Silent Night Hymn Known as Song From Heaven
The Christmas hymn Silent Night is called the Song from Heaven for its origin on December 24 1818 in Hallein Austria. Father Joseph Mohr wrote the poem and Franz Xaver Gruber composed the music after a Christmas blessing inspired a miracle impression. Village children sang it and it spread worldwide becoming a cherished carol.
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Hallein
Joseph Mohr
Father Mohr
Franz Xaver
Gruber
Air Force Santas Bring Gifts To VFW National Home
Goose Air Base personnel from Labrador will play Santa at the VFW National Home for Widows and Orphans in Eaton Rapids Michigan on Christmas Day. A $5,000 mess fund supports gifts per child with surplus to memorialize the NCOs, and the plan reflects broader air base outreach to the outside world from the Labrador station.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Eaton Rapids
Mich
Santa Claus
U. S. Air Force
Goose Air Base
Labrador
Wilbur F. Lantz
VFW National Home For
Richard J. Snyder
Lantz
Richard A. Lane
Victor A. Scheuren
Santa
Joseph A. Thomas
6603D
James W. Cothran
VFW
Mess Committee
Michigan Farm County
History of Christmas Seals Origins and spread worldwide
Danish clerk Einar Holboell conceived a penny stamp for children's hospitals in 1903. The first Christian seal sold in 1904 under King Christian I. By 1927 it reached 45 countries. Emily Bissell revive in America 1907 with a Holly wreath seal, 50 000 printed, 33 000 raised after newspaper column, national sale growing with Red Cross and Tuberculosis association backing.
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Denmark
Hans Christian Anderson
Einar Holboell
Copenhagen
King Christian
Holboell
America
Jacob Riis
Emily Bissell
Level State Mains Nearly Uniform From Glacial Moraine
Level State Mains appears almost uniformly flat due to a glacial moraine underlying the terrain. The landscape shows a characteristic even surface with gentle rises and troughs tracing historic ice movement.
University of Nebraska Extension Service Circulars Listing
A compilation of recently revised and issued Extension Service circulars from the University of Nebraska. Topics include equipment and methods for spraying livestock, rat control on farms, cockroaches and waterbugs, a tree identification manual, candies old and new, and how to prepare turkey with inexpensive meat options.
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University of Nebraska Agricultural Extension Service
Robert W. Helm
Nebraska
Earl G. Maxwell
Mabel Doremus
Josephine E. Brooks
Spaghetti Bacon and Corn Casserole Recipe
A hearty casserole combines bacon corn and spaghetti for a main dish. Dice and fry 14 pounds of bacon then add fried onion and 4 ounces of cooked elbow spaghetti to a 144 quart casserole with cream style corn salt pepper and paprika. Bake moderately for 30 minutes.
Main Dish Priste Sola Left for Porch Supper
A porch supper idea features a main dish with cerfer centerpiece and a surrounding ring of dried canned Vienna sausages plus sliced canned corned beef or ham for a hearty platter.
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Sidney Nursery
Robert
Bob) Lauters
the Telegraph
Winter Drug Company
Rexall
Stag Tavern
Wight
Air Force
Western Drug CO
Yuletide
Star Packing CO
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