Christmas Eve Messengers Deliver Hope in City Post
In a Western city by the Great Lakes, late Christmas Eve, the busy crowds bustle through the shop district as a tale blends shepherds with a modern twist. The piece reflects on heavenly messengers and the quiet, steadfast deliverers of gifts and goodwill, the Special Delivery boys guiding letters through night lanes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David
Christ the Lord
Shop- Wong
Great Lakes
Rother
Heavenly Messenger
Christmas Messenger Delivers Glad Tidings to Many
A nilly narrative follows a Heavenly Messenger delivering Christmas letters to diverse homes. From a Chicago hospital update to a traveling man seeking a long-lost showgirl, the trove of notes uncovers warmth amid snowbound streets and festive bustle.
Christmas of Present Time and the Home Hearth
The article argues Christmas has shifted from a country journey to urban and hotel celebrations due to modern travel. Despite growth in mobility, the core of Christmas remains the family at home with children enriching life. Away from home, while possible, cannot fully replace the traditional family hearth.
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Atlantic
Pacific
England
Globe
Montreal
Melbourne
Calcutta
Cape Town
London
Irving
Bracebridge Hall
The First Christmas Card Origins and Traditions
A look at claims to inventing the Christmas card with notes on Dobson Horsley and Cole, tracing the card’s origins to China and Europe. It covers early business sales around 1845, American design influence, and Japanese New Year greetings with symbols of longevity and fortune. It also lists the seven gods of good fortune featured on New Year cards.
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Dobson
John C. Horsley
Sir Henry Cole
China
Europe
Itay Knoe
Stork
Ebisu
Daikoku
Benten
Fotei
Giro
Fukuroke
Bishamon
Evolution of Christmas and Epiphany celebrations
The Nativity was fixed on December 25 while the Christmas festival extended for twelve days. The last day became Old Christmas Day in England and Little Christmas among the French. Epiphany emerged as a separate festival after the Christmas period, with customs like the twelfth day cake and the king and bean, now often called le jour de roi or Epiphany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ellen
de Lettah
Chile
England
Borusum Indian land bill faces nationwide protest
In a senate exchange Senator Borah asks the house to return the bill on New Mexico Pueblo land claims. A protest signed by about fifty artists and writers denounces the measure as unjust to Indians and urges Americans to oppose the Borstum Indian bill to protect Pueblo lands and national honor.
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Ashington
Senate
Borah
Idaho
New Mexico
House
Bursum
Newfexico
Pueblos
Wheat consumption rises as production per person falls
The annual yearbook of the Department of Agriculture notes that while per capita wheat consumption in the United States has risen, per capita production has declined and is likely to continue. The study, by leading agronomists and economists, shows a third of US farmers grow wheat, with corn, hay, and cotton exceeding it in acreage or value. wheat’s role in foreign trade remains strong though exports have slowed in two decades, except during wartime.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
New Livestock Reporting Service Organized by Agriculture
The Department of Agriculture has created a new livestock reporting service to forecast current production, marketable supplies, and commercial movements across the corn belt and Western Orange States. State statisticians will coordinate with railroads, stockyards, packing plants, and producers’ groups to collect data for forecasting, aiming to balance supply with demand and stabilize prices. Reports will include monthly cattle on farm changes, semiannual pig surveys, monthly receipts and shipments, pasture and feed conditions, and price trends in distant markets.
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Department of Agriculture
Corn Belt
Orange States
California
Arizona
Kentucky
Tennessee
West Virginia
Virginia
Food Industry Bigger Than Iron and Steel Says Dept
A Department of Agriculture declaration states that food manufacturing is the nation’s largest industry, surpassing iron and steel. It notes growth in factory production versus home preparation, urges stronger food-control laws, and cites 1919 factory values of 13.397 billion dollars with 67,453 establishments.
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Department of Agriculture
Bit-Mit
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