A Song for Christmas By James Whitcomb Riley
A poem urging a Christmas song to be pure and strong and include voices of the voiceless and sightless. The speaker asks for a lyric that blends joy with pathos and honors those who cannot hear or see.
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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1926
Page
6
Mistletoe and Holly in Christmas Traditions
The article traces mistletoe’s Christian adoption and the shift to holly in church decor to curb kissing during services. It notes mistletoe remained at home and that a maiden under mistletoe risks a year without marriage.
Holiday Shopping Talk in Quiet Public House
A brief exchange captures a shopper asking about early holiday purchases and another admitting he has not been shopping much recently. The conversational tone hints at seasonal anticipation and consumer habits without concrete details.
Tasmanian creature described as rare platypus like seal
Fragmentary OCR describes a creature with a duck bill and pouch, likened to a rare Tasmanian animal. The text mixes terms platypus duckmole and kan style wording, leaving unclear details about habitat or classification.
Christmas Day Births and Carols Echo in Galilee
A poem recalls the nativity with lines about Jesus Christ born on Christmas night. The verses mention the hills of Galilee and sleeping flocks as Dinah Marta Mulock is cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus Christ
Galilee
Christ
Nasareth
Dinah Marta Mulock
Christmas Day Births Said to Have Musical Talent
A superstition linked to children born on Christmas day claims they may excel in music and possess abnormal intelligence, reflecting old beliefs about auspicious births.
Christian Church Sunday Schedule and Sermons
The Christian Church lists 9:45 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Morning Worship with hymns prayer and Lord's Supper, sermon The Way of the Lord. 6:30 p.m. Christian Endeavor Society led by Irene Torno, 7:30 p.m. Evening Worship sermon Wakeful Watching. Harold F Shimeall, Minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord
Christian Endeavor Society
Irene Torno
Harold F. Shimeall
German straw hats vastly streamlined for production
The text notes a shift in German hat making from over two hundred types to about twenty to thirty types. This reflects standardization and industrial consolidation in straw hat production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Doctor Mellenthin Clinics in Los Angeles
Texas licensed Dr. Mellenthin offers free consultations during a travel clinic in Los Angeles at 211 Bradbury Building. He treats stomach liver bowel blood skin nerves heart kidney and other ailments but does not operate for chronic appendicitis gall stones ulcers tonsils or adenoids. Many patients from Oklahoma and Texas are listed as successful cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mellenthin
State of
Texas
J. P. Rogers
Caddo
Okla
J. H. Smith
Paris
Ben Landreth
Frogville
H. J. Marek
Enry Wehring
Wm. Frederick
Fredericksburg
Bradbury Bldg
Los Angeles
California
Ceasare Cantu's Imprisoned Chapter Becomes Italian Classic
While confined in an Italian prison Ceasare CantU wrote with a toothpick and candle smoke on a map back and scraps of paper He produced Margherita Pusterla which is regarded as the most popular historical novel in Italian with one exception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceasare Cantu
Margherita Pusterla
Notice of Sale of Milam County Real Estate Parcel
The State of Texas Milam County Proceedings in the Milam District Court Northern Milam County 100 acre tract from J A DePena Eleven League Survey listed for sale. On December 7 1926 first Tuesday between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. at Cameron Courthouse door public auction for cash. Sold to satisfy a September 7 1926 judgment in favor of Southern Memorial Company against Mrs J H Gandy et al.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Texas
Milam
Southern Memorial Co
J. Hi. Gandy
Milam County
Texas
District Court
Southern Memorial Company
J. H. Gandy
J. A. DePena
S. W
J. A. Hopkins
N. FE
S. FE
N. W
Court House
Cameron
J. H
Milam County Sheriff Notices Property In Cameron Texas
Property seizure action dated November 6 1926 in Cameron Milam County Texas under authority of Sheriff L L Blaylock. Records indicate sale or transfer of specified property as part of the legal process. Public notice lists involved parties and official action by Milam County authorities.
The Fartherest Star Distance and Pecunia Roots
The article notes a stellar distance of about 1 203 572 675 billion miles from Earth and traces wealth from livestock in ancient times to the Latin pecus, underpinning pecuniary. It also reports New York City suing a truck owner after a Grand Concourse collision felled a tree, making it unfit to adorn the landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
New York
Grand Concourse
Bronx
Free Scholarships For Musicians To Entertain Sick In New York
A program offers free scholarships to musicians who will use their talent to entertain patients in New York hospitals. Separately a German doctor reports the stomach interior has been photographed successfully for the first time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Italian plan bars American films under merger
Plans for a motion picture merger could bar United States films in Italy with only Italian made movies shown. A separate Paraguayan storm caused deadly dust clouds that suffocated numerous people, highlighting regional dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
London bakers bake message cakes for quarrels
Cakes baked by London bakers carry special icing messages and are widely sent to lovers in quarrels. Large numbers travel overseas to South Africa, Australia, Singapore, and other destinations each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
South Africa
Australia
Sinexpore
Also Mentioned on This Page
By James Whitcomb Riley
Dr. Mellenthen
Uditortium Hotel
Raroo
Essex
Nema
Detroit
Horstmann Brothers
Cameron, Texas
Ae Sid
Paraguay
Temple Theater
Arthur Hammerstein
America
Company of
CRADY
Houston
Tucker Confectionery
Charlie Sprott
Grady Houston Confectionery
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