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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1917
Page
7
A craftsman recounts druidic rites for mistletoe collection with a golden sickle during the winter solstice. Sacred oaks housed the plant and priests were revered for healing powers, while evergreen decor aimed to invite sylvan spirits to endure frost until spring.
The Saturnalia Roman festival marked the origin of Christmas merrymaking. In late December it lasted a week or two, bringing revelry across classes, trading new business, suspending wars, forgiving feuds, and exchanging gifts as masters waited on slaves.
A playful verse from the New York Sun imagines hanging a centipede’s stockings by the fireplace and an octopus Santy with eight arms to fill them. The piece also notes stout people should be sirens for conservation due to waist reduction.
The article notes Saint Nicholas celebrations in Swiss towns and the shift from Santa to Christkindli as Christmas customs evolve. It mentions Christmas Day’s religious significance, the Christ Child delivering a tree with gifts, and a contrast with yuletide folklore across regions. It also briefly alludes to airship feasibility routes, a farmer selling hay, and general wartime certificate talk.
A New York Christmas gift list highlights books such as Barton's Lectures on Female Education and Manners Fos ters Essays and Rasselas Chatechism of Nature. Also advertised are Fancy articles from AL LT Goodrich 124 Broadway corner Cedar Street plus latest Europe arrivals incl novels poems and miscellanies and small books for children including paper, cards, wallets, memorandum books, pen knives, opera glasses and more.
A summary of Panama Canal traffic through 1914 to mid 1917 notes 257 ships and 2 703 934 tons in 4 1/2 months of operation, 11 71 ships and 4 966 560 tons in a later period, 1 253 ships and 4 931 011 tons in 1916, and 970 ships with 93 686 688 tons in the first six months of 1917, indicating fluctuations due to slides and war.
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