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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1920
Page
13
The piece advises buyers to prepare Christmas gift lists weeks ahead, reuse prior year notes, and track desires of friends. It emphasizes that the key to gift success is appropriateness to the recipient and their circumstances, warning against unsuitable lavish items for simple households.
The article traces how toys evolved from simple playthings to tools for mental growth, noting the rise of science-backed views on their educational role. It argues that despite eras of simplicity, toys have long mirrored domestic life and business, guiding children’s imitation and development.
In Cumnor Berkshire parish the vicarage hosts a four centuries old Christmas feast after evening service on Christmas day. Worshippers receive four bushels of malt brewed into ale, two bushels of wheat baked into bread, and half a hundredweight of cheese. leftovers go to the parish poor after morning prayer.
Record excerpt notes how Christmas traditions endure through generations, evoking fear and delight. Sir Walter Scott links birth on Christmas or Good Friday to visions and spirit command, while mentioning Philip II’s downcast look as a consequence of such visions.
The passage extols the pleasure of giving over receiving during the holidays. It emphasizes that making others happy by surprises and kind acts brings deeper joy than material gifts and underscores the value of benevolent generosity.
Clara Barton Smith, linked to the November tragedy that killed Jake L. Hannon, plans to surrender within a day after talks with Fort Worth lawyers. A telegram to Smith reportedly prompted the decision, with her father and attorneys citing a likely acquittal. Sheriff Orendorff had located her in a town near El Paso but was not confirming the surrender details.
The notice warns to demand Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with the Bayer Cross on package and tablets as proof of authenticity. It warns that fraudulent Aspirin sold by a Brooklyn dealer was mostly talcum powder and urges buyers to follow proper dosage and directions.
The poem describes winter twilight over a gray town with firelit windows and snow covering ancient byways. Forest shadows rise as night winds move across firs, their crosses uplifted under radiant snow. Bells from belfries announce the Savior's birth while carillons chime like an angel chorus, blessing Christmastide.
A devotional meditation on how the silent skies and natural world proclaim faith love and fear. It recalls angels speaking at Christ's birth and invites readers to hear the sacred music in every landscape and to honor the King with faithful lives this Christmas morn.
A nostalgic Christmas vignette describes Santa Claus and his snowy hilltop home where many elves work to craft gifts. The scene evokes holiday cheer as children await stockings and celebrate the season through stories and songs.
An ad touts St Jacobs Oil as the fastest cure for backache lumbago rheumatism and sprains. It claims kidneys do not cause pain and urges readers to rub the product on the back for instant relief with no skin burning and harmless ingredients.
October output at the Detroit Ford plant reached 99 967 cars, a record for Ford and any company. A banner October 26 saw 4688 cars completed, averaging one car every eighteen and a half seconds for the day. Ford aims for 1.25 million annual production this year.
In 1910 Ford built 18 644 cars, a remarkable achievement for the era. By a decade later production surpassed a million, with Ford dominating global and North American output as roughly half of world motor cars and about half in the United States and Canada.
To relieve rheumatism sprains lumbago or pleurisy Ballard's Snow Liniment is claimed to be powerful and nonirritating. Three sizes sell for 80c 60c and 51c per bottle. Sold by Pace Mayce Dene Co and J. W. Sanders Buick Service Station Cameron Texas.
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