Christmas Day Weather Around the World
The article compares Christmas weather across regions noting Constantinople’s mild climate and Christian history. It contrasts London’s potential severe winter with a 50 degree Christmas Day and explains Southern Hemisphere summer Christmases labeled Green Christmas.
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Constantinople
Europe
Asia
Constantine
Mohammed
Christ
London
Montana
New England
Christmas Weather Around the World
The essay surveys Christmas climates from Bethlehem to the United States, Alaska, Hawaii, the Panama Canal Zone, Rocky Mountain National Park, Georgia, California, Argentina, Peru, Cairo and Rome. It notes hot, cold, dry and wet regions, with varied customs and settings, all centering on Christ’s birth.
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Hawaiian Islands
Canal Zone
Panama Canal
Panama
Tahoga Valley
Colorado Rockies
Rocky Mountain National Park
Meeker
Lady Washington
Longs Peak
King of the Rockies
Chicago
Congress
Georgia
Savannah
Hermitage
England
California
Atlantic
Pacific
San Antonio de Padua
Monterey
St. Anthony of Padua
Lisbon
Portugal
San Juan
Cathedral of
Christ
Mary
Joseph
Turkey
Peru
Lima
Cairo
Rome
Bethlehem
Christmas Spirit of Four Old Maids
A reflection on four elderly sisters who invite two dozen needy children for Christmas dinner in their white dining room. They give presents to the children and serve a full holiday meal not for charity but from pure joy in making children happy. The writer calls them angels and notes Christmas magic inspires bold hopes and love.
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Ethel Cook Eliot
Weetera
Newspaper Unies
Violet Martin Proves Kindness Ends With a Proposal
In Williamsville on Christmas night Violet Martin helps lonely Aunt Sophia by inviting her to a theater outing and a post show supper. Richard Barnes, enjoying Violet’s warmth and humor, proposes on the way home, prompted by Violet’s decision to include Sophia and his growing affection.
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Ichard Barnes
Wie Kinmeville
Violet Martin
Williamsville
Richard
Violet
New York
Sophia
Aunt Sophia
Aunt Maud
Mrs. Martin
Mother
Gayety
Western Newspaper Union
Concrete Poultry House Keeps Eggs Rising All Winter
Illinois poultry raiser W. N. Gardner shows a 16 by 80 feet concrete house with south exposure that maintains spring egg production through winter. The design offers heat efficiency sanitation and rodent resistance, with 400 hens recouping the cost in four months.
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Gardner
Ply Your Christmas Hand
Encourages daily charity mercy and gentleness as a Christmas spirit year round without time limits.
Nothing New About Love and Christmas Night Ride
A reflection on Christmas Eve romance where a man and a girl share a sleigh ride and timeless love. The narrator, Mary Graham Bonner's excerpt, emphasizes that beauty and love persist beyond novelty even as holiday scenes sparkle.
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Mary Graham Bonner
Western Newspaper Union
Christmas candlelight warms the season in a shared glow
A Victorian style note recalls lighting a candle from the Christmas tree fires to spread brightness. The custom evokes community warmth as taller candles join those on shelves and tables in festive illumination.
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C. G. Hazard
Western Newspaper Union
Scaly Leg Ailment in Chickens Common in Flocks
The scaly leg condition in farm chickens is caused by a mite burrowing into the legs and feet. Treatment involves applying oil or petrolatum mixed with caraway oil and dipping legs in kerosene, while preventing contact with feathers to avoid skin blistering. Disturbed mites thrive where birds are kept on dry barren runs or ash-filled soils.
Selecting Varieties to Start New Chicken Flock
In choosing varieties for a new flock, fancy breeds are usually avoided by casual keepers. It helps a small keeper with a dozen or twenty hens to have some choice breed and study their habits and points. Most people lack the taste or skill to be successful breeders. thus, keep common hens and a full bred cock of a top breed.
Geese Raised Profitably on Rough Land
Geese can be raised in small flocks with low crude pasture and natural water supply. They need a house only in cold or stormy weather, while an open shed suffices for other times.
Most Popular Geese Breeds
The Toulouse and Embden are the most popular breeds of geese in this country. The Toulouse is the largest breed with adult ganders around 23 pounds and geese about 20 pounds.
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Toulouse
Concrete floors for poultry houses
Concrete makes a good floor for a poultry house when properly insulated underneath. If laid directly on the ground it tends to stay damp as it draws water from the earth below.
Difficult Disease to Cure in Poultry
Limberneck in poultry is a very difficult disease to cure. It may be caused by several factors including worms ptomaine poisoning or eating decayed matter.
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John Dickinson Sherman
St. Nick
Miami
San Diego
Judea
Christamas
Jesus
Heaven and
United States
Holy Land
Alaska
Siberia
Verkhoyansk
Iceatedies
Ranzer
Denver
Dasher
Dancer
Prancer
Vixen
Comet
Cupid
Dander
Blitzen
C&mforris
Dick Barnes
Vitolet
Randles
W. N. Gardner
Illinois
W. H. Gardner
Grace May North
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