Holiday Trip F Ends Up With Soldier Conversation
A train trip to Chicago for Christmas brings together Miss Hedwig Schultz a retired Home Economics teacher and a lone soldier. He shares frontline memories of Guadalcanal Tarawa Saipan and his plan to reach Tokyo. She hopes to chat more while dreaming of winning money on a radio quiz program as they linger beside an empty seat.
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M. Schultz
Chicago
Miss Schultz
Elise
France
Guadalcanal
Tarawa
Saipan
Tokyo
Hedwig Schultz
Hedwig
Dan
Yingerhans
Islands of
Langerhans
Hedy
Christmas Customs of World Accumulation
Internationalism anchors Christmas as a midwinter festival with roots before Christ. Evergreen decorations, lights, and symbols survived early suppression. various nations enrich the custom set. The piece recounts origins of Santa, Christmas tree, plum pudding, carols, poinsettias, creches, and regional practices from Sweden to Mexico, plus hints of a Christmas broadcast moment featuring a contest and Miss Hedwig Schultz.
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Clizablth Boykin
Tertullian
Massachusetts
Europe
Sweden
Relics of St Nicholas Hidden in Bari Italy Explain Lore
In Bari Italy the relics of St Nicholas the bishop of Myra are enshrined after a 11th century theft from Myra. The saint’s body drew pilgrims and legends, linking Santa Claus gifts and miracles to Bari and broader European traditions, including the Dutch and Belgian shoe customs for Christmas.
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St. Nicholas
Italy
Bari
Santa Claus
Nicholas
Myra
Asia Minor
Myia
Lyon
Bar
Bouy
St Nicholas
Boar's Head Feast History and Oxford Tale
A tale traces the boar's head from ancient reverence and Solstice rites to festive meals. It recounts a student at Oxford who saved Aristotle by severing the boar's head, later serving it at Queen's College, and notes that elaborate ceremonies began with the Christmas Day boars head ceremony.
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Freya
Oxford
Shotover Forest
Aristotle
Queen’s College
Animals Honor Infant in Bethlehem Masquerade
Polish children dress in animal costumes on Christmas Eve to honor the beasts that warmed the Holy Infant in the Bethlehem stable. Legends credit birds and animals with speech at midnight, celebrating the nativity scene.
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Bethlehem
Missouri campaign for Alfred E Smith Memorial Hospital
Governor Donnelly chairs as honorary leader with Attorney General Leahy as chair of the Missouri effort to fund a wing for New Yorks St Vincents Hospital. The memorial honors Al Smiths lifelong concern for the poor and ill, uniting Missourians across parties to support the cause through a statewide drive.
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Missouri
Alfred E. Smith Memorial Hospital
Phil M Donnelly
John Leahy Strows
Leahy
New Yorks St Vincents Hospital
al Smiths
St Vincents
National
James A Farley
Frances J Spellman
Herbert Hoover
Thomas E Dewey
Chas Evans Hughes
Cordell Hull
Thomas W Lamont
John J Raskob
Myron C Taylor Owens D Young
Bernad M Baruch
Missouri Committee
Morton J Wucas
and & J Mudd
Hese
God Lathy
al Smith
Memorial Committee Forms to Mail Contributions
An organization has been set up to mail contributions to E J Mudd, Treasurer, Alfred B Smith Memorial Committee Room 126 Hotel Stat for St Louis 1 Mo. The note indicates a formal collection process with a designated treasurer and mailing address.
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E J Mudd
Alfred B Smith
St Lows
Little Soybean Poem by Mrs Herbert O Scates
A cryptic verse from Mrs Herbert O Scates addressing a bean from China. The lines personify a soybean and claim varied roles from food to materials to household items, ending with a self identification as a little bean.
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China
Herbert O Scates
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Belgium
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Etta
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Sikeston, Mo
Merry Christmas
Paul
Paul Farrell
Alfred E Smith
Hahs Machine Works
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