Talking It Over About Swedish Christmas Custom
Emma van Wormer recalls Mrs LW Singer describing julgrot the traditional Swedish Christmas porridge. A single almond hidden in the dish supposedly foretells marriage within the year for the lucky finder.
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Emma van Wormer
LW. Singer
Sweden
Swedish Christmas Foods and Poems Appear in Local Notices
The piece lists Swedish Christmas treats such as sockerkakar sprit bakelsar and peperkakar and notes a Christmastide smorgasbord including omelet cheeses herring anchovies shrimp and smoked salmon. It also mentions Mrs Mark N Russell of the Central New York Branch League of American Pen Women with two poems appearing in national periodicals.
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Mark N. Russell
Beth Duvall Russell
New York
League of American Pen Women
Syracuse Poetry Group
Church Woman
National
Mary
Manger
What do you care Who never had to live In hearthless rubble
A fragmentary passage contrasts distant suffering with the concerns of privileged elites. The quote questions indifference to children’s misery and the laws that shape justice, followed by a critique of great men and families seeking noble origins to obscure their past.
Advent Tryst Reflections On Shared Christmas Values
A meditation on common human values such as love, friendship, honor, and courtesy that cross boundaries of language and appearance. The author urges embracing the universal joy of Christmas and sharing glad tidings with all people rather than keeping them to a small circle.
Quotations on Character and Conduct from Classic Authors
A compact collage of remarks by Washington Irving Epictetus and Charles Dickens style voices. The text blends moral exhortations about temperance courage and female temperament with Bible verses and a touch of divine lineage.
Prose Quotations From Dickens and Friends
A collection of literary snippets quoting Dickens and writers including Eilwer Lytton Wilfred Gibson Leonard Bacon and Oliver Wendell Holmes on power, sea, life and intellect. The passage intertwines reflections on art and destiny.
Stricken Tot Given Chance For Recovery
Four year old Patty Owen, returning to Chicago from Sunnyvale California, battles a lung disease requiring an oxygen mask. Doctors at Illinois Research Hospital, led by Dr Henry C Poncher, express guarded optimism and set a 48 hour critical window for potential improvement. Parents Mr and Mrs Robert Owens faced years of strain affording care.
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Patty Owen
Patty
Illinois Research Hospital
Henry C. Poncher
Criti
Cal
Robert Owens
Owens
Sunnyvale
Calif
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