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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1941
Page
3
An ad puff encouraging homemakers to earn income from home without upfront investment or special talent. It promises a 32 page booklet detailing five rules for home business success and examples of women who started small ventures in sewing knitting crochet cooking typing and clerical help.
A festive home menu features baked ham with sweet glaze, star fruit garnish, holiday sauce, green peas with beets, and fruit and nut bowls. Pudding is steamed hot for 1½ to 2 hours, with holly garnish for presentation.
The article explains why firs spruces pines and several other evergreens remain favored as Christmas trees. It highlights fir types like balsam and Fraser, spruce characteristics, pine leaf patterns, and mentions arborvitae red cedar and Douglas fir as lesser used options.
History of Christmas seals tracing origins in Denmark in 1903 with the first sale in 1904 and spread to neighboring countries. Details the US adoption by Emily P. Bissell in 1907 and the shift from Red Cross to the National Tuberculosis Association in 1920, noting about 40 other nations joining the practice.
A list of holiday courses including grapefruit persimmon salad with French dressing, baked ham with holiday sauce, Virginia cranberry mold, sweet potato pone, green peas with beets, crescent rolls, celery olives, jelly, plum pudding with sauce, and coffee.
A Christmas menu feature blends classic dishes with modern touches. It describes fruit salads with grapefruit and persimmon, avocado additions, a Virginia Cranberry Mold, and a Sweet Potato Pone, each with simple, homey preparations and serving ideas for a festive gathering.
The piece offers festive centerpiece suggestions for Christmas using green wreaths, evergreen branches, berries, cones, candles, and ornaments. It describes wreaths on mirrors with white sprayed branches, candle arrangements with pine, a gingerbread house frosted with sugar, and mirrors or spruce framing for display.
North Carolina gallacking harvests galax leaves and other greens reach peak demand for Christmas decor. Families migrate to forests to gather leaves roots and herbs for sorting and bundling while buyers ship materials to dealers and shops process wreaths trees and spruce laurel gear.
The article notes mistletoe called All-Heal by Druids and linked to Friga, the Scandinavian goddess of love. It suggests kissing under the mistletoe as a custom and claims a maiden not kissed will not marry in the coming year.
A young lady prefers delivering presents herself rather than mailing them. This personal touch is greatly appreciated by friends on Christmas Day.
The article explains how misplaced or unaddressed Christmas gifts sent by mail are sold at post office auctions. Extra clerks handle poorly wrapped packages, and items like live animals or perishables are sometimes sold to fund the treasury after attempts to locate senders and destinations fail.
In British history what is the star chamber called a court of law. A menage is a household arrangement. An acrostic poem uses initial letters to spell a word. London Bridge would fall into the River Thames. The plural of mongoose is mongooses. A calligrapher is adept at handwriting. One fourth of a barrel equals a keg or quarter barrel. The coach of the point a minute team famous in football history is not specified here.
The name Kriss Kringle is sometimes wrongly used to refer to Santa Claus. Kriss Kringle stems from the German Christ-kindel, meaning Christ-child.
A poetic description celebrates Swiss mountain scenery during Christmas. Hamlets and villages appear white and pristine under a sapphire sky, offering a tranquil, scenic enchantment. The piece emphasizes the purity of landscapes and seasonal beauty.
The guide suggests popular toys must educate or offer excitement or replicate big items. It notes most age old toys fit into these three categories and advises manufacturers to align products with these themes.
A civic riddle event unfolds around a household motif and a Thames scene. Mongooses appear in a handwriting themed puzzle tied to Fielding H. Yost. A firkin term completes the quirky list.
A veteran advertisement notes servicemen favor Camel cigarettes and Prince Albert tobacco. It highlights Camel packs and Prince Albert tins or humidors as ideal Christmas gifts, citing surveys from Army Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard service stores.
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