Hardware
Paul, Evelyn and
Clarence
Fies
Archie
Doris Lake
H. C. Roquet
Merry Christmas
Montana Power Company
the Fashion Cleaners
Mr. and
Mrs
Tracy McElroy
Obert
Clark’s Plumbing & Heating
Mac, Connie and
Einar
the Osbornes
Sweet Grass County
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