Penelope Inspires a Mother's Quiet Resolve
Dorothy Nevins reads Penelope to her children Nan and Tommy and uses the Trojan heroine to steady hope amid her husband Tom’s absence. The tale echoes Ulysses' return and the mother vows to persevere like Penelope as she tucks them in and reflects on her own endurance.
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Ittle Nan
Munmuny
Penelope
Dorothy Nevins
Thomas Nevins
O. K
Tommy
Dorothy
Nan
Mummy
Daddy
Mrs Nevins
Ulysses
Mrs. Nevins
Tom
Cave of the Nativity Now a Grotto Beneath Bethlehem Church
The article notes that the “stable” where Jesus was born was a rocky cave, often used by travelers for warmth from animals. It describes the Nativity grotto under Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity now richly ornamented, while pilgrims sometimes wish for the original simple sanctuary.
Christmas Town Post Office Brings Global Mail
In Florida the only U S post office named Christmas serves a small town of about 200 residents. Each year it receives packages and letters from around the world with Greetings from Christmas, Fla. More than 70,000 pieces of mail are canceled in a single Christmas season at this post office, among others in Indiana named Santa Claus and Maine named Christmas Cove.
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Christmas
Fla
United States
Florida
Indiana
Santa Claus
Maine
Christmas Cove
Delinquent Water Bills and a Flooded Morning
Henry Bigelow neglects his accounts while his wife battles a runaway bathroom tap and a looming water shutoff. A radio prize for a daily fifty dollars and a final warning from the Municipal Water Bureau converge as both brace for consequences on the first of next month.
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Henry Bigelow
Henry
Mr. Bigelow
Municipal Water Bureau
Monkeys and magic overshadow Williams’ Circus parade
Bill Simpson watches Dr Lyle’s Miraculous Medicine Show arrive with eight monkeys in red uniforms carrying mini horns. The rival act tramples the parade, stealing the crowd’s attention. Jim explains the monkeys’ horn tricks, using candy and reeds. Doc challenges the rival, but his own show collapses when the monkeys’ horns fail, leaving spectators shouting fake.
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Bill Simpson
Williams
Wonder Circus
Dr. Lyle
Lyle
Doc
Jim
Bill
Kim
Bil
Furs Wanted Paying High as Market Conditions Permit
CHAS. MURRAY Dever's Poultry House in Charleston Missouri advertises fur buying at top rates allowed by current market conditions and OPA regulations. The notice seeks fur owners to contact the shop for sale at prevailing prices.
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Chas. Murray Dever
Charleston, Mo
Christmas program planned at local Methodist church
Commerce notes show multiple residents visiting nearby towns and relatives. A Christmas program is planned at the Methodist church Saturday night December 23. Youth Fellowship collected 59 quarts of produce and $5 for the Methodist Orphans home in St. Louis and delivered it to Fernfelt church booth festival.
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A. C. Fulbright
Morley
A. A. Sneed
Menard
Inl
Jennie Caldwell
Cape Girardeau
R. A. Mabry
Earl Mabry
Tarkio
Methodist Church
J. T. Carlton
Austin
Addie Lawrence
Joe Ressel
Kelso
Cpl
Albert Moll
Lubbock
Texas
Perry
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Lord Jesus
Merry Christmas
Armstrong
Electrical Service
Monkey Business
By Helen Thompson
Commerce News
the Childrens
ALL Drug Stores
Agency
Center Street
McCoy-Tanner Building
Sikeston, Mo
Christinas
Old
Judea
Sikeston Tractor & Implement Co
John Deere
Ranney
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