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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 25, 1952
Page
1
A fragmentary note discusses a Christmas club savings plan and its connection to debts from a summer vacation, indicating concerned participants and unresolved balances. The readable text hints at a mistaken insertion or transcription issue but centers on financing plans and incurred costs.
The Canadian National Railway began converting freight trains west of Winnipeg to diesel power last week, with more diesels coming and crews eased. Officials say frequencies will rise to three daily trains, heavier loads and shorter running times Winnipeg to Warren, amid growing diesel familiarity in Rivers district.
In a snowy Christmas Eve set in a city insurance office Merry Harris known as Meredith helps Hugh Mallory’s lonely daughter Dee by arranging a grand Christmas and a beloved Siamese kitten. After a chilly rebuke from Aunt Hilda Merry is forced out but later Hugh reclaims Merry with a marriage proposal and a promise of family happiness.
In America Santa brings gifts on Christmas Eve while Dutch children await St Nicholas with Black Peter. English customs link to Queen Victoria's era and German roots. Scandinavia features porridge for dwarfs, Spain uses Magi fed by straw sleeves, and Poland shares peace wafers at parish houses.
The piece reflects on the humble Nativity setting as Jesus was born in a cold Judean cave rather than a grand stable. It contrasts the original poverty with later Christian ornamentation, noting the grotto beneath Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity and the shift from simplicity to opulence.
Country people watch skies on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day for weather signals. If Christmas night is clear, fruit and wine crops may be plentiful. foul weather predicts scarce yields. Sunrise winds foretell cattle famine. sunset winds suggest royal or noble deaths. U S wildlife group to protect prairie chickens during wildlife week March 16 to 22. Canada has ten chartered banks. Church meeting in Swansea cites faith as the only remedy for alcoholism. Rev M C Collings calls alcohol an outcast leper of modern society.
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