A Visit From St Nicholas and Its Creator Moore
An overview of Clement Clarke Moore and The Night Before Christmas, noting its initial Troy Sentinel publication, later fame, Moore’s life as a seminary professor, family tragedies, and a commemorative Christmas service in New York.
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Holy Trinity Cemetery
New York
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New York General Theological Seminary
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Christmas Song of Joy and Faith by H. K. Saddier
A short verse celebrates Christmas as a season of happiness and love. It contrasts festive cheer with solemn remembrance of Christ’s birth and asserts true joy comes from loving the Lord, enduring beyond Christmas Day.
Red Cross Christmas Drive Urges Membership Now
Community urged to join the Red Cross in a national drive to fund wartime relief. The article contrasts Europe’s suffering with American prosperity and peace, urging every man, woman, and child to join for $1 and receive the Red Cross Magazine for an additional dollar. Membership supports soldiers overseas and homeless families.
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Red Cross Call to Help Europe War Victims at Christmas
A wartime plea urges Americans to join the Red Cross and support relief for millions in Europe. It details hunger, disease, displacement, and the need for homes, clothing, medical care, and hospitals. The campaign seeks 15 million members by Christmas Eve with one dollar memberships and Red Cross Magazine access.
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Make Christmas for the lonely and needy this year
This message urges readers to remember the first Christmas gift to the poor and suffering. It asks people to give to those near and dear, and to find someone who has no one to share the season with and make Christmas for them.
College Notes Recital Highlights Hoffmans Pupils
Six of Mrs Hoffmans pupils performed in a voice recital Monday afternoon in Advance Hall Eleanor Thompson Irene Haan Verna Hendricks Ada Van Zante Orville Le Van and Andrew Roorda accompanied by friends praised for an excellent program The M C A chapel service was held Tuesday morning with many students and faculty present an organ recital at First Church Monday evening and the male glee club scheduled to sing Friday morning Pres Hoffman conducted chapel Mrs Pletenpol expected home this week a Christmas tree party Thursday evening and a dinner party Saturday night mark social events Vacation begins Friday noon and ends Tuesday morning January 8 two Ko girls enjoyed Christmas Monday evening Philo Athias social gathering Tuesday evening
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Irene Haan
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Ada van Zante
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Andrew Roorda
First Church
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No prison for preacher in ringmaster show
The Marshalltown Times-Republican reports six men in a southern Iowa county faced no jail or dungeon fate after opposing bond sales and the Y M C A war fund. A minister confessed anti war stance, but the story ends with them going home quietly, while critics urge harsher legal entanglements if laws fall short.
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