The Manger Scene Across European Christmas Traditions
A study of Christmas customs in Italy Spain France and Germany, detailing presipio manger scenes creche and the spread of Christ child representations. Describes size materials and craftsmanship from small boards to room filling displays with carved figures and glass accents.
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Italy
Spain
Tals
Kris Kringle
Santa Claus
Europe
Christus
Christ
Bethlehem
Joseph
Rakes
Brucette
France
That Pestiferous Boy Seeks Santa Trap
A fragment from a tale shows a boy plotting a trap for Santa Claus as a merry Christmas exchange unfolds with playful mischief between characters. The dialogue hints at a mischievous child and a wary elder, capturing holiday whimsy.
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Santa Claus
Cleansing the Saucepan Method by Bere
Simple but successful method for cleansing a saucepan after boiling milk. Pour out boiling milk, replace the lid quickly to trap steam, wait for it to cool, then rinse in cold water to finish. The pan cleans quickly and easily.
Old John of Cass Lake Faces Century Three Plus Four Decades
Indian elder Ka he nah gwey wence called John Smith allegedly celebrated his 134th birthday near Cass Lake Minnesota. Earl Evans of Leslie's visited twice finding him lively and talkative about his nine squaws and wars with Sioux. John boasts five feathered trophies and critiques Chicago as a “crazy town.”
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Northwest
John Smith
Cass Lake
Minn
Earl EB. Evans
Leslie
John
Long Prairie
Pine City
Chicago
Mouth of the Nile Width Sparks Humorous Exchange
A light exchange features a remark about the Nile's mouth being 155 miles wide and a joke about a crying baby due to its hard of hearing parents. Miss Fish asks if anyone has been on land and Mr. Fish replies he was land sick, prompting laughter in a playful seaside setting.
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Nile
Mediterranean
Christmas Legend of Saint Stephen the First Martyr
Abbie Farwell Brown recounts the tale of Saint Stephen dated December 26 and 28, detailing how he refused Herod and served a greater King. The legend explains Stephen as patron of stone cutters, with the cock crowing to ward off evil sprites after the martyrdom. Nuts are noted for high nutritive quality.
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Stephen
Saint Stephen
Herod
Bethlehem
Jack
Christus
Jerusalem
Abbie Farwell Brown
Lippincott's Magazine
Rose of Jericho flower revived by moisture legend
The rose of Jericho described as a resurrection plant from the Dead Sea area is revived when soaked, curling into a brown ball then green and growing. Botanical name Anastatica. legends claim bloom on Christmas Day. Misses Mary and Grace Hagan visit Mrs Harris of Prospect Street, Hagerstown. Fly: Drat it, I knew that some day, You get caught in the jam.
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Everal
Arists
Jericho
Dead Sea
Holy Land
Mary
Grace Hagan
City
C. K. Harris
Prospect Street
Hagerstown
Popocatepetl Erupts With 2500 Foot Ash Column Near Mexico City
Mexico City observers report Popocatepetl blasting a 2500 foot high smoke and ash plume. President Obregon watched from Chapultepec as aviators were dispatched to assess the eruption. Villages near the mountain have reportedly deserted for weeks amid escalating activity.
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Mexico City
Popocatepetl
Thin City
Obregon
Chapultepec
Airplane Church Service Pioneers Texas Town
Chaplain A. J. Foltz of Fort Crockett Galveston Island led the first religious service attended by an entire town via airplane. Twenty planes with 80 men each launced from Allington field Houston traveled 38 miles in about 20 minutes to Galveston Island for the service and returned to Ellington without mishap.
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John
Maury
A. J. Foltz
Fort Crockett
Galveston Island
Galveston
Texan
Choplain Felts
Chaplain Feltz
Allington Field
Houston
Texas
Ellington Seid
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Frederick’s
Duryagen
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Resurrection
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