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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1929
Page
3
Elmo Scott Watson surveys historic depictions of the Nativity from poets like Ben Jonson Milton Guiney and Flanagan to the biblical Luke account. He notes the stable scene in Bethlehem, the Madonna and Child motif, and the lasting influence on art, poetry, and Christmas lore.
Grove Patterson notes Victor Hugo called Isaiah one of the six greatest literary men of all time. He remains in the Bible, the world’s best seller, offering ideas and style. The piece urges readers to buy a Bible for insights into language and cheapness.
In Belgium home brewing remains a common craft, deemed moral and essential by prohibitionists and law agents in the United States. Monks at Saint Sixte monastery in Poperinghe continue brewing beer as in the Middle Ages, though they are forbidden to speak to one another.
The article notes that paper boxes can be made from fibrous materials such as jute, hemp, and manila fibers and cheaper colored cotton rags. It states a large portion of paperboard raw material comes from waste papers collected and marketed in major cities nationwide.
The Druses number about 150000 and are spread across Syria with a key settlement in Jebel Hauran. Their name stems from the Darazi missionary who founded the sect in the early 11th century.
The method uses bottom heated beds with pines flues or fermenting organic matter to warm soil for seed germination and early plant growth. It suits short season vegetables and early garden crops. An unheated frame carries hardy plants over winter for spring planting with light protection.
The article notes wide variance in doctrine and polity among Buddhist and Shinto sects in Japan. It states twelve Buddhist sects, thirteen Shinto sects, and twelve forms of an unidentified religion, within an empire granting absolute religious freedom.
The United States uses four time standards: eastern central mountain and Pacific. The boundary between eastern and central time follows irregular lines from Toledo to the Canadian border.
A humorous piece notes a speaker at the Brooklyn Times event with quips about Zeb and a docked day’s pay. The style mocks long introductions and features a Bible-time ventriloquist wordplay.
The Pharos lighthouse was constructed in the third century B C by Ptolemy Soter with architect Sostratus of Cnidus. Its four sides stood about 600 feet at the base and light emerged from upper story openings facing the sea.
Pelicans, wary at times, become fearless when safe and often swim to ships for feeding in harbors. In some Egyptian villages they follow customers in fish markets and wait by to receive food.
The record notes appropriations of 30000 dollars in 1802 for Philadelphia piers and 22700 dollars in 1822 for a harbor of refuge in Delaware Bay. The first rivers and harbors bill was framed in 1826 with about 150,000 dollars for work in roughly twenty localities.
The quote extols economy as foundational to liberty integrity ease and temperance and cheerfulness and health. It condemns prodigality as a demon that binds followers with debt and mental bondage, describing excess as irons entering the soul.
The Platte river and its northern fork span about 1250 miles, noted as the longest non navigable river in the United States and possibly the world. The Orange river in South Africa at about 1100 miles is listed as perhaps the next longest non navigable river globally.
Progressive Village Linnuwehllvn proclaims itself the most up-to-date village in Wales, stating it is operated entirely by the city. It boasts electric lighting cooking devices and lamp-shipe equipment powered by a local power station.
A garbled item estimates a hospital doctor walks about sixteen miles daily in the course of his duties. The fragment mentions a shop assistant eight miles and a streetcar wind up seven miles, suggesting a discussion of daily travel distances for workers.
Fragmentary quote from Tilo the sage of Chingtown shows concern over wisdom and respect, captured by a Washington Star line about reverence and family elders. The readable text presents a brief, period voice reflecting on wisdom and respect.
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