Christmas Seals From Copenhagen Start Tuberculosis War
The idea for Christmas Seals began with postal clerk Einar Holboell in Copenhagen, leading to a world wide effort to fight tuberculosis. By 1907 Danish seals reached America, inspiring Emily Bissell of Wilmington to design and launch the first American Christmas Seal, with local support and a 50,000 stamp print.
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Einar Holboell
Holboenl
America
Jacob Riis
Theodore Roosevelt
Emily Bissell
Wilmington
Del
Brandywine River
Delaware
Reprobatus Becomes St Christopher The Traveler Saint
A heathen giant Reprobatus deserts many masters to follow Christ. On Christmas Eve a child calls him to carry across a river, revealing the Christ child. He becomes Christofera, St Christopher, patron saint of travelers, with the palm emblem and Christmas bloom.
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Reprobatus
Pharaoh
Satan
Devil
Christ
Reprobat
Christofera
St. Christopher
Christmas Greeting on Friendship and Good Will
A seasonal message extols friendship over wealth and urges universal goodwill. It invokes the angelic Christmas refrain and calls for calm, thoughtful action, kindness, and perseverance as life’s voyage continues, emphasizing generosity and sincere deeds.
Call to join the Regular Army for benefits
A call urges men not in the Army to visit their local US Army recruiting office to learn the advantages of joining the Regular Army. The message contrasts personal happiness with the enduring joys and cites discipline and duties of worldly life as guiding principles.
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US Army
Chester Cameron in Cameron on business
Chester Cameron of Austin traveled to Cameron on Monday for business. Readers are invited to share news items by phone at 282.
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Chester Cameron
Austin
Cameron
Hugo Roesler Dies in Austin After Illness
Hugo Roesler former county resident died in Austin early Monday after a hospital stay. His death was reported to his family, with funeral plans possibly in Austin. He is survived by a brother Emil Roesler of Ben Arnold.
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Hugo Roesler
Austin
This County
Mr. Roesler
Emil Roesler
Ben Arnold
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W. A
Bill” Morrison
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