Realignment of Voters Nears in Nation's Politics
A Washington view argues national voter realignment may occur by 1936 with shifts from Republican to Democratic rolls and vice versa driven by economic policy. It notes observers expect liberal and conservative divides to map onto regional economies and cautions about federal policing of business under codes of fair competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Republican
Middle West
Theodore Roosevelt
Johnson
Johnson Police
Prohibition
Men who helped make Christmas through the ages
The article traces the origins of Christmas and the evolution of its customs. It notes that while Jesus Christ founded the celebration, many figures shaped its traditions. Some origins are traceable to specific individuals, forming the article’s theme of “men who helped make Christmas.”
How Christmas Was Made A Modern Holiday
This column traces how Santa Claus and Christmas traditions evolved through the works of Irving Paulding Moore and an unknown illustrator, the origins of Christmas carols, the first printed Santa image, and the roles of Henry Cole Prang Holboell Riis Bissell Poinsett in shaping Christmas cards seals poinsettia and the holiday's modern character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Sinterklass
Saint Nicholas
James K. Paulding
Washington Irving
Clement C. Moore
Knickerbocker
New York
St. Nicholas
New Amsterdam
Irving
James Kirke Paulding
Clement Clark Moore
Moore
Paulding
Reese
Henry Cole
J. C. Horsley
Royal Academy
London
Cole
England
Louis Prang
Boston
Sir Henry Cole
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Alfred E. Smith
Democratic Party
Carter Glass
Virginia
la Follette
Wisconsin
Norris
Nebraska
Brookhart
Iowa
Johnson Republicans
California
Smith
Morgenthau
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Western Newspaper Union
Elmo Scott Watson
Josef Mohr
Oberndorf
Salzburg
Austria
Franz Gruber
Arnsdorf
Karl Mannacher
Fugen
Zillertal
Franz Cruber
Einar Holboell
Copenhagen
Denmark
Christian IX
Holboell
Louise
Charlotten Zund
America
Jacob Riis
Emily Bissell
American Red Cross
American National Anti-Tuberculosis Association
William Eustis
Madison
Joel Roberts Poinsett
South Carolina
Edinburgh University
Woolwich Academy
Europe
Poinsett
Robert Buist
Philadelphia
Euphorbia Poinsettia
Poinsettia
van Buren
Statesburg
S. C
Joel R. Poinsett
Roberts Poinsett
ST Mas
Msn
Inar Rolboell
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