Wandering Old Lady Is Santa in Italy
A holiday vignette set in Italy contrasts New Year preparations at a house with Margot and Johnny as they observe Miss Leslie. Santa appears as La Befana in Italian legend visiting children on Epiphany, while a separate note recalls Puritan Christmas bans in Massachusetts from 1659 to 1681.
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Pious Christmas Custom in West Ireland
In western Ireland Christmas customs center on faith as a candle glows in the window to guide the Holy Family if shelter is needed. Food is left on the table between meals for any souls from purgatory that might revisit old homes.
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West of Ireland
King for a Night at Wassailing Tree Fete
Devonshire Christmas rite of the 19th century featured a doggerel toast to the apple tree, passing the cider jug, and male revelers firing at the tree to bless bumper crops. The victorious guesser at the farm house door served as king for the night.
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Devonshire
Frisco Plans For Wounded Service Men
Frisco Lines enlists Early Post to train employees in tactful treatment of wounded service men. A reprinted Mrs Post article on how to treat them is distributed to ticket agents, dining car staff, conductors, porters and brakemen. Key points urge not to stare or question, offer brief sympathy, and follow basic manners.
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Peanuts Harvested by German War Prisoners in 1944
A Fourth Service Command report states German war prisoners harvested 36,864 256 pounds of peanuts across five southern states during the 1944 season.
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Fourth Service Command
Party gowns feature dark tops and pastel skirts
Evening and party gowns favor dark bolstered tops with bouffant pastel skirts for the season. A typical dress shows a black velvet bodice with a full blue mousseline skirt and black velvet polka dot circles. Fabrics include rayon jersey net rayon crepe and faille with black and light blue prominent. More people speak English than any other language.
Patrol advises extra safety on icy roads
The highway patrol warns drivers to leave extra distance on packed snow as stopping distance triples at 20 mph compared with dry pavement, urging caution through icy conditions.
Local Businesses Associated With Sike rston Area Hub
A stream of local enterprises including utility, retail, service stations, theatres, and crafts appears listed as part of the area business network. Names such as Southern Barbecue, Shell Cafe, Dempster Furniture, Reiss Dairy, and Scott Insurance are noted among many others in the commerce scene.
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EI C Robinson Lumber Colair Furniture Company
Norton’s Shoe Store
Scott Insurance Agency
Reiss Dairy Cement Motor Company
Southern Barbecue
Sikeston Tractor & Implement Company
JOS A Leslie Insurance Agency
Shell Cafe
Semo Elevator Company
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Grude Turner Garage
Limbert's
Care Woods Datry
Caleb Olomith
Armland
John G Powill
Nu-Way Cleaning CO
Marshall's Cafe Savers
Garrett’s Drug Store
Sikeston Laundry Dempster Furniture CO
Sikeston Paint & Wall Paper Company
Hartzell Blacksmith
Clayton
Myles Ralph's
White's Drug Store
P. J. Auto Supply
Scott County Milling CO. Bess Distributing CO. the
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Allard & Matthews Insurance Agency
Pitman Tailors & Cleaners
Vogue Beauty Shop
Heisserer’s Drug Store
Dunn Hotel
DAN McCoy Seed CO
F. & M Oil Company
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