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Newspaper
Spencer News
Location
Spencer, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1915
Page
5
Fragmentary dialogue from a college setting shows students joking about food, holidays, and sociable plans with name fragments like George John Megs and Jule. The piece also mentions a phonograph and a divided college crowd with two classes defined by attire.
A collage of light humor and quips from Yale, Cornell, California, and Detroit papers. Jokes about track practice, courtly vows, social workers, biblical parables, and a doctor noting a patient’s restlessness. Compact verse-like lines and punchlines mimic a campus miscellany tone.
The article traces Christmas origins from ancient sun festivals in March and harvest celebrations in autumn to the Roman Saturnalia. It explains how early Christianity absorbed pagan customs to form modern Christmas practices, noting Europe’s shift from varied birthday dates to December 26 in 600 AD and the unification of this date in Christian civilization.
Mrs J K Bailey of South Garfield, ill recently, is reported better. Mrs Clarence Hopkins and Velma visit relatives in Greenville and Spencer. Mrs J J Welle spent Tuesday afternoon with Mrs Richard Davis and Mrs Clarke Reed, traveling near Layrene Monday night and returning Tuesday.
A roundup of visits and gatherings as Mrs. Elsie Oltswig, Mrs. Lila Hopkins, Miss Hattie Press, Prof. Ernst, and others spend weekends with friends. The Garfield Improvement Association met, the Short Course dates are announced for Peterson, and Iowa suffrage advocacy is echoed by Mrs. Hiram K. Irvans with calls for newspaper campaigns to reach women before the June fifth vote.
The Peterson Township Literary and Debating Club held a Friday meeting at the Fitzgerald residence. The principal business was the election of officers, with Bernard Reed elected president.
Marathon Iowa notices a sequence of farm and closing out sales scheduled from December to February. Dates include Dec 28 to Feb 28 with buyers and locales such as Milford Spencer Albert City Rembrandt Marathon and Sioux Rapids. Interested parties should write or see Ritchie about available dates.
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