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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1920
Page
6
A Christmas lyric urging charity amid holiday festivities. It contrasts rich abundance with poverty and calls readers to brighten hearths and share joy, urging bells to ring for the wretched and for the season’s goodwill.
A historical survey of Christmas carols from early Latin and Roman mass origins to English and German traditions. It notes attributions to Telesphorus and Luther, legends of church performances, Francis of Assisi nativities, Ben Jonson, and modern hymn writers like Brooks, Muhlenberg, Montgomery, Wordsworth, Tate, Byron, Keble, and Heber, with reflections on their cultural roles and shifts.
A narrative poem of a minstrel praising a fair maid who gives her heart and faith as Christmas sings. The speaker pledges love and a vow to face joust and war, while joy bells ring and Christmas cheer fills the year.
A seasonal call urges people to help birds in winter by placing suet and trimming trees. It notes the birds’ earlier kindness and asks readers to act when food is scarce, suggesting using nearby trees or traveling to locate feeding spots.
Washington reports a complete account of the American peace commission expenses abroad. Total expenditures from December 1, 1918 to December 4, 1920 were 1 651 191.09 dollars, with actual payouts 1 703 712.06 after refunds and exchange gains. Major items include travel and subsistence, salaries, hotel costs at Crillon, rents, food and supplies, and missions to Russia Germany Posen Turkey Holland and Armenia totaling 339 726 dollars.
Major General John A. Hulen received authority from the War Department Bureau of Militia Affairs to proceed with organizing a new Texas National Guard. Work will begin within days and Hulen expects to announce the detailed plans soon.
Children take part in Christmas preparation in town kindergartens. They make paper chains red cranberries corn curtains and snow scenes with Santa and reindeer. They cut out scenes and sing songs while teachers organize plays and games. Stores offer sewing cards beads and crayons for home activities.
A fragment notes English custom where oxen kneel at midnight on Christmas to honor the Nativity. The text suggests a traditional scene of reverence and nativity imagery within a Christmas vigil.
In a quoted remark Miss Mary G Kilbreth, an anti suffragette, condemns modern girls as indifferent to elders. She cites a bathing beach incident where a young woman in a daring swimsuit defies an aunt's remonstrance, retorting she will wear a new evening gown.
Prison camps boast baseball teams like Sing Sing Mutual Welfare league, winning over 95 percent of games against visiting New Jersey and Connecticut nines. Other institutions such as the Eastern Penitentiary in Philadelphia also foster talented players while detailing field amenities and spectator bleachers.
Washington proposal recommends establishing a new coinage mint in Chicago to boost coin production at the Philadelphia San Francisco and Denver mints, as advised by Secretary Houston to Congress.
The department of agriculture notes a large portion of the fruit and vegetable harvest remains with producers or at country shipping points. Market conditions are largely stagnant with some price declines continuing through the week.
In Armentieres France a freight train and a passenger train collided head on outside the station Sunday. Twelve people were killed and thirty injured.
The British embassy in Washington denies visas to members of the inquiry commission to travel to Ireland and study conditions there firsthand.
Governor A. B. Smith will become chairman of the board of directors of the United States Trucking Corporation on January 2, succeeding as governor by Nathan L. Miller.
An article describes artificial silk made from animal muscular fiber. The fiber is separated, straightened in a liquid, and fibers several inches long are produced. The fabric can be waterproofed with rubber and used for insulation and balloon cloth. The material is claimed to be inexpensive and practical.
A patient accuses a physician of causing his wife’s death while the other dismisses the remark as courtesy. The exchange hints at professional obligation and accountability in a medical dispute.
Notes on banns of marriage tracing the term to proclamation and a tongue in cheek proverb that the last laugher may laugh impudently.
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