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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1927
Page
2
The notice states annual rates of $1.00 in advance or $1.50 if unpaid by year end. Subscriptions continue unless the publisher opts to discontinue after arrears are paid. Nonlocal subscribers pay $1.59 yearly in advance or £2.00 if unpaid. Advertisements priced reasonably with ongoing discounts for yearly advertisers. job printing offered from labels to large handbills.
Substantial deer harvest reported across Adams County with multiple hunters from Gettysburg Hanover Abbottstown and surrounding towns scoring a range of buck sizes from four to ten points. Notable weights include 165 140 and 190 pounds with several eight and seven point entries on Green Ridge South Mountains and near Orrtanna. Bears mentioned near Pine Grove Furnace.
The Democratic county committee reported spending 3023 dollars in the recent campaign per treasurer Miss Lily Dougherty, with receipts slightly higher. Individual candidates listed varied expenditures from 114.51 dollars for Wilbur Geiselman to 561.45 for S A Bubur, with several other figures noted in the clerk of courts records. Wednesday marked the final filing day for individual and organization accounts.
Christmas gift ideas include a clove studded apple fragrance ball that lasts for years, a loose-leaf scrapbook of party ideas clipped from magazines, a six-box match drawer pinholder, and handkerchiefs with personalized embroidery. edited notes by Helen Galsford.
In 1927 a Midbury Heights postman John Tracy returns from his route with a payload of gifts from grateful neighbors. The postmaster and the community labels his work as a burden of love, noting how residents avoided mailing gifts to himself and instead packed his day with tokens of appreciation.
Dialogue shows a shopper confidently stating completion of Christus shopping and forecasting the gifts and the number of exchanges planned. The exchange indicates a lighthearted holiday scene with anticipation of presents and budgeting.
A long standing Christmas carol singing tradition was revived in 2017 with about 91 cities participating. It is expected carols will be sung on Christmas Eve in streets parks churches and public institutions.
Mrs Sunna Keefer and her son Charles M Keefer have relocated from their residence with Mrs Eckard near Littlestown to Ri Taney town. The move follows living with her daughter and son-in-law, My and Mrs Henry C Eckard.
Phillip, a city lover, joins Priscilla for Christmas dinner with her humble family. She fears she has no gift to give him, yet the night unfolds with warmth and a whispered confession under mistletoe, the simplest gift becoming love. Maxine Chapman.
The excerpt praises Christmas Day as the sweetest observance, highlighting its unselfish nature and the idea that it forms a golden link binding heaven and earth in closer understanding.
The note traces Christmas from its early observance in the fourth century to its widespread adoption by the thirteenth century, outlining the gradual establishment of the holiday as a general custom.
A note from a historical column discusses a superstition about bringing holly near the house before Christmas. The text reflects folk beliefs tied to holiday decor and good fortune.
Ke M Wolf of York Springs motored to Chester to visit friends. A roadside stop near Cornwall caused a minor repair and his gold watch fell from his pocket into the grass. He searched upon return and recovered the timepiece the next morning after a brief search.
Clare Reynolds, new at an Insurance office, helps Everett Moore with Christmas buys and a lamp, an atomizer, tea and a note. Their silent tension breaks as they chat over gifts and roses, revealing mutual interest on Christmas Eve. Everett signs his note as an admiring friend, wondering why they hadn’t met sooner.
Marion-Jane Roth opens her door to a hurt visitor who slips and bleeds. She bands his head and invites him to Christmas dinner. The guest recalls plum pudding smells from childhood and agrees to stay, easing homesickness.
Report of Maple Grove school for November shows 84 pupils with 18 boys and 16 girls. Attendance high with 98 percent for boys and 88 percent for girls. Daily attendees listed. teacher Mrs. Margie Moul. subscription rate $1 per year.
Anne Dawson helps two poor flower girls by buying their tulips then learns the girls’ family life. A rose red candle and holly wreath appear on the cottage, and a generous gift basket arrives, proving the simple gesture sparked joy and changed her view of Christmas.
At a Russian Christmas table a straw bundle symbolizes the manger. Guests each draw a blade of straw, and the one with the longest piece is believed to be fated to live the longest.
The piece notes Saint Nicholas as the patron saint of Christmas gaining adoption in America. It contrasts Father Christmas in Britain and Santa Claus in Germany with Kriss Kringler in Eloland, framing them as variants of Saint Nicholas from Montreal Star reporting on the icon's spread.
The National Safety Council urges parents to keep candles out of children's reach and be extra cautious with inflammable decorations during the holiday season.
Christmas greeting cards will cost this country 55 million dollars, plus the time Jost spends remembering recipients. The note highlights rising expense and labor in seasonal correspondence.
A Christmas Eve meditation recalls legends of Jesus as a boy who inspired wonder in friends and healed a lame companion, and a tale of a bird whose life was saved. The piece notes these stories may be legend but affirm Jesus was kind and beloved by playmates.
A fragment recalls a box of mistletoe used to prompt a first kiss. The speaker questions the intent, noting a sign on the dotted line and asking for confirmation of the plan or meaning behind the gesture.
Clarence W. Masenheimer of Hanover lists November property transactions including purchases of a single frame dwelling from Clement Becker a double frame house from Roy Shaffer and Russel Ebaugh a small poultry farm at Mt Pleasant and sales of a single frame house to Geo Myers a dwelling to John Renner and wife a poultry farm at Mt Pleasant and a single frame home to Lewis F Adams and wife all in Hanover and Mt Pleasant.
Rosemary once played a far greater part than holly in Christmas decorations, a note reflecting its historic prominence in festive greenery and home craft traditions.
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