Christmas Tree Legend and Boniface Story Across Centuries
A historic and legendary account traces Christmas observance from its second century beginnings to Saint Boniface and the conversion of the pagan oak. It retells the legend of the Christmas tree as a symbol replacing the oak, with Boniface’s cross turning aside the hammer and the fir tree becoming the sign of the White Christ.
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Jesus Christ
Telesphorus
Rome
Diocletian
Christ
Germany
St. Boniface
Thor
Boniface
Jesus
Giant Brooklyn Army Base Warehouse Claims World’s Largest Space
The eight story US Army warehouse in Brooklyn covers fifty two acres of floor area, nearly twice the Equitable Building’s size in New York. A flood in a Pennsylvania coal mine let a mule glimpse daylight for the first time in fifteen years after a conveyor brought him to the surface.
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United States Army
Brooklyn
Equitable
New York City
Pennsylvania
Pastor Resigns Over Dancing Dissent at City Church
The Rev. Dr. Charles D. Dane, pastor of St. Mark's Congregational Church in New York City, resigns citing an active minority in the church who insist on using the church for modern mixed dancing, a desecration of the house of God.
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Charles D. Dane
St. Mark's Congregational Church
New York City
House of God
State of Montana Seeks Land Selections in Bozeman District
The Montana state government applies under the 1889 and 1891 acts for selections of lands in sections 18 and 14, township 18 S, range 1 W, Principal Montana Meridian. A posted list invites protests on mineral versus agricultural value, with final approval subject to Department rules. notices run from December 12, 1924 to January 9, 1925.
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Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Bozeman
Montana
State of
Acts of Congress
Montana Meridian
General Land Office
Washington, D. C
Geo. C. Davenport
Register
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Ato
Dart Hardware Co
City Shoe Store
Dillon Botling Works
Dillon, Montana
Graeter Grocery Co
General Butler
Marines
Philadelphia
Benning National Forest
Columbus
Georgia
United States
New Forest
Pacific
Montreal
Laurentian Mountains
Riviere Des Prairies
Ighes
Red Star Garage
White Cafe
Dickey’s Cash Grocery
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