Yuletide Superstitions and Alpine Flower Proposals
The article surveys Christmas customs from Britain and the Alps. It notes maidens' purses for marriage portions in mining towns, dumb cakes to induce dreams, edelweiss bouquets signaling engagement, a rose pot note in Switzerland, and Sardinian knob communications. It also covers New Year marriage fairs in Romania, Hertfordshire shoe luck, Devonshire green Christmas lore, and holly handling for a prosperous year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
London
Cupid
Alps
Switzerland
Sardinia
Roumania
Britain
Hertfordshire
Devonshire
A Bell Forged From Humility and Hope
Poem envisions a grand bell melted from humble metals to ring at Christmas. The speaker imagines a bell cast not of iron but of a soft alloy symbolizing charity and love. The lines describe a joyful, clear peal forged from hopeful, generous intent.
Elwood resident praises Trutona tonic for relief
I E Lewark of 520 South D street Elwood Indiana says four months of stomach liver and kidney trouble improved after using Trutona He reports better sleep appetite and fewer pains and adds Trutona helps with stomach liver and bowel issues and nervousness Corner Drug Store in Darlington is introducing Trutona.
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Elwood
Ind
I. E. Lewark
American Sheet and Tin Plate Works
South D Street
Trutona
Darlington
Print Your Sale Bills With Guaranteed Satisfaction
A printing service promises neat and effective sale bills with a satisfaction guarantee. They emphasize reliable quality for all printing needs and strong client assurance.
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Alize
L. W. Otto CO
Jewelers & Optometrists
Crawfordsville, Ind
the Hallmark Jewelers
Agent Central Life Assurance Society Mutual of Des Moines
Hiatt & Sons Barn
Brainard & Butler
OME Undertakers
Hall
FEF
Cheney & Co
Quinto Ohio
St. Thomas
E. R. Jaques
Thorntown, Ind
Lewark
A. L. Gard
A. L. Garld
Farmers’ Reduction Company
Farmers’ Reduction Co., Inc
Bowers
Clarks Hill
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