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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1941
Page
8
Christmas candles for gifts or decorations can be home made from discarded candies and wax. Use cardboard cartons or wax molds, fasten the wick, and melt all wax in one container to match colors. Crayon coloring and lipstick can add color. dipped candles require multiple immersions and cooling.
Festive gift wrap ideas highlight wrapping styles from demure pink to spangled blue foil. Directions describe creating varied personalities with paper, ribbons, and small props, including a gardener’s gift and playful snowman motifs.
Grantland Rice covers boxing talk on Buddy Baer as a serious Louis challenger with notes on training and power. The column shifts to a football debate about whether basketball or bowling is more popular, citing attendance and participation figures. He recalls Harvard Yale games from 1889 to 1894 and highlights players like Heffelfinger Hinkey Wrightington and Jack Doyle. He mentions notable Midwest and South backs for the season.
Alaska communities faced a snow drought for Christmas with Seward planning to haul mountain snow for Fourth Avenue trees. Ketchikan endured a snowless holiday, a common December pattern since 1917, though a light fall later arrived.
Manufacturers and stylists race to supply inexpensive durable cotton gifts for every family member this fall. Mothers receive handkerchiefs dresses underwear sweaters house coats bathrobes. sisters pajama play suits blouses evenings robes sports frocks riding breeches purses. fathers lounging robes shirts handkerchiefs pajamas sport shirts. brothers socks underwear hunting coats slacks sweat shirts. plus towels table linens rugs bedspreads curtains auto seat covers quilts sheets and slip covers.
The text notes that Christmas carols began in England and cites the chorus from the first carol “Glory to God in the Highest.” The piece references tradition and places the origin in England with a brief, historical framing.
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