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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1924
Page
7
A letter from Momence Illinois claims Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helps women with female ailments. The testimonial notes improved health after using the remedy and urges others to try it. It cites residents in the town and reports a high rate of favorable replies and widespread sale.
Fortress Monroe at Old Point Comfort is described as the greatest fortification on American soil and a key Civil War site. The armor of God section urges believers to put on truth, righteousness, gospel peace, faith, salvation, and the word of God, with prayer as the sustaining power to stand against spiritual adversaries.
The piece traces December 25 as the adopted Christmas date, noting pagan and Christian roots. It covers how early Christians treated the holiday as holy and solemn, the various historical dating choices, and Pope Julius settling on December 25 by the fourth century, with Eastern churches differing.
The Roundhead era suppressed Christmas and other holy days for twelve years. When observed again, feasting and revelry dominated twelve days and nights under a lord of misrule who governed festivities. Eventually the season shifted to more decorous celebrations with the Yule log and holly and mistletoe decorations.
The piece reflects on Christmas traditions from candlelit windows and carols to daily feasts for the poor by wealthy landowners. It notes a growing modern spirit of peace and goodwill as humanity understands the angels song and the Child of Bethlehem with each year.
The text laments loud wartime pomp and calls for a sobered Christmas song. It urges blending joy with pity, to honor the blind and hearing impaired, and to let a subtle, sorrowful voice thread through the merriment. The speaker seeks a balanced tribute to compassion and celebration.
In a wintry street scene Pa Sauer emerges from a hermit like home to watch snow and wreaths. He lifts a nearly burned red candle from a chest and places it in the window as church bells play in the chilly air.
Christmas morning finds the Gaylord family gathered around a snow covered home. Father arrives by airplane just in time, declaring the packages unopened until the turkey is in the oven. The family shares joy as they celebrate together with love and faith in Christ.
When preparing a turkey for Christmas, use small toothpicks to close the cavity instead of sewing. Toothpick skewers are cheap, keep stuffing secure, can be easily removed after roasting, and look neater.
From two to three years old perceptive powers broaden and he should have books about animals and birds, bright illustrated. A sand table, digger pail, garden implements, children’s blocks, a small wheelbarrow, miniature furniture, stuffed animals and other easy to handle toys. George Newell Moran. Making Christmas Candies: when making candies or fillings for cake cut the top inside of the utensil to prevent syrup from rising above the buttered edge.
In the Civil War, Fort Fisher near Cape Fear river guarded Wilmington and its blockade runners. An initial deadly January 1865 assault failed, then Gen. Alfred Terry led a successful 8 000 strong assault after prior failures. The fall of Wilmington followed, starving the Confederacy ahead of its 1865 surrender.
A historical note claims George Westinghouse invented the rotary engine at age fourteen. The text also describes seals with radiator membranes, a Persian-origin orange, honey prized in Turkey, extensive Oregon whale sightings, a 60 foot 9 inch whale near Newport weighing about 60 tons, and a passenger radio mishap on the steamship California during a concert.
A religious exhortation quotes Spurgeon promising salvation if one comes to Christ. It claims Jesus Christ can absolve sins including blasphemy adultery fornication lying slander theft murder and all else with his blood. The message urges repentance despite dark impulses.
A brief reflection quoting Landor that music is the best gift from heaven to man and the earth’s sole art taken to heaven, celebrating music’s transcendent value and spiritual quality.
A fragment from Amiel’s Journal notes that decisive action follows clear perception, arguing that one who cannot commit after such insight may never decide.
A traditional Chinese saying notes that true knowledge rests with quiet ones while words reveal limited insight. It contrasts silent knowing with speaking without grasping meaning.
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