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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1959
Page
14
The article offers quick party treats for the Twelve Days of Christmas gatherings. It lists Roquefort cheese balls, mustard franks canapes, and an egg mayonnaise dip, with ingredients including real mayonnaise, cream cheese, paprika, and other pantry items.
The article traces early Christian attitudes toward birthdays, noting that celebrating Christ’s birth was once viewed as sacrilege. It cites the 354 declaration by the bishop of Rome designating December 25 as Christmas and explains how pagan solstice rituals of light’s triumph were absorbed into the Christian festival.
In a compiled history note by Mark Welsh, the Confederate ironclad Virginia, formerly the Merrimac, was burned on May 11, 1865 to prevent capture by Union forces. The piece also recalls the USS Essex voyage around the Cape of Good Hope on March 28, 1800, and Roosevelt’s 1934 naval services aboard the Nourmahal. It mentions early Naval Academy graduations on June 10, 1854, with forty seven graduates.
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