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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1951
Page
4
The Antigo City Gas utility, restructured to produce propane air gas, extends service to farm homes and rural firms within a 20 mile radius. Rural customers gain backyard storage and bottled installations with metered fuel, monthly bills, and continuous supply despite bad weather. Rates for town and farm users have dropped three times since the reorganization.
Iowa agronomists report contour farming reduces soil loss by half and raises yields. It increases corn by up to 7.4 bushels per acre and soybeans by 2.7 bushels while lowering tractor fuel and operating costs and lengthening corn rows. The article notes expanding row crop acreage will raise contouring need and stresses integrating legumes and returning manure to rebuild organic matter for sustained yields.
Nebraska farmers paid a heavy price for last season's corn crop with numerous injuries and two fatalities as harvests produced about 225 million bushels. Most accidents stemmed from paralysis of the cornpicker during stoppage removal. safety talks with harvest crews urged to prevent repeats.
The article contrasts old Christmas practices with modern celebrations noting changing decor and customs. It blends biblical themes of conquest with the Christian view of victory as a ongoing struggle, urging enduring faith through D-Day and V-Day imagery and emphasizing Christ’s ongoing triumph in believers.
Reading about Christmas candle history shows early Americans dipped tallow to wax for basic, plain candles. Modern Yuletide candles offer varied shapes from Santas to church spires with scented wax trees. A Hyannisport factory started as a hobby and grew into a national supplier of fancy tree candles.
Leigh M. Hodges publicized the 1907 sale in Philadelphia noting a newsboy’s purchase and the message that fighting tuberculosis through Christmas Seals could succeed. The annual drive has persisted for 44 years, promoting collective effort to wipe out TB.
The Puritans derided the Christmas pie naming it mince pie and Bunyan in prison once chose to starve rather than eat one. Ancients praised the delicacy and shaped it like a manger.
The article suggests using Christmas cards as festive home decor. Cards can decorate mantels or doors with ribbon and evergreen, or be taped to doors with sprigs of greenery and colored balls. Large cards frame in bleached oak and a tree-shaped cardboard display edged with evergreen creates a striking wall centerpiece.
The famous carol The First Noel has no known author or origin. It traces to ancient traditions, with shepherds and angels linked to Christ’s birth. Circling radios concerts and choirs, it signals Christmas as a holy season rekindled each year.
The piece notes solemn Christmas celebrations in Syria and Lebanon from December 4 to January 6 without Santa. Gift legends involve camels and a magic mule, with pilgrims traveling to Bethlehem. On New Year’s Day, celebrations include exchanging presents and money, amid modest merriment.
A reflective note on Christmas celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, who avoided politics and party ties, led a simple life for salvation, and was crucified on Calvary. The piece emphasizes humility and spiritual focus over worldly power.
Fragmentary notes mention small kittens at play and colors of gray brown and blue. A reconversion missionary asks about religion, while a cannibal recalls a prior missionary visit and a taste of it.
Mrs. Albert Kessler of Topeka wins 21 awards at Berryton Grange Fair and Kansas State Free Fair including 9 first prizes. She praises Fleischmanns Active Dry Yeast for fast rising and easy dissolving, urging readers to use it for holiday baking.
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