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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1945
Page
19
Advice on choosing toys that aid development and activity for children. Emphasizes usable, durable items like blocks and dolls, with examples of practical gifts and age-appropriate options including balls, wagons, trains, and craft toys. Also mentions books as suitable presents for older folks.
The centennial of the Christmas card is observed this year tracing to 1845 when W. C. Dobson designed the first card. Sir Henry Cole, with artist John Calcott Horsley, popularized the card in 1846 in Britain, spreading to the United States. A rare Oxford Lectern Bible, one of 40 in America, was presented to SMU.
The article explains the Milky Way and our sun as part of a young galaxy that orbits a central mass. It notes the sun’s position near the edge of the disc and a full cycle of about 250 million Earth years. It also guides winter viewing conditions and the Moon phases around Christmas and January.
The poinsettia owes its name and fame to Joel Roberts Poinsett, an early American diplomat and botanist who as U S ambassador to Mexico brought the plant to his South Carolina home. Robert Buist later renamed it euphorbia poinsettia and the variety has since spread worldwide with many sizes colors and varieties. Poinsett also served in Congress and as secretary of war and was a friend to several presidents.
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