Candles Through Ages and Uses in Christmas Lore
Virginia Parkinson introduces Parkinson's Candles and Clare Bell Thurston's Candle Dipping. The essay traces candles from ancient wax strings to medieval beeswax timepieces, religious candlesticks, and Yuletide symbolism. It weaves anecdotes from King Alfred to Samuel Pepys and Bethlehem, noting bed candles, auction bidding, and modern care tips for burning and storing candles.
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Clare Bell
Thurston
Varson
Avignon
France
Alfred the Great
Tabernacle
Solomon's Temple
Yuletide
England
Dolly Dell
Christmas greetings tabloid rolls from Daily Sentinel
The Daily Sentinel ran a 2-section 32-page Christmas greetings tabloid for Le Mars and area readers. About 13,000 copies rolled off the press Monday and distribution occurred Wednesday in the Area Shoppers Guide, with two tons of newsprint used, per Publisher Carter Pits.
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Daily Sentinel
le Mars
Area Shoppers Guide
Carter Pits
Dick Koerselman
Hinton, Merrill and
West le Mars
le Mars Daily Sentinel
Shoppers Guide
Weather Across the Nation Brings Mixed Conditions
An overcast day with flurries gives way to clearing by afternoon, as a Gulf coast tornado watch, fog in the Mississippi valley, and freezing rain in Minnesota accompany a winter arrival at noon. Towns report sub-zero cold, heavy snow in places, with Le Mars at 21 and 36 high on Wednesday, then warming to the 40s by Friday.
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Gulf Coast
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Minnesota
le Mars
Jesse Owens to Speak at Order of Arrow Banquet in Storm Lake
Jesse Owens the celebrated track star will headline the Order of the Arrow winter fellowship banquet at the Cobblestone Inn Storm Lake on Friday December 29 at 6 30 p m The event plans a father and son format with several scouts and scouters to receive Vigil Honor and reservations are $3 per person via Prairie Gold Area Council Boy Scouts of America 108 Pearl St Sioux City 51101 Owens renowned precocious career ranging from high school Ohio State world records to four gold medals in the 1936 Berlin Games and later ambassador of sports duties are summarized in this preview
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Jesse Owens
Order of the Arrow
Cobblestone Inn
Storm Lake
Scouting
Prairie Gold Area Council
Boy Scouts of America
Pearl St
Sioux City
Ohio State University
University of Michigan
Berlin
Owens
Harlem Globetrotters
U. S State Department
America
Peak day at Le Mars post office on Monday
Postmaster James M Kennedy reports the new Le Mars facility ran efficiently this Christmas season. Peak mailing day reached 21 000 cancellations on Monday December 18 with three clerks at the window late in the day. About 100 000 Christmas stamps were available, 30 000 more than last year, with 7 300 unsold by Wednesday. The lobby will be closed Christmas Day. Saturday hours extend to 12 noon.
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Rita Starz
le Mars
James M Kennedy
Kennedy
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Virginia Parkinson
Parkinson's Candles
Bethlehem
Johnson
Samuel Pepy
Catherine Graymen
Iuall
le Marsay Sentinel
Order of Arrow
Alabama
Eisenhower
Melbourne
Australia
Jim Thorpe
Bobby Jones
Cleveland
Chicago
Nioweps Peo Barre
RA Chive
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