Origins and customs of Christmas across generations
A historical overview traces Christmas from sun worship on December 25 to modern festive practice. It notes mistletoe and holly in homes, the yuletide yule log, the shift to Christian celebration, and the rise of community Christmas trees like the Tree of Light with civic committees and carols in Baltimore.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Christ
Europe
Thor
Germany
Baltimore
Candy's Role in Health and Industry in Wartime America
Candy lovers fueled by lifted sugar bans helped push factory-made confections to record demand with nearly 200 million dollars spent last year. Hershey and Pennsylvania dominate U S chocolate production as science links sugar to energy and athletic vigor, while the military uses sweets to sustain soldiers.
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America
King Candy
Pennsylvania
United States
Hershey
Grover Sheckard Wins a Lieutenancy
Grover Sheckard, once a Hershey Transit Co. employee, left Hershey as one of the first draftees and quickly rose to corporal and sergeant for valor. Casualty lists show him as severely wounded and designated lieutenant, though details of wounds and promotion remain unconfirmed. Hershey honors its son who served and earned a commission.
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Grover Sheckard
Hershey Transit Co
Hershey
Sheckard
Work of the Red Cross Must Go On
The Red Cross will not be demobilized after the war and will focus on peace time service. The organization cites past disasters and influenza relief, urging national support during the December 16 to 23 roll call to fund full membership for 1919 with a one dollar fee.
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Red Cross
Halifax
San Francisco
Titanic
Dayton
Triangle Waist
Perth Amboy
Galveston
Eastland
Messina
Death Claims Two In Hershey Family Tragedy
Mabel Elizabeth Snavely, wife of John F. Snavely and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Adam Spancake, died at her Hershey home Thursday evening at 10 30 from bronchial pneumonia after influenza. She was born November 27 1887 and married October 18 1909. She was a mother.
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U. B
Hershey Mothers’ Club
Bobby Miller
Harry Barr
John Gordon
John
Oscar
Laura
Irvin Aungst
Kate
Charles Hess
R. R. Butterwick
Henry’s
Wm. Henry
Palmyra
Rachael Nancy Kauffman
Stacy E. Peters
Hamilton D. Kauffman
Hershey
Dallastown
Lebanon Valley College
William H. Peters
Gettysburg College
Donington
Peters
Downingtown
Philadelphia
Christ’s Evangelical, Lutheran, Church
Lutheran Church
Stacy
E.piers
D. Kauffman
Kauffman
Artus O. Kauffman
Fawn Grove
Warri
Red Lion High School
Kia High School
Bells
Norman E. Garber
Bucks County
Residg
Doylestown
Gra
West Chester State Normalcy
York Township
York
Pennsylvania Raid
W.F. Clatfelter
S. L. Hench
Christ’s Evocal Lutheran Church
Mabel Elizabeth
John F. Snavely
John Adam Spancake
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