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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1907
Page
3
A festive holiday idea envisions a large paper bell bomb filled with gifts for children. Wrapped parcels hang inside a wire frame, covered in green tissue, and are released by a mother’s cue as ribbons are tugged. The scene ends with a shower of presents amid carols. Also described are party attire for girls and boys, including lawn frocks, berths, and a pale blue belt outfit.
In a Bethlehem plain shepherd David brings his son Jacob to night watch with the flock. A psalm comforts the boy as stars blaze and a radiant angel appears, signaling awe and divine presence over the sleeping shepherds.
An ornate biblical Christmas tale unfolds with angels proclaiming the Savior’s birth in Bethlehem and shepherds’ awe. The story contrasts sacred scenes with a Klondike Christmas memory and verse reflections on fairy tales living in past ages.
Household kitchen guide presents baked apples with peeling, sugar fillings, and spice options. Includes fried apples, croquettes, English tart, and apple patties with detailed methods and variations for meat pairings and desserts.
News snippets cover drouth in India, many stray notes on Germany post offices Tasmania apples and Algerian horses, with politics in England Wales and a New York suffrage debate. Also items on rail work in Canada Nigeria and a Bible auction dispute. Includes a colonial recipe for scalloped ham and a list of lawyers in Indiana and Pennsylvania.
Household hints offer practical tips in a kitchen setting. Advice covers cleaning one room at a time to reduce confusion, extinguishing candles safely, repurposing old Muen skirts into dish towels, doubling and pinning sheets to prevent fraying, tempering lamp chimneys in cold water, boiling slowly, and using bread tied in muslin to absorb greens odors. It also suggests coppered solution in water to deodorize areas with foul smells.
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