Merry Christmas Music Across Lands Through History
The piece surveys Christmas music traditions from Rome and Sicily with minstrels and novenas, notes bell playing in the Philippines, and praises the moral impact of grand cathedral choirs and organists in Bracebridge Hall. It highlights pifferari, silent melodies, and universal festive sounds.
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Rome
Sicily
Philippines
Bracebridge Hall
Real Spirit of Christmas Shines Through in Evansville Tale
Evansville Courier urges against jaded critics and celebrates Christmas joy with imagery of red ribbons, twinkling candles, toy piles, tissue bundles, and the scent of fruitcake. The piece contrasts dour cynics with seasonal happiness.
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Evansville
Mistletoe as a Parasite and Its Winter Berries
The mistletoe is described as a parasitic plant that anchors to oaks and gum trees. Birds spread its sticky seeds via their bills, wiping them on branches to germinate, drawing nourishment from bark while its pale-green leaves persist through winter.
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Earth
Edwin Tarrise
Sauce for Plum Pudding
Cream butter and powdered sugar until fluffy. Beat in one egg and half a teaspoon vanilla. Whisk in a double boiler until smooth and heated through. Serve foamy sauce with plum pudding.
The Meaning of Christmas by Calvin Coolidge
Vice President Calvin Coolidge argues Christmas centers on the Nativity and spiritual redemption. He says mercy and the duty to help others define true meaning, not material wealth, warning against pursuing gifts as the reward of sin and noting divine gifts of eternal life.
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Calvin Coolidge
New York Evening Post
Christ Candles Spread Nationwide Tradition
John H. Stedman of Rochester promotes lighting a Christ candle on Christmas eve to guide the Babe of Bethlehem. The movement, begun in Rochester, has grown from a few houses to a widespread custom across towns villages and rural areas within a 40 mile radius and beyond to Wisconsin and Maine.
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John H. Stedman
Rochester
Emerald Isle
Norway
Sweden
Boston
Wisconsin
Maine
The Truer Things of Life by James E Free man
The quote urges a return to homelier stronger and truer values amid growing materialism. It calls for a new birth of goodness to restore peace and deepen human satisfaction as Christmas visions shape our meaning.
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James E. Freeman
For Sale 75 Tons Kash Cotton Seed 1920 Crop
For sale 75 tons of Kash cotton seed from the 1920 crop, well matured and not weevil stung like the 1921 crop. seller W. S. Lamkin, Cameron.
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Kash
W. S. Lamkin
Cameron
Good Post Oak Wood for Sale at Oil Mill
Post oak timber available for sale at Oil Mill. Includes 33 2t unit details. Contact for pricing and pickup.
Grove's Tasteless Tonic Prescription Ad
A tonic claims to restore energy and vitality by purifying and enriching blood. It says the potion, iron and quinine in syrup, improves appetite and complexion and appeals to children while destroying malarial and grip germs through its strengthening effect.
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Grove
Notice of Lost Cotton Receipts in Cameron Company Names
Public notice announces the loss of twelve cotton receipts numbered 4997 to 5008 issued to J. F. Pagach on November 22 1921 by Cameron Compress Company for one bale each. The rightful owner asserts ownership of the twelve bales and warns the public not to accept receipts or deal with anyone else holding them. Also an unrelated sale notice for a lot of fat hens by R. E. Sharp with phone number 395.
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J. F. Pagach
Cameron Compress Company
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