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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1913
Page
4
Thousands of children in cities miss Christmas joy at home yet find happiness in charitable institutions. Hundreds of homeless youngsters under ten share festive scenes, proving communal celebration can outshine solitary wealth and emphasize the true spirit of the season.
Recipes for Christmas including Salmon Salad Montreaux Sandwiches and Fig Mincemeat Pies. Salmon salad with cucumber tomato lettuce and egg, a lemon butter sauce. Montreaux sandwiches with egg parsley butter and anchovy essence. fig mincemeat pies with flour fat water and baking powder baked briefly.
The article notes French children place shoes by the chimney for Christmas and expect small toys. wiser children may receive money and a book. It criticizes French gift books for children as sermon like, vividly red bound, with ornate gilt arabesque designs, sized by the recipient’s merit and the donor’s heart, as described by Harper's Bazaar.
The text reports that U S children yearly spend 45 million dollars on toys with 15 million imported and 39 million domestic. New York City children account for 3 million, with one third imports and two thirds home products. A trend toward mechanical iron toys, made in the United States for hard use by children, is noted.
The article describes how American servicemen across the globe observe Christmas with meals, church services, athletic events, and entertainments. It notes restrictions on alcohol, chaplain led religious exercises, and social activities amid distant postings including the Philippines. It contrasts British traditions that favor a full week of Christmas celebration.
A Christmas tree table arrangement places tiny fir trees between guests on a long table. Each tree in a red lacquer tub is decorated with tinsel garlands and foil wrapped bonbons, creating a festive glow from candles or electric lights.
The piece surveys German legends of the evergreen Christmas tree and gift joy, Nordic Hertha fire rites, Santa Claus chimney lore, Norse wait carolers in England, and the oral transmission of early Christmas hymns and carols across generations.
A playful rondeau about Jack causing a blush in Jill by mistletoe at the gate. The late hour frames a shy confession of mischief and romance born from festive trimmings.
A historic note recalls the first Christmas inside a house on the American continent in 1618 at Plymouth Massachusetts. Puritan settlers divided into nineteen families and assigned each a jot for house and garden. The celebration was cheerful though some slept in the cold, with prayer and carols marking the day.
A cake recipe of noted merit is published here. It lists whites of five eggs and butter sugar and milk as key components with flour vanilla and baking powder. The method combines creamed sugar and butter then folds in sifted flour and powder with stiffly beaten whites folded in last for light texture.
Lockney citizens organize a commercial club called the Bachelor Boys Commercial Club. Ony unmarried men are eligible to membership. Johnie Broyles serves as President. Memphis Texas votes a $25000 bond issue to build a new school.
The article notes six unions formed by combining small Congregationalist, Methodist and Christian churches in South Dakota and similar unions in Vermont. It argues these consolidations strengthen congregations, curb sectarian division, and advance community uplift and church mission.
A Colorado snowstorm last week left the state covered by a deep white blanket three to five feet high. The note urges readers to visit Mathews and Norris for rugs mattings and linoleums.
A readable line indicates White Swan Salmon offered at Morrisoft's for 20c per can, a 25c can’s price noted. The brief mentions the store and product without further details.
Cisco and Stram ford Marble Works offer prompt and satisfactory sales of tombstones and iron fencing to fulfill orders efficiently.
The Rev Irl R Hicks 1914 Almanac is ready and mailed prepaid for 35 cents. Professor Hicks Word and Works magazine for one year plus the Almanac costs one dollar. Includes lessons on astronomy and forecasts of storms, droughts, blizzards, and tornadoes. Send to We and Works Publishing Company 3401 Franklin Avenue St Louis MO.
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