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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1918
Page
7
A boy named Ned disobeys his mother to skate and cut holly on Christmas Eve. Lost in falling snow, he finds a hollow oak and survives overnight, awakening with his family and the legend of the Star of Bethlehem guiding him home.
A fragment describes a Christmas party game where players hide a pile of candies and other items under a heap of sugar tongs. One player, chosen in secret, withdraws pieces with tongs from the pile while others watch. When a piece is disturbed the turn moves to the next player and the pile gradually disappears as the game proceeds.
The article recalls American efforts to ration and ship wheat to Europe during wartime, notingJuly to October exports of 180,000 bushels and projecting 297,600,000 bushels by year end. It credits American conservatio n and home front sacrifices, including wheatless days, for keeping Allied bread rations while easing domestic shortages. It lauds women for feeding soldiers and sustaining the war effort through simple virtues.
An advertisement lists prices from $2.00 to $2.50 and up to $10.00 for dolls and playthings. It highlights vases, handkerchiefs, Christmas decorations, boxes, dolls, doll carriages, trains, mechanical toys, and a vast assortment of animals and toy soldiers.
Retail notice promoting Christmas fire works including sparklers Roman candles sky rockets and cap pistols. Store No 2 two doors regular stand advertises fruits for sale alongside the explosives. No specific dates or locations provided.
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