Greenland Santa Mail Clerk Copes With Letters
Miss Gerda Stauning, 26, of the Greenland Colonial Administration in Copenhagen, handles Santa Claus mail from children worldwide. One day’s mail brought 800 letters seeking toys or religious items. she occasionally sends Greenland pictures. Despite efforts, many letters remain unanswered due to volume.
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Santa Claus
North Pole
Greenland
Santa
Gerda Stauning
Copenhagen
Greenland Colonial Administration
United States
Hawthorn and the Christmas legend of Wyrralhill
An ancient tale links the hawthorn to Joseph of Arimathea who supposedly carried the gospel to Britain and founded a church at Glastonbury. His staff, planted on Wyrralhill, grew into a tree that blossomed at Christmas, with verses praising the wondrous bloom at night.
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Joseph of
Arimathea
Britain
Glastonbury
Wyrralhill
Frugal Holiday Toy Suggestion for Children
A small child can be delighted with a broom stick horse made from a three foot broom handle. Attach a sock stuffed with cotton for the head and fasten firmly. Outline eyes mouth and ears with yarn for detail.
Christmas 1951 Tense Struggle of Two Worlds
The world faces a tense holiday season as Christmas 1951 arrives amid a global clash between democracy and communism. The piece notes a universal wish for happiness on a day shared in many tongues and expressions, despite the geopolitical strain.
Grassroots GOP Focuses on Goats Over Integrity in 1952
Wright A Patterson argues Republicans misjudge voter priorities by stressing legal and moral honesty while voters respond to personal stakes. He notes farm owners, workers, and investors favor preserving their profits over anti socialist rhetoric and urges framing the 1952 battle around economic self interest and government spending.
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Wright A. Patterson
Tion
Truman
Harding
Blood for Freedom: Four Nurses Launch 10000 Mile Red Cross Tour
Four young women plan a ten state tour to donate blood for the Red Cross. They remodeled a Union Pacific business car with a baggage car for supplies and will travel across eleven western states starting in December, with Red Cross support and local chapters urged to recruit volunteers.
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Red ‘Cross
Union Pacific Railroad
American Red Cross
Union Pacific
Tschaikowsky star steals spotlight with bridal collar tale
Teve Cochran's dog Tschaikowsky sports a lionhearted collar made by a Fort Knox soldier after filming The Tanks Are Coming. Ginger Rogers signs a five year plus television deal for a million dollar salary. Red Cross nurses staff Omaha mobile blood unit aiming for 2000 pints monthly to aid armed forces. Nurses Kathryn McDonough Ramona Walla Eileen Roth and Monica DeWulf bring wide experience from Nebraska and Iowa. They stress easy blood donation every three months under local physician supervision.
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Teve Cochran
Tschaikowsky
Joan Crawford
Steve
Fort Knox
Warners
Folsom Prison
Red Cross
Kathryn McDonough
Waterloo
Iowa
St. Joseph
Miss McDonough
New Life in Ashfield Shows Small Town Blues
Phil and Dot Davis move to Ashfield hoping for city life yet find suburban routine mirrors Templer. They learn neighbors’ curiosity shapes existence, realize happiness hinges on how people treat each other. The tale observes shared human nature across places.
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Phil Davis
Templer
Bixby
Dot Davis
Phil
Tom Wheeler
Dot
Suffolk
Hey
Bob Talbert
Ashfield
Individua
Christmas Adornments Then and Now Across Time
The piece contrasts modern Christmas customs with ancestral practices, noting changing decorations and the rise of pre decorated trees. It cites Christmas seals in the United States, highlighting early public awareness efforts led by Leigh M. Hodges in 1907 and the ongoing campaign against tuberculosis.
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United States
Leigh M . Hodges
Philadelphia
Philly
Hodges
America
Early Puritans Scoffed At Famed Mince Pies
The Puritans derided the Christmas delicacy mince pie calling it unfit for believers. While imprisoned John Bunyan faced a choice between hunger and a mince pie, choosing starvation to preserve his morals. Ancients shaped pies as manger forms.
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Bunyan
ERROSSWORD PUEBLE ACROS
Puzzle clues mix with garbled letters giving a rough crossword list. Entries include Ugly old women and Island off Greece among others, indicating a filled grid with standard Across clues and many Down items.
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Greece
Last Week's crossword clues reveal a country and sorrow
A compact clue set lists country in southern Europe as item 32 and a synonym for sorrow as item 38. The grid also features a descriptor meaning a dandy at 34 and a prompt labeled as a question at 37, suggesting a themed puzzle entry.
Early Christmas Candles From Simple Wicks to Fancy Forms
The article traces Christmas candles from early American hand dipped tallow pieces to today’s varied shapes. It notes shapes like Santas and church spires and mentions a Hyannisport Mass factory that grew from a hobby into a major supplier for millions of homes.
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Hyannisport
Mass
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Joyeux Noel
Zalige Kerstdag
Feliz Natal
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China
Poland
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U.S.S.R
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Ghe
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Stal
G.O.P
White House
Florida
Vaughn
Ustry
Branch OF Dimes
Alysis
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Ginger Rogers
Columbia Broadcasting
Kay Armen
MGM
Joe Pasternak
Hollywood
Las Vegas
Omaha
Nebraska
the Fiction Corner
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Davises
Neighborhood Bridge Union
Pueble
Lair
Aj Youkes
Bedford
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Ah Foley
Polly
Mnie
Sco Ee
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