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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1932
Page
5
Local Clare items report holiday proposals including church events, bake sales, and charity baskets. Family visits, travel to Lansing and Battle Creek, and school closures for Christmas vacation are noted along with obituaries and society gatherings.
Clare Good Literature Club hosted a December evening program at Mrs. Northon's home. Mrs. C. C. Barnes of Mt. Pleasant read The Fool, a four act drama by Channing Pollock, first produced in 1922. The event featured student musicians and a final vocal by Norris Elden.
Daily and Sunday service lists times from Clare to Saginaw and Midland with departures at 1:00 PM and 4:45 PM on Sunday and 8:20 AM from Clare to Saginaw, plus return legs. The excerpt also includes a personal reflection about a dime and a quoted line from Exchange.
A fragmentary tale recalls ghostly bells tolling on Christmas Eve. Legends tell of buried churches and vanished towns Raleigh Nottinghamshire Preston Been in Holland Dunwich’s submerged bells joining a spectral chorus each holiday night.
The article notes the Christmas Tree origin in the North German plain with dark firs thriving for centuries. It claims pre Christian roots and mentions Egyptian use of decorated trees in celebrations. It states England adopted them late, after Queen Victoria’s era, with Prince Albert introducing the custom.
Father Raccoon teaches children to wash food and explains when adults use phrases like cat out of the bag. The tale ends with a feast where everyone at the picnic washes every bite, proving lessons were learned by all.
Children play a hide and seek styled game called The Scamp. One player hides then whistles to signal seekers who chase in different directions. Hiders may keep moving to new places, circled bushes, not trees, until one sees the Scamp and shouts his capture.
A vintage recipe collection describes Sour Cream Dressing with flour pepper and vinegar, Oysters on Toast with butter cream and eggs, a veal dish with carrots onions peppers mushrooms and cream, and a candy bar dessert with custard or lemon sauce. From 1932 Western Newspaper Union.
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