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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1922
Page
6
The author laments modern excess in Christmas decoration praising wax candles and simple natural adornments. He contrasts the flood of electric lights, fusel gold, and mass produced trinkets with folk tradition and home made ornaments, calling the expensive display a fraud on the spirit of Yule. He urges simple gifts like apples, oranges, homemade origami and toys.
Eye Sight Day observed as part of a national push to promote eye hygiene in schools. Kentucky officials and local superintendents join the effort led by the Eye Sight Conservation Council with cooperation from James J. Davis and Guy A. Henry to foster ongoing education and early defect detection.
A note explains that sawing wood is valued as useful work rather than categorized as physical culture.
Instructions advise washing windows when the sun is shining to avoid streaks, drying before polishing, and keeping panes airy. It recommends dusting first and adding a little ammonia to the water to enhance shine and polish.
A Boys' World note urges meaning behind Christmas, noting Christ's light and deliverance bring joy. It calls for acts of kindness beyond gifts, helping those in need and lifting spirits crushed by disaster. The piece emphasizes joy through service over mere celebration.
The article explains mistletoe kisses at Christmas as a cherished custom. It cites ancient origins from Nordic gods and Venus of the North, noting mistletoe as a symbol of love and celebration and its Druids' veneration. It warns that touching the ground with mistletoe omenizes evil.
Fragmentary text describes a figure named Hock-Santa Claus with gifts for everyone and mentions varied items. It references an acquaintance and alimony themes in unclear phrasing.
A catalog style list presents violins cellos bass viols and winds including cornet trombone flute piccolo saxophone clarinet drums xylophone mandolin guitar and ukulele in a single inventory style entry. The compilation emphasizes breadth of string woodwind brass and percussion and spans popular and period instruments.
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