This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1948
Page
6
Yaupon, a North Carolina shrub, can be brewed into tea and appears on a Carolina hotel's menu. The old plant, an American holly, was valued by Indians and early historians. Leaves and twigs are cured, dried, then steeped in hot water with syrup and citrus spices to make tea.
Serbian Christmas customs center on an outdoor pig roast if weather permits and a symbolic Yule log ceremony. Families plant wheat on December 10 and display a tiny December field of wheat by Christmas. A forest oak is felled at sunrise and carried home with candles flanking the door. The log is anointed with corn and wine, and a chosen neighbor invokes blessings and prosperity for the year ahead.
The traditional stable of Jesus birth is described as a rocky cave used as shelter by travelers and animals. Today the site beneath Bethlehem’s Church of Nativity is a grotto with an elaborately decorated surface.
Centuries ago large fires filled the baronial halls on Christmas Eve as servants brought in a log to burn through Christmas. It was the custom to save a brand from each year's fire to light the next, believed to ward off the devil if the log burned properly.
The Christmas tree serves as a universal symbol echoed in traditions around the world. Japan adds Japanese dolls and fortunes, Germany uses handmade paper chains, France favors glittering ornaments, Italy emphasizes the crib tradition since 1223, and the Czech Republic decorates with gilded nuts and cookie figures.
Children place wooden shoes at the door for Saint Nicholas to fill with toys and sweets. In Holland carrots are left in the shoes for the white horse he rides.
The Romans marked December 19 as the Feast of Saturnalia with green bough ornaments. Druids gathered and decorated with mistletoe while ancient Saxons used holly ivy and bay in their seasonal rites.
A Christmas tale describes Swiss winter beauty and sport reaching perfection by the season. An old superstition claims peeling an onion into twelve layers and salting each layer predicts rain for salty layers the next morning.
In a 1945 to 1947 reminiscence, Backhage notes war ruins and a fragile hope. He recalls Nuernberg and the London conference collapse, then praises the Marshall Plan and Europe’s economic cooperation led by Paul Hoffman as a Christmas gift to humanity.
Detachable peplums in three styles with scalloped sleeves offered in pattern No 8374 sizes 12 to 20 and pattern No 1741 for sizes 34 to 48. Includes yardage for 36 to 39 inch fabrics and option of three-quarter or short sleeves with a self bow at the neckline. Fall winter Fashion-60 book includes free pattern inside and costs 25 cents.
Answer suggests two coats of a cement base paint mixed from mason supplies for brick crumble, noting it protects only the surface and poor bricks should be replaced. For sidewalk planning, consult the Portland Cement Association for their booklet on mixing and material quantities. For cedar fences, cedar's durability reduces need for finish. a brushed liquid wood preservative or spar varnish can be used instead of creosote.
A simple home cough remedy using Pinex 2% with sugar syrup or honey. Mix Pinex with a pint of syrup to create a quick acting medicine that soothes throat irritation, loosens phlegm, and clears air passages. Money back if not satisfactory.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.