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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1955
Page
3
Opinion piece arguing Christmas is not inherently too commercial and that the season’s true spirit should be preserved. The author notes toy makers and retailers rely on Christmas demand, but urges adults to protect children's belief in Santa and the joyous holiday experience.
The poinsettia known as the Christmas Plant is linked to Joel Roberts Poinsett, the U S ambassador to Mexico who popularized the flower in the United States. The plant requires steady warmth, ideally 70 to 80 degrees by day and at least 65 at night, to prevent leaf drop.
Stillwater and Sweet Grass counties will share a $3395.40 dividend from the Stillwater Sweet Grass National Farm Loan Association announced by M B Yates secretary treasurer. The payout comes from a $359000 dividend declared by the Federal Land Bank of Spokane.
Readers can color fireplace flames by soaking pine cones or chips in a salt solution or turpentine to aid absorption. When burned these treated pieces emit colors such as red from strontium, green from barium, blue-green from copper, orange from calcium, lavender from potassium, and yellow from sodium. A parallel method coats cones with paraffin and dusts colored compounds like copper sulfate and strontium salts to produce the same effect.
Pittsburgh resident Richard Bauman shot a six point doe during Pennsylvania buck deer season. He escaped a fine after Dr. Kenneth Doutt of Carnegie Museum certified the antlered female as a freak of nature.
A Mexico customs piece suggests using a pinata to liven a kiddies Christmas party. The pinata, made of fragile clay and filled with sweets and trinkets, hangs from the ceiling during the 21 day Mexican Christmas Festival. Guests blindfolded strike it until the contents spill out, a delight for children and often enjoyed by adults too.
Houston police hunted a chimney thief after tenants said a man hired by the landlord tore down two chimneys. He dismantled one chimney and half of another, loading about 4000 bricks in a pickup. The landlord Sam L. Campise denied ordering the work.
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