Don’ts for a Thoughtful Christmas from Buffalo Express
This holiday piece urges restraint in gifts and spending, warning against costly, impulse purchases and urging practical kindness. It counsels avoiding pressure on partners, valuing meaningful tokens, helping the needy, and keeping Christmas joy for others rather than oneself. It notes the peril of material excess and praises simple thoughtful acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Cratchits
Tiny Tims
Scrooge
Buffalo Express
Mother of the Teddy Bears story and local notices
In a German village a young woman near an invalid body crafts cherished toy animals for local children, earning the title Mother of the Teddy Bears as buyers in England and America seek her works. Julius Viking of Postville suffers a serious fall from a 80 foot pole while working for Upper Iowa Power Co. The Midwinter Term opens January 3 at the Oelwein Business University inviting applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Prays Association
Germany
Hans
Gretchen
Carver
England
America
Julia Darrow Cowles
Julius Viking
Postville
Upper Iowa Power Co
Viking
Jan
Oelwein Busiiness University
Christmas Day in the Army Across Forts and Barracks
Army Christmas is marked by meals and leniency, but duty calls with guard shifts and calamitous details. Recruits swap guard dates, veterans aid by example, and Santa arrives via parcels from home. Mementos are shared, and a joke at the music counter underscores camp humor amid the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Santa Claus
School Notes Reflect Holiday Week Changes and Sick List
Several students remain out due to illness while others return to class. Miss Lyons and Miss Hurd plan holidays at home, and George McCrae travels to Canada. A Christmas program unfolds in the Grammar room with multiple acts and a carpenter’s orchestra. School closes early next Friday to let teachers catch the afteroon train home for Christmas. Crossed items include a postal shower for George Falk and various holiday readings and songs in the Intermediate and Grammar rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Worley
Mrs. Berg
Miss Lyons
Fayette
S. Worley
Miss Hurd
George McCrae
Canada
Edith Graether
Gordon Mosby
Fred King
Gladys King
Albert Topp
George Falk
Max Thoma
Delbert Bakeman
Santa Claus
Grace
Conner Bessie Holstenson
Clarence Sohori
Ascataras
Burrow Hight
Nellie Kiple
Lola Kiple
Florence Kohler
Edith Whorley
Jennie
Georgia Stophr
Henrietta
Baa
North Pole
Charles Capper Ledaide
Thelma Kathtaon
Edna Boleyn
Helen Nicklaus
Ivy
Fitzgerald
Hilda
Esther Draewel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Freiburghaus
Elgin
Iowa
Citizens’ State Bank OF
Ben Schori, Pres
Sandusky Portland ‘Cement
Teddy Bears
Moe
Saue
Rhode Island
W. Rosger
Dewey di Aquetita
Holly
Thoma Bros
Ight
Lewis Stoehr
Cedar Rapids _ banks
B. G. Stoeler
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