Global Christmas Traditions Across Faiths and Practices
A wide survey contrasts how nations from Germany to Mexico observe Christmas. The piece notes extended celebrations in Europe, gift customs shaped by culture, and debates among Christians about the dating of Jesus birth, with emphasis on the commercial lure of gifts in the United States and varied, lasting traditions abroad.
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America
Germany
Mexico
Aheelat
Rue de Boulevard
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Christiiss
Hoboken
Italy
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Judea
Christiana
United States
England
France
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Long a Temperance Worker Mother Stewart dies at 92
The life of temperance advocate Mother Stewart who died at 92 is recalled. She founded Ohio's first Woman’s Christian Temperance Union chapter at Osborn and organized the U K in England. She lectured postwar in the south and later joined Alexander Dowie’s Zion City before living with friends in Hicksville.
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Stewart
WC. T U
Ohio
Osborn
England
Alexander Dowie
Zion City
Hicksville
Springfield
America
Sees Great Future For Siberia Emigration Boom Reported
More than 600000 people emigrated from European Russia to Siberia in 1907, Vice-Consul Chan ter of Dalny reports, with record numbers not returning home. Colonists receive 7 acres each, tax free for three years, half taxes for next three. Siberia imports about 10 million dollars in goods from China annually, mainly tea, and exports 750 thousand dollars of articles to China, many from European Russia.
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Russia
Siberia
Chanter of Dalny
China
Practical Fashions Girls Dress Pattern No. 2622
Paria Pattern No. 2622 offers a steel gray serge school frock for girls ages 6 to 14 with backward turning tucks and a short plaited skirt. It requires specific yardage by width and a plaid belt, with center-back closure and plaid-covered buttons. Send 10 cents to Pattern Department with size, name, and address.
Misses Shirt Waist Paris Pattern No 2648
Pattern details for a four size misses shirt waist for ages 14 to 17 with high or low necks and optional Mikado sleeve bands. Includes back closure, fullness from wide tucked front, and yardage guidance for 15 year size across fabric widths. Include name and address to order pattern.
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Paris
Minister Calls Hatless Women in Brooklyn Church
A Brooklyn Baptist minister urged women in his congregation to remove their hats, threatening that those who refused should go home. He cited Corinthian custom and claimed to have seen a crowd in Tokyo misread a woman's large bat fogan airship.
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Brooklyn
Corinth
Tokyo
Woman Claims Hairpin Can Replace Tools in Echoed Duel
A quirky exchange features Mrs Whim boasting a hairpin can perform any task while Mr Whim challenges with a sharpened lead pencil as the proposed tool. The whimsical dialogue highlights their comic dynamic and test of ingenuity.
Invalid's Sad Plight and Cuticura Relief Declared
A Stamford Connecticut reader describes a four year battle with inflammatory rheumatism skin sores and hair loss. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent the reader says complexion improved sores healed and hair regrew. March 6 and 12 1907.
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Lavina J Henderson
Broad St
Stamford, Conn
Hoodooed beggar challenged by inquisitive crowd
A poor man asks for alms and is labeled a fraud after questioning. He insists he is under a hoodoo and that if he could seize time by the forelock it would reveal his luck, prompting others to comment.
Catarrh Cure Claim Promises Cure for Constitutional Disease
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy that reaches the blood and mucous surfaces. It claims a 100 dollar reward for any case it cannot cure and urges readers to request testimonials from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. The notice notes price 75 cents and recommends Liah's Family Pills.
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Jial
Iiet
J Cheney & CO
Toledo
Liah
Distemper Cure and Miscellaneous Notices
Distemper in horses and dogs discussed with Spohns Distemper Cure advertised. Cigar brand Lewis Single Binder promoted. Piles treated with Paiu Ointment guaranteed. Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrup for teething. Various quotes and drugstore notices included. Left handed proportion noted.
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