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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1940
Page
9
A Goody Tree offers a simple festive alternative to glass ornaments. Create edible decorations like popcorn strings and balls, surprise walnut shells with gifts, painted fruit pyramids, colorful cookies with hanging strings, lollipops with bows, and candy canes. The project blends craft and cooking for family fun and a tasty display.
An illuminated evergreen or shrub outside enhances home charm on Christmas Eve. Use proper outdoor sets, avoid weather damage, and prevent circuit overload by matching wattage. Don’t clutter the tree with many lights to preserve its beauty.
The article notes that Christmas carols and the season’s customs trace back to pagan Yule celebrations in ancient Britain. It describes the opening with the Yule log, then decorating homes with holly, and includes mention of singing, dancing, and feasting on plum pudding and mince pies.
Virginia Vale reports on Walt Disney anunci ng Fantasia as a major innovation with Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra. She notes its record budget, color sound integration, and screenings with Mickey Mouse as the Sorcerer's Apprentice. Also featured are Fred Astaire's extended Second Chorus and Mary Anderson's rising screen career, plus Oscar Wilde lore of Joan Blaine and Lawson Zerbe, and Gary Cooper's natural acting in North West Mounted Police.
A playful exchange centers on famous last words and wedding vows. The bridegroom’s “I do” is contrasted with debt anxiety, noting that running into creditors feels more awkward than debt itself.
Pattern No 8827 designed for sizes 3 4 5 and 6 years requires 1% yards of 39 inch material 1% yards trimming and 14% yards velvet ribbon for size 4 Send order to AKE for a simple waistline tuck design with a flaring rippling skirt and frilled sleeves and neck line diagram shows four pieces to cut and sew
A tense exchange centers on money and friendship as one person asks for five dollars and the other refuses, warning that lending disrupts friendship. A judge asserts the presumption of innocence while Cyprit questions why there are elaborate preparations to convict him.
A holiday promotion proclaims Merry Christmas with a one pound Prince Albert tobacco gift tin. It touts gay holiday wrapping with gift cards and the cool burning tobacco, urging tobacco stores to stock the pound tins ready to bring cheer to a man’s Christmas morning.
The quote attributes confidence to the mind that dares to pursue noble deeds with trust in its own capacity. It frames self belief as a driving force behind taking on ambitious, honorable ventures.
A set of nine trivia prompts covering poetry origin, Roman seating capacity, history of the potato, definition of canticle, naval rank above captain, etymology of salary, a law punishing acts before passage, Burgundy wine weight and color, and tundra definition.
A compact quotation from Goethe stresses that nature never pauses in progress and development while condemning inaction. The line emphasizes relentless change and the cost of hesitation.
Mrs Milligan accuses Mrs Graystone of odd stockings. Graystone retorts with a witty reply about having more than one pair, underscoring social banter between two neighbors. The exchange reflects domestic humor and social nuance.
The list covers Shelley’s Ode to the West Wind and the Circus Maximus seating around 250000. It notes Peru and Chile as native, pleateaux in the Andes, a small hymn, a rear admiral rank, salarium Latin origin, ex post facto term, wine descriptors heavy rich and dry, red and white colors, and a treeless Arctic plain.
Local dealers advertise Camel Cigarettes in two gift options for the holidays. A Camel carton ten packs of 20s arrives in festive holiday dress, and a Christmas package of four flat fifty cent packs is also offered. Both are ready for gift labeling and presentation.
James Melton and Irene Beasley, once on a small Memphis station, meet again in a New York club and discover they are both booked for Raymond Paige's Musical Americana the same night. John Wayne and Ward Bond filmed a scene for Shepherd of the Hills using a real still, which a federal agent subsequently poured out after shooting.
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