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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1915
Page
3
The bayberry candle tradition roots in colonial times with dips and molded candles from Deerfield Mingham and Cape Cod. Gift giving boosts its popularity as a simple festive symbol and luck charm, linked to laurel bay beliefs and romantic customs for distant lovers.
In Sweden wooden candela bra like the pictured item is commonly used as a gift display during Christmas, replacing traditional trees. The practice highlights regional decor and festive customs observed in Swedish homes.
Poem by Adelaide Procter reflecting on Bethlehem and the holy family. The speaker imagines dwelling in Bethlehem and comforting mothers and travelers, urging compassion for those still seeking the child divine.
The piece recalls Highland Christmas rites from Grant's Highland Customs, featuring sowans and mistletoe kisses, then shifts to Mary E. Bryan's Uncle Remus Magazine vignette about postwar Christmas among enslaved people. It describes a bereaved plantation scene, gifts at dawn, homegrown cheer, and a shared prayer for mutual blessing.
A narrator tours the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem describing austere interiors, ancient mosaics, and competing altars under religious guardianship. The grotto beneath features a marble manger, hanging lamps, and a silver star marking Jesus birthplace as pilgrims kneel and recall the Nativity story.
A belief persists that lighting the Yule log with last year’s char remains brings luck to the household. An omen arises if a squinting person barefoot person or a flat footed woman enters during the burning.
Mrs Roy Hardy and son Malcolm visited with Mrs Hardy's sister Mrs Everett Brocker on Wednesday. A few locals called on friends and family during the week including Mrs William Corder Mrs Henry Allen Mrs Osburn Irvin and Arthur Brown family. Several attended a Rose Chapel revival Tuesday night and Maurice Eaton returned from Sullivan after weeks away. Earl Berry visited his ill mother in Merom, Hattie Bolenbaugh stayed in Sullivan, Bertha Wininger hosted at home, Nelle Hanchette visited Wininger family, Ed Morris spent Sunday with Merom relatives and has returned to Elkhart. Bro Watkins recovering and back at Stafford's Chapel. Mrs A F Hindman in St Vincents hospital Indianapolis recovering. Local group attended basketball game in Oaktown Friday night. Ora Pool James Timmerman shopped in Linton Tuesday. Sullivan's Superior Service Satisfies.
Elmer Carrico James Bishop and Orville Collins of Pleasantville were in Sullivan Monday. Residents from near Shiloh and Sullivan socialized with local families while others visited relatives and the protracted meeting continued at Indian Prairie.
The Pleasantville M. E. Sunday school is preparing a cantata for Christmas. Dave Shepherd, visiting his father Dr. B F Shepherd, is noted in the report.
Notices in Sullivan Circuit Court reveal nonresidents facing action in 1915 1916. Plaintiffs Mary F Standley and M A Haddon sue Andrew Jackson Standley and heirs of George Cavanaugh John Wells et al for support and quiet title on Indiana real estate with specified court dates and attorney filings.
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