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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1947
Page
9
When cooking pasta add it gradually to vigorously boiling salted water. For cardboard use a sharp pocket knife. Whet knives with water to cut rubber more easily. Soften thick leather by soaking in warm water for a few hours. Cover a baby bottle with a slip cover. A wool bag helps keep milk warm and a top drawstring fits snugly. Apply vaseline before painting to ease cleaning of misplaced paint.
A local dealer promotes Christmas gifts for smokers featuring a 200 cigarette Camel carton in a festive holiday wrap and a one pound tin of Prince Albert Smoking Tobacco. The ads promise ready to give gifts with space for a personalized greeting and claim enthusiastic reception.
A poem by Willard Wattles details the Christ figure as healer and protector. It speaks of a compassionate, all loving presence who embodies law and care. The speaker expresses unconditional affection and belief in reunion beyond hardship.
The modern custom of expressive Christmas greetings began in England over 250 years ago with schoolchildren drawing elaborate Christmas Pieces on special paper. The practice highlighted their penmanship and depicted the year’s key events.
The article notes no symbol holds youth's imagination more than Santa Claus, likely originating in Holland and brought to America by Dutch settlers. It explains the character’s changes across nations while retaining its core identity as the Holland-born Santa.
The article notes balsam fir as an American favorite with roots in a legend about messengers Faith Hope and Love. Spruce varieties blue white and Norway are popular sellers, while other evergreens like pine and cedar fill regional markets from Colorado lodgepole pines to Tennessee white cedar and California redwood.
The Burning of the Greens has long marked Twelfth Night in England with fires singing Wassail songs and Wassail Cup drinking. It was revived in 1930 in Rochester New York by George M Haushalter and spread as an annual community bonfire ending New Year’s festivities.
The text notes that Jehovah's Witnesses view Christmas as signaling acceptance of evil tracing back to Nimrod, arguing it mixes Christian and pagan elements. It also states that older adherents observe Christmas since the founder did not condemn it.
Simple directions for nine different ornaments that children can enjoy crafting. Each project focuses on safe, easy materials and clear, step by step guidance suitable for elementary age crafters.
A home made cough remedy mixes two cups sugar with one cup water and optional corn syrup or squid honey. Add 2% ounces of Pinex into a pint bottle for a full pint of syrup claimed to ease coughs from colds. The ad promises quick relief, soothing membranes and easy breathing with a money back guarantee.
An advertisement extols Firestone Champion Ground Grips tires for tractors. It highlights tapered openings in plowshare bars that shed mud and trash, durable connected bars that resist wear, and smooth highway contact. The copy promises longer life and no higher cost than ordinary tires while urging orders for new tractors or replacements.
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