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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1945
Page
25
A medieval legend expands the Bible gift story by naming Caspar Melchior and Balthasar among twelve learned men who watched for the star of beauty on a high plateau. They endured a two year trek to Bethlehem guided by a sign from a childlike form within a cross. No food or drink failed their vessels.
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The December 28 observance recalls King Herod ordering the killing of Bethlehem children under two. Estimates vary widely from 14,000 to 144,000 in historical and religious writings, with modern figures typically far lower.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at the Brownwood Baptist Church for Mrs Nincy Hargrave 93 who died at her granddaughter Virg Helen Ashcrift home last Saturday. The pastor Rev Claude Fowler led the rites with burial in the church cemetery. Mrs Hargrave was preceded in death by her husband and several children.
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