Christmas Celebrations and Holiday Visitors in Salem
A large crowd enjoyed the Christmas tree at the school house with Santa and pupil songs. Numerous visitors arrived for the holidays from Oklahoma City Seymour Fort Worth Cameron Buckholts and Wharton. Families gathered for dinners and visits across Salem with extended relatives and friends in the community.
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Santa
Willard Nabours
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Vernon Gilbert
Seymour
Mr. Gilbert
Fort Worth
J. W. Harris
Wharton
Ralph Lewis
Cameron
W. B. Lewis
Tennie Sharp
Near Temple
Homer Sharp
J. D. Nishetts
Katie
Goldwall
Emma _— Shields
Grace
Josephine Supert
Bob Stevens
Robert Glaser
Mode
Ollie Mode
Rogers
Cecil Mode
Yarrelston
Marshall Mode
Gilbert
Will Harris
Irene Mode
W. R. Harris
Verna
Irene Harris
Will Haris
J. W. Wilkerson
George Gamble
Doris
Sharp
L. R. Harris
Ollie Harris
Curry
Bedford
Lhey
Will Green
Roy Green
Tracy
Ivan Creek
Mis Sabours
America’s Food Plants Discovered By Early Americas Exchange
A Washington Star writer highlights how the New World transformed global cuisine by introducing corn, peanuts, tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, cacao, vanilla, pineapples, beans, and other staples. He notes Indians first sharing these with European settlers and warns of poison ivy among these abundant foods.
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America
Washington Star
Europe
Walter Raleigh
Columbus
Isabella
Spain
Cortez
South America
Bolivia
New World
West Baden Indiana Hosts World’s Largest Dome
A West Baden Spring hotel in Indiana features a dome covering 40 000 square feet of floor space with over 18 000 square feet of glass skylight. The steel dome rests on sixteen brick piers and is larger than the dome of St Peter's, drawing comparisons in newspapers of record.
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National Capital
St. Louie
Manchester Guardian
Middle West
America
West Baden
Ind
St. Peter's
West Baden Spring
Fiat Money and Greenbacks in Civil War Finance
The Civil War shortage of specie led Secretary Chase to propose fiat money backed by government promise. Demand notes, called greenbacks, fell to 35 cents near Washington in 1864, then rose to 87.2 cents by 1875. Government authorized gold reserves and later paid out specie, restoring par value and broad acceptance.
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Washington
The Wedding Ring’s Ancient Significance
The article explains that a groom’s ring pledge traces to Anglo-Saxon betrothal customs. A ring placed on the bride’s right hand was kept there as a sacred pledge until marriage when it moved to the left hand. The term wedding derives from this pledge.
Temple of Heaven in Beijing Royal Sacrifice Ceremony
In Peiping the Forbidden City houses many shrines but the Temple of Heaven in the Chinese city area stands as notable as any in Chinese craftsmanship. On December 21, emperors came at daybreak to offer sacrifices to Shang-ti, the supreme deity.
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Old China
Forbidden City
Peiping
Peking
Shang-ti
Christmas Visits Highlight Greenvile Area Families
Numerous Greenville residents hosted and visited kin during Christmas including the Coker, Buffington, and McClendon families from nearby towns. Church activities featured a quarterly conference and a Senior B Y P U installation with officers named Claud Sproull and Mamye Allen.
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Mildred Perkins
Jessie Maye Beil
Dorothy Buffington
Opal Brod
Mamye Allen
Gilbert
Tommie Buffington
North Elm
Alpin Buffington
Cameron
Dobbs
Yarrellton
Alvin Buffington
Helms Sprouil
Silly Helms
Herbert Ring
Corpus Christi
M. H
Claud Sproull
Elton Allen
Jessie Maye Bell
Sam Rudder, Jr
Jee Tubbs
Faye Dawson
Deposit Guarantee Law Now Operative
President Roosevelt issued a proclamation returning sole supervision of nonmember banks to state authorities. It refines the prior March proclamation that placed all banks under federal administration during the banking emergency. Treasury and FDIC actions on licensing and membership prompted the shift to state control for nonmember banks and the deposit insurance limit of $82,500.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDIC To Take Control Of State Banks Tuesday
Operative steps begin Tuesday as state banks that qualified will fall under the central control of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation together with national banks and state members of the Federal Reserve System. All applications of state non-member banks and member institutions have been acted upon.
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Central
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
National Banks
Federal Reserve System
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Angel
Coleman-Epien
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