Magi Priests in Old Persia and Court Roles
Old Persia’s Magi were Zoroastrian priests praised by Herodotus for political and educational influence. They served in royal courts, educated princes, and advised rulers. The text then shifts to a Pennsylvania court notice regarding Minnie Louise Bittinger with a discharge hearing set for January 21, 1949.
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Adong
Herodotus
Christ
Zoroaster
Court OF Common Pleas
Adams County
Pennsylvania
Minne Louise
Bittinger
EM. Bittinger
Minnie Louvkte Bittinger
I. Francis -Yake
Petitior
Nameless Magi Recognize Birth of Prince of Peace
The three Magi who followed the Star of Bethlehem and offered gold frankincense and myrrh are unnamed in the passage yet Foreshadow the significance of the birth of the Prince of Peace. The priest yearns for holy wisdom to guide men to face death with courage and joy.
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Paradise
Peace
Thomas Nast and the birth of Santa Claus
The article credits Thomas Nast, famed cartoonist of Uncle Sam and the Republican elephant, with creating America's modern Santa Claus. Nast first drew Santa in 1873 as a plump, pipe smoking man in a night shirt with fur trim, who later evolved into the red suit with white beard.
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Thomas Nast
Uncle Sam
America
Santa Claus
Nast
Santa
Christmas Menu From Worx Mothers Cooks
Worx Mothers plan a special Christmas day menu with breakfast items like Orange Juice Waffies and Grilled Sausage Cakes. The Christmas Dinner features Roast Turkey with Giblet Gravy Celery Dressing Mashed Potatoes Buttered Green Beans and Cranberry Sauce. Supper includes Nutbread Sandwiches Mixed Vegetable Salad Fruit Gelatin Dessert and Tea.
Living room cheese board for guests with candy restrictions
A small cutting board holds assorted cheeses and crackers placed in the living room. It offers a snack option for guests who cannot or do not eat candy.
Quaint Swiss Weather Rite and Midnight Fountain Visit
A Swiss folk belief links a yearly forecast to onion layers peeled by a grandmother, showing monthly weather, while a daughter wanders town at midnight to drink from nine fountains and then goes to church. The tale ends with a notion of meeting an unknown lover on church steps on pay day.
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Switzerland
Notice of Gettysburg Mutual Fire Insurance annual meeting
Notice is given of the annual meeting of the members and policy holders of Gettysburg Mutual Fire Insurance Company in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Officers announce voting on charter amendments to enlarge purposes to include certain insurance, and election of directors for the ensuing year plus any other business. The meeting is at the company offices on January 16 1949 at 10200 o'clock with secretary signatures of SEWELI and E. RAPP.
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Adam Long
Hanover
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Gettysburg Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Keith Bigham & Markley
First National Hank Building
Get
Tyxyburm
Wits
Insurance Company
P. L
Wee Ant
Ing. M
Stir Up Sunday and the Frumenty Tradition
The Book of Common Prayer’s stir up phrase inspired Peterborough families to begin their plum pudding and everyone helped in the stir. The dish furmety or frumenty, a wheat-based broth with eggs, was an early form of the Christmas pudding.
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Church of England
Peterborough
Hanover General Adds Patient in 52 Week Subscription Note
A fragment describes a balance to the Hanover General and a 52 weeks subscription tied to a patient admission, noting a present that lasts and a community newspaper reference.
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Hanover General
Vital
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Asi
Harold's Cafe
Baltimore St. Hanover, Pa
Perous
Kunn's Millinery
Chambersburg St. Gettysburg
Ps. Rose B. Sanders
Mgrewspaperhachlye
Teest Foods
Worx
the Lane Co
Best
High Street
The
Royale Dairy
Hanover, PA
Greenebaum
the Square
Alvin R. Nissly Peoples Bank
Seweli
E. Rapp
Frederic’s
Beauty Salon
Center Square
New Oxford, Pa
Baltimore Street
Merry Christmas
New Oxford
DR. Easter Optometrist
W. Market St
York
Bert Wiskes
Mildred Morrison
Norman Morrison
Leader
Broadway
Lincolnway West
John Deere Sales & Service
Vernon G. Rife
Aero Ofe CO
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