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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1937
Page
3
Luella Lycns and Ellen Dyson face hardship this Christmas with unemployment and dwindling meals. Ellen discovers the emerald hidden in a red hen, proving Jack’s honesty when he returns a found packet of bonds and is hired by the grateful office owner. The couple rejoices at a joyful, lucky Christmas.
Western Newspaper Union notes that the Christmas Yule log tradition began with ancient Scandinavians during the solstice, with bonfires honoring Thor at Juul. Saxons and Goths celebrated a winter festival called Jul, giving us Yule tide. Feudal lords valued the ritual of lighting the clog with a brand from last year’s log amid music.
A reminiscence highlights early life of Jimmy Walker born 1881 in Greenwich Village who earned the nickname Jimmy Talker before becoming mayor of New York City. It also details Orville Wright born 1871 in Dayton, his family’s modest means, early experiments, and the first successful flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903 with a 1908 flight lasting 62 minutes 15 seconds.
Caroline receives a box of white jig-saw pieces bearing Stephen’s handwriting. The puzzle spells out a marriage proposal, and she answers yes after tearing and reassembling her own photo into fragments. Stephen had sent the test as a fear‑driven reunion, and he finally arrives with a kiss.
A festive tale says a balsam fir tree brings beauty and scent then warns that a headless shadow on the wall foretells death before the next Christmas. It also notes a later tree fire ritual of keeping a partly burned stick to ward off lightning.
Catch Up on Chic invites readers to sew three practical outfits for the holiday season. The streamlined slip features a V neck and overlapping back with an action pleat and customizable material. The two piece center dress emphasizes a defined waist and flowing skirt in sheer wool or crepe, while the third home dress focuses on comfort with chic collar and cuffs and a row of buttons. Patterns 1946 1404 and 1390 provide sizing and fabric yardage details, with orders directed to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept. in Chicago.
The passage muses on the value of precedent and the social cost of contempt. It notes men’s rare extravagance in clothing, citing an $8 silk shirt in thirty years, and contrasts words with nonverbal signals that reveal contempt. It also asks why a cigarette stub can spark a forest fire more easily than two pounds of kindling.
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