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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1976
Page
27
A boy vents at his mother about a terrible day marked by nagging about chores, missed bus, and a lost suede jacket. He blames parental fault for his English grade slip and laments the night lights and a late bedtime. The exchange ends with a wry remark about parents messing up their kids.
Flo Smith recalls life at the Point Pleasant Register with a gas fueled linotype from 1917. She describes marching crowds for WWI and Pearl Harbor, flood damage, and delivering papers by boat. Now 75, she remains active as a copyreader and treks memory lane with the old press.
A historical note shows Alabama in 1836 granting the first legal recognition to Christmas. By 1890 every state and territory had acknowledged Christmas, with the District of Columbia following in 1870.
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