When Jesus Came Christmas Lesson Reflection
December 19 lesson on Luke 2 8 20 centers Jesus birth as Saviour. It urges personal saving faith and a Christmas living faith, urging readers to share the gospel and greet the season with devotion and praise. The piece notes shepherds as witnesses and emphasizes deeds after salvation. It closes with exhortations to earthly burdens and communal care.
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Great Horned Owl Named The Tiger of the Air
The great horned owl, nicknamed the tiger of the air, is described as savage in captivity and skilled at hunting rats mice and gophers. It opposes crows and grackles while its young begin hooting at four months and nest as early as February amid harsh weather.
Pole Dances Stir Indian Braves of Mexican Town
A Detroi News correspondent describes Otomi performers at Pahuatla staging a dramatic flying pole dance. Five men and a woman climb a 70 foot pole, wrap vines for footholds, and balance in a frame atop the mast like dancers. They launch and descend in circling, perilous motion ending in a crescendo.
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Tame Crow Guardian Hazel Hickerson Guards Farm
Near South Harwich Massachusetts Hazel Hickerson keeps a watchcrow named Jim to deter predatory hawks attacking turkey chicks. Jim retrieves sticks and clothespins on washday and enjoys watching clothes fall.
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South Harwich
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First to Throw Curves William Dee of New Jersey
A Washington Star recounts William Dee of Chester New Jersey as the amateur who first discovered the curveball by tearing a ball and bending it to create a surprising bend. Dee pitched twenty years in amateur baseball but never reached the major leagues, yet he allegedly used a paring knife to cut seams for better curves. The piece ends with a moral on perseverance experience caution and grit.
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