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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1945
Page
3
The piece notes how Christmas cards capture family happiness and distant loved ones. It emphasizes home church and family as central symbols in design, suggesting many cards reflect a heart warming village Christmas Eve scene.
The traditional carol The Twelve Days of Christmas describes gifts from a true love across the Christmas season. It progresses from a partridge in a pear tree to twelve pipers piping and eleven drummers drumming with multiple named items across days.
The text traces mistletoe to German and British Druid superstitions. It notes kissing under it at Christmas likely originates from the plant’s valued status. Legends say it treated epilepsy and convulsions, though no medical properties are evident despite Brittany’s use.
On Childermas December 28 the Massacre of the Holy Innocents is recalled. King Herod ordered all Bethlehem boys under two to be killed after the Magi departed. Historic estimates vary from 10 12 to 144 000, with many figures in between.
An insignificant mistletoe member grows in the north on spruce hosts and remains very small and dull brown. Christmas mistletoe in North America reaches only New Jersey and Pennsylvania, while in Brittany the herb called herbe de la croix is used medicinally with crushed berries strained into ofe to treat fever and boost vigor.
A poetic dialogue where a child asks Jesus about infancy and heaven, wondering if Jesus played with stars, prayed, and felt small like a child. The speaker seeks a personal connection and asks Jesus to hear a child’s tongue and prayer. The poem blends pious curiosity with intimate consolation.
Christkind brings the Christmas tree and gifts to German children, not the Infant Jesus. A poor wood cutter family hosts a radiant child who declares himself Christkind and unveils a fir tree adorned with lights and apples to bring happiness to good children.
The churches have not sanctioned mistletoe use in religious spaces due to its heathen origin. About 800 mistletoe varieties exist worldwide. some bear red or orange flowers and purple fruit. New England mistletoe is tiny and was discovered by botanists in 1871, functioning as a parasite that can kill its host tree, and it figures in many legends.
A summary of the December 23 lesson framework highlighting the scripture passages and subjects selected by the International Council of Religious Education. The note outlines themes and instructional aims for the penaleetenee audience.
In Washington Bureau notes the message of Christmas urging to make room for Jesus and tell others, followed by analysis of a fight in Congress over taxing farm co operatives. The National Council of Farm Cooperatives reports large tax free assets and 1943 refunds, while critics push for tax inclusion, amid political resistance.
Sewing Circle pattern notice offers White Wool Bed Socks with pink or blue one inch ribbon, fifteen inches long, no heel shaping. To obtain complete instructions send 16 cents, name, address, and pattern number 5049.
Lamar library at the University of Texas in Austin houses a rare hair collection cited by Collier's. Leigh Hunt began the hobby in the early 19th century and the locks include Napoleon, John Milton, Samuel Johnson, Elizabeth Browning, Edgar Allan Poe and George Washington.
The report details 31 forms of pay including night bonus and swing shift differential. It notes 46 deductions such as union dues and group insurance premiums reducing workers’ wages.
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