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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1903
Page
3
Two rival deacons, trapped in a church belfry on Christmas Eve, argue and endure the cold. After a failed lock, a carriage chorus and eventual thaw bring help, revealing the bell works and prompting a reconciled, festive ending.
In England Mr L P Ford proposes a process using sand and quicklime pressed in steel molds with air heat and steam to form a durable building stone. The material gains 60 percent of granite strength and cures in eight hours, costing about half as much as ordinary brick. In France schools one in four children bites nails.
The roof of the Sistine Chapel in Rome has long been unsatisfactory and requires immediate work. Fissures in plaster and weakened wooden vault supports prompt plans to substitute iron cross-bars to prevent disaster to Michelangelo’s famed ceiling and related frescoes.
A poetic Christmas voice celebrates the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem. The star, the manger, and the Virgin’s child are praised as the Lord of the earth, with joy across homes as the heavenly throng proclaims him King. The refrain urges greeting the Saviour in his cradle and sharing the light worldwide.
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