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Newspaper

Osceola Record

Location

Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1944

Page

8

Polk County Commissioners audit claims December 1944

Polk County Nebraska board met in regular session to audit and allow claims. Items include county general fund disbursements for Carleton Anderson, Arthur Nelson, Owen McClung, and others. State and Emergency relief funds expenditures. road district and special fund payments. and fees earned by county offices. Adjourned to December 19, 1944.

Osceola Nebraska Board of County Commissioners Polk County County General Fund Carleton Anderson Adam Buchta Albert F Cole Alvin Dahlin LeRoy Johnson Owen McClung Nebr. Institution For Arthur S. Nelson A Nelson L Anderson W W Norton Occidental Building & Loan Gunnard Peterson Bruce Pickett Board COPE Dedisinh Addeweeee Polk County Extension Service Ass’n A Reece Union Pacific Railroad Company the University Publishing Company R L Anderson Edith Heilman Tra Banta Biniz W N Blome Crouse-Tex Drug Co H S Eklund R M McDonald St Francis Hospital Tiacion Soa Dee Seby's Mother's Pension Fund Evelyn Schwartz Florence Johnson Headstrom Lewis & Sons Oil Anti Freeze Lincoln Road Equipment Company Overland Sand & Gravel Co Shelby Co-op Oil Co Overland Sand & Gravel Company Arthur S Nelson Avg Headstrom Stromsburg Light Robert Dickson Dean Sundberg Carl Lindquist Special Bridge Fund Biner Swanson John W Oberg Fredolph Johnson John I Anderson John Anderson Weee Reece Ios Wenees Vee L M Merrick

St Francis Popularized Christmas Carols History

The article traces St Francis of Assisi as an early popularizer of Christmas carols in the 13th century and notes earlier hymns, 4th century origins, 15th century musical experimentation, Puritan bans, underground spread, and colonial Boston Waits reviving the practice with candlelit windows and traditional carols.

St. Francis of Assisi Boston

Hawkers Crowding Bethlehem Nativity Scene At Christmas

In Bethlehem the Church of the Nativity area becomes a bustling fairground during Christmas and Epiphany. Vendors hawk crosses and trinkets while beggars and merchants mingle with pilgrims, including Jews, Muslims and Christians, among the holy site.

Bethlehem Damascus Holy Land Jesus

Red and Green Decorations at Christmas Explain Roots

The piece links green decor to evergreen traditions rooted in Saturnalia and Christian symbols. It notes red as a cheerful color stimulating the optic nerve and lists holly berries as typical winter solstice decorations.

Rome

Angels Bring Gifts to Hungarian Children at Christmas

Angels sent by the Christ Child visit Hungarian children who have behaved well. They believe angels listen before Christmas and think bits of tinsel on the floor are angels hair, a sign of good fortune for the season.

Apples Shape Christmas Customs In England

The article notes apples are pared and peeled in a single spiral then thrown over the left shoulder. Tradition claims the peel forms the initial of the person the peeler is destined to marry, reflecting local Christmas customs.

England

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