Nativity Story From Bethlehem Under Caesar's Tax Decree
A Christmas narrative recounts Caesar Augustus ordering a tax and Joseph and Mary traveling from Nazareth to Bethlehem. The baby Jesus is born and laid in a manger as shepherds receive angelic tidings. The heavenly host proclaims peace on earth and goodwill to men. The scene closes with the holy family in Bethlehem, as described in Luke 2 1 14.
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Christ the Lord
Bethlehem
Mary
Joseph
Tuke
Nixon pledges total withdrawal by end of 1970
Nixon presents a plan to remove all ground combat troops by 1970 and to pull air and support forces within a "reasonable time." He rebuts critics who claim he would keep troops indefinitely, citing his Nov. 2 speech and Defense Secretary Laird confirming a phased withdrawal to zero. The president argues the plan goes beyond what previous Doves advocated and rejects Korea-like entrenchment.
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Nixon
Vietnam
Richard Nixon
U.S
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Laird
Chicago
Korea
Broadway Christmas Morning 1908 Newsroom Dream
In Christmastide 1908 Broadway scenes, Heywood Broun, a Brooklyn born Harvard student and Morning Telegraph copy boy, longs for a great story as telegraph machines chatter. A veteran telegrapher reveals the mighty news: A Child Is Born, A Child Is Born, A Child Is Born.
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Seventh Avenue
Morning Telegraph
Keywood Campbell Broun
Brooklyn
Harvard University
Times Square
Newspaper Guild
Heywood Broun
Moor
Mr. Braun
Heywood Braun
Drugs for epileptics and pregnancy questions
Reader letters discuss that epilepsy therapy uses various daily medications chosen per patient, not a single capsule, with some patients living seizure-free for years while acknowledging not all seizures may be prevented. Advice also covers pregnancy duration myths and hypoglycemia awareness with Dr Thosteson's booklet offer.
Raggedy Ann Classic Doll Reaches 55 This Christmas
Raggedy Ann endures as the classic American doll born in Silvermine Connecticut in 1914. The 55 year old doll remains beloved by children worldwide with an estimated 24 million existing, manufactured by Knickerbocker in Middlesex New Jersey.
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Raggedy Ann
Raggedy Annn
Conn
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Gruelle
James Whitcomb Riley
Annie
Marcella Gruelle
Marcella
Ann
Raggedy
Andy
Italy
Knickerbocker Toy Company, Inc
Middlesex
Nui
United States
America
Yesterday and Today in Muscatine News
A compact nostalgia note recalls events from four time periods. Charley Millers dry goods shop remains noted as yesterday’s landmark as Cedar River ice hinders Overman’s ferry. The piece tallies past community moments including a Christmas season visit by Mrs. Raff and Edith to Davenport, a discussion of railroads, a Muscatine Pearl Works party for over 300 workers, Navy indoctrination news at Great Lakes, plus local students Rose Cullen and the Korschots’ sudden death, all within a single column snapshot of local memory.
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England
France
Europe
Muscatine Pearl Works
Turkey
Hotel Muscatine
Wallace F. Benson
U. S. Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Rose Mary Cullen
Des Moines
Ang Mra
Ralph Cullen
East Tenth Street
Miss Cullen
American Institute of Business At
Alpha Iota Sorority
Today in History December 24 1969 Highlights
In 1814 the Treaty of Ghent ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Britain in Belgium. Other events include Vasco da Gama’s death in 1524 and Cromwell’s forces taking Edinburgh Castle in 1649.
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United States
England
Ghent
Belgium
India
Vasco da Gama
Edinburgh Castle
Scotland
Oliver Cromwell
Ku Klux Klan
Pulaski
Tenn
France
Admiral Darlan
Algiers
Herod Kills Male Children in Bethlehem
Biblical excerpt reports Herod in a furious rage ordering the murder of male children in Bethlehem. The text includes a RSV prayer asking for Jesus presence, blessing and redemption, ending with Amen.
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Herod
Bethlehem
RSV
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