Artaban the Wise Man of the East and a Christmas Tale
The tale follows Artaban, the fourth Wise Man, who seeks the newborn King but errs in missing the infant. He helps the dying, feeds the hungry, clothes the naked, and learns the lesson that acts of service to others are acts of service to God.
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Althazar
Melchior
Kaspar
Artaban
Making His Gift Count in a Charity Exchange
A 1924 Western Union tale centers on Bob Henderson challenging Miss Bristow and a social set over a charity donation. A shabby girl listens as Henderson insists gifts must have real impact, not showy charity.
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Bob Henderson
Miss Bristow
Bob
The Fourteen Minute Egg Banker and Easy Credit
A Type Metal Magazine piece critiques easy credit and bankers who lend freely It argues most borrowers fail to plan repayments and warns against overreliance on notes for houses cars and appliances It praises disciplined borrowers and notes land prices rise when farmers gain larger loans.
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Engwel
Shallyithstawning
Hyd ‘Chogsed
Lodrin
Type Metal Magazine
Crank on Paying Bills Promotes Credit and Discipline
Robert R Sizer of New York lumber firm advocates strict pay-as-you-go habits. He credits continuous hard work and self-discipline for financial and personal health, warning against self-indulgence as a treacherous vice.
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Robert R Sizer
New York
Farm insight and quotes from rural Ohio 1924 reflections
Proverbial advice on self help and frugality appears alongside observations on farm product prices and land trends. A sociology survey finds two-fifths of rural Ohio youth over ten belong to fraternal organizations while corn maturity and frost timing are noted. Economists cite sugar as a prosperity index with U S consumption at 101 pounds per person and Russia at nine pounds.
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Sam Mistletoe
Ireland
Ohio
Ohio State Niversity
Federal Department of Agriculture
United States
Russia
Fifteen Years Ago in Lucas County Local Notes
The column recalls Lorenzo Randall's death in Sycamore at age 73 on December 18. It lists the 24th annual Farmers Institute at Upper Sandusky, Christmas visits by Pontius of Toledo, free admission for children at the Royal Theatre, and multiple local marriages and real estate transfers.
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Lorenzo
Randall
Sycamore
Farmers’ Institute
Upper Sandusky
P. J”. Pontius
Toledo
Almon Blue
Yodge
The
Green Wood
Nina Beth Trubey
Clarence Lawhead
Adrian
E. L. Spaid
Lutheran Parsonage
Ollie Blanche Bachar
William Gorsuch
Carey
W. E. Bailey
W. H. Snyder
A. J. Frederick
Dow
Beck & Milroy
Evangelical Parsonage
W. J. Nye
Estella A. Parkins
McCutchenville
W. Elmer Bailey
Ranger & Huston
Leah Ascham
V. V. Thomas
George Chesebrough
Elizabeth Shroup
Harry Shroup
Vera
S. B. Atherton
Pittsburg
Elizabeth
Florence
Jessie Brown
Tiffin
Wesley Patterson
West Findlay Street
Twenty Five Years Ago No Paper Of This Issue
A note states no issue was published this day, with no accompanying headlines or content. The brief indicates a missing edition for the twentieth fifth year or anniversary. No names, dates, or locations are provided in the readable text.
Public Service and Private Profits in Publishing
Richard Waldo argues profits follow public service in publishing and challenges critics to name a profitable publication that fails readers. The piece links successful enterprise to practical idealism and competent management, asserting the right action is the profitable one in the long run.
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Richard Waldo
Metal Magazine
Cocoa Doormats From Calcutta Now Popular Nationwide
A curious trend notes that cocoa doormats spread across the country have origins in Calcutta India. The piece links the pattern to a growing domestic interest in warm, decorative household items.
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Country
Cilcutta
India
Ohio Power Co Sued for 25000 Damages
Florence L. Brokaw executrix of Guy L. Brokaw’s estate files a $25,000 damage suit in Tiffin against Ohio Light and Power Co. He died July 22 while superintendent of Plymouth Electric and Water Works after an electric shock when an iron pipe touched a high tension overhead wire during a depth measurement.
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Ohio Light and Power Co
Tiffin
Florence
Caught Fish Theme Echoes in Odd Shopper Dialogue
A garbled item from a magazine features a fisherman boasting after a bad sack and a butcher shop stop. The fragmentary text includes a boast about big catches and a line claiming honesty despite poor fishing.
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Agajer’ Ingumazellonte
Penguin Upright Walkers Among Birds
A peculiarity notes penguins as the only birds that walk upright on land like humans, highlighting their distinctive gait among feathered creatures.
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R. C. van Buren
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