Toys and Teddy Bears Through Time in Youths and Toys
The article traces how toys shaped famous figures from Robert Louis Stevenson to the Wright brothers and Theodore Roosevelt. It notes Teddy bears as the most popular doll, with Margarette Steiff designing the first, and estimates about 10 million bears in American homes. It also mentions ancient origins of balls used by children and a long history of toy playthings.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Wright Brothers
Margarette Steiff
Theodore
Teddy
Roosevelt
Rockies
Remus
Land
Cleopatra
Christmas in China and India Highlight Holiday Ways
Soldiers find gift giving is a national trait in China and aim to pay all bills at Christmas. Chungking shows widespread celebrations with Chiang Kai-shek supporters and many Christians. In India, soldiers enjoy an English Christmas with church services nativity pageants and large dinners.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai-shek
India
Winter Solstice Through Ancient Christmas Traditions
A survey of how solstice customs spread across cultures from Druids and Egyptians to Romans and Norse nations. The article traces symbols like the palm tree, mistletoe rites, Yule fires, and Saturnalia to the Christmas season, noting Christian adoption after Constantine.
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Egypt
Thor
Saturnus
War bonds urged as best Christmas gift by Uncle Sam
A wartime appeal encourages giving war bonds this Christmas, urging Americans to back the attack through financial support and patriotic duty. The message emphasizes bonds as a practical, national security minded present.
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Uncle Sam
War Bond Drive Story of New Guinea Medical Unit
American hospital units in New Guinea carry medicine and instruments funded by War Bond dollars. The piece asks how many they will succor, how many will die, and how many may never return, asserting daily conduct can hasten the war’s end.
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New Guinea
U.S. Treasury Department
Tomb of St. Nicholas Scene of Pilgrimage
Saint Nicholas, bishop of Myra in Asia Minor for 17 years, died in AD 352 and his tomb became a pilgrimage site until moved to Bari Italy. By 1087 his relics remained venerated. He is patron of sailors pawnbrokers spinsters and thieves. His festival is on December 6.
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St. Nicholas
Myra
Asia Minor
Bari
Italy
Farm Prices Rise 3 Points From October Levels
Idaho farm products on November 15 averaged higher prices than October, with gains across most crop groups except white meat animals. Potatoes up 20 cents, wheat up 1 cent, corn up 3 cents per bushel, eggs up 8 cents per dozen. dry beans down 5 cents, hogs 1.30 lower, beef cattle 30 cents per cwt down, chickens 1.4 cents per pound down. hay oats barley milk fat lambs unchanged.
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Boise—Idaho
Price ceilings restrain gains. seeds and feed face higher costs
The text notes price ceilings will limit gains but no prospect of lower feed prices next year. Seed prices are expected to rise in 1944 unless controlled, and under existing price controls there will be no significant price rise for a given grade.
Fertilizer Prices Seen Rising Despite Expected Supply
The report notes fertilizer costs may stay up in 1944 due to higher plant food content, suggesting prices could be higher than the current year.
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Beciig
Bethlehem
the Seven-Lo Co
America
Sam
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
U.S.D.A
And
Eddy
Franklin
Logan Bottling Co
James J. Larsen
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