Christmas Nativity Theme in Art and Song Across Eras
The article traces how Christmas carols originate with St Francis and spread through Europe to America, noting early English carols from around 1410. It surveys nativity drama, literary inspirations by Dickens Irving and others, and composers like Handel Bach Mendelssohn Liszt. It highlights painters from Giotto to Rubens and Veronese, and notes the rise of Christmas greeting cards curated by Sir Henry Cole and J C Horsley. It ends with the enduring artistic celebration of the Nativity across media and venues.
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Italy
Germany
France
Spain
England
America
Virginia
Julia Balon
Handel
George III
Bach
Mendelssohn
Liszt
Christus
Giotto
Jehan Foucquet
Ghirlandaio
Academy
Florence
Titian
Tintoretto
Peter ‘Paul Rubens
Bartolome Esteban Murillo
Valesquez
Egypt
Paul Veronese
Correggio
Sir Henry Cole
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A jumbled puzzle style listing multiple clues and partial answers across horizontal and vertical fields. entries include names, places, actions, and descriptors with mixed completeness, simulating a crossword or word game page from a historical paper.
Dog saves home as court clears Rolf of nuisance
Milwaukee AP. Rolf the German shepherd testified in court to save his master’s roof. The dog sat up shook hands rolled over and retrieved his leash and master’s pipe in a witness-like demonstration. The judge dismissed the eviction case finding the dog not a nuisance.
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Milwaukee
Rolf
William Kapke
Export Focus Shapes British Toy Makers Amid Shortages
British toy firms urge a shift to overseas markets noting quotas limit two thirds of 1939 output. Most items like dolls, mechanical toys, train sets and woolly animals target the United States and Dominions. Christmas demand rises as prices stay high and paper shortages curtail children’s books.
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London
CINS
Santa Claus
United States
Dominions
Middle East
Oto
Safety Urged for Yale Shoppers This Christmas
The Greater New York Safety Council warns Christmas shoppers to consider toy safety for children. Avoid tiny swallowable parts, hard rule outs include small toys, button eyed bears, splinter risks in wood, sharp metal edges, and flammable fringes on costumes.
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New York
Greater
Monkeys Point Way To T Bond Relief
Philadelphia zoo curator Roger Conant says humans should receive the same care as monkeys at the zoo. He credits modern medical science with eliminating tuberculosis as a cause of death among apes and monkeys, noting it was once a major killer in zoos nationwide.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Zoo
Roger Conant
Conant
Old Man River's Boat Gets Look
Chicago report notes modern diesel powered river tugboats are replacing steam boats. American Waterways Operators cites a four to one diesel majority with radar, radio, and jet pump propulsion improving maneuverability and thrust along the Mississippi.
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Chicago
Mark Twain
Mississippi
Ars American Waterways Operators, Inc
Native Typewriters Planned for India Language Typewriters Next Years
India may get language typewriters within a few years. A Wardha invention is perfected with 48 Hindustani characters. Public opinion runs against English as the national language and many provincial assemblies favor local languages.
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New Delhi
India
Wardha
Central Provinces
Quaker aid spurs postwar relief and volunteer work
Across Europe the Quaker relief effort distributes surplus Army items and raw materials to sustain 550 glass workers and fund work camps for 235 youths from 12 countries. In Finland Lapland rebuilds, while Austria and Germany see children clothed from DP camp reconversions.
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Finland
Ers
Lapland
Austria
Germany
Karl
Theresa
Baby Maria
Army
Red Cross
Re Cross
Red Cross Aids Abroad With Supplies and Training
The text notes Red Cross efforts and sister societies abroad receiving equipment food and training. It mentions the Junior Red Cross of Romania receiving 64000 pounds of garden seed and the Joint Distribution Committee operating a four fold self help program. It also cites a five million dollar training plan sending dentists and psychiatrists to DP camps to train doctors and social workers.
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American Red Cross
Junior Red Cross
Romania
Joint Distribution Committee
JDC
Elgin watches and household aids promise Christmas delight
Readers learn about Elgin watches with the DuraPower Mainspring claimed to resist rust and reduce repairs. The ad promotes LORD ELGIN and LADY ELGIN as gifting options, plus Quest deodorant and Toastmaster toasters. RESINOL products offer skin care for families.
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Elgin
Lord Elgin
Lady Elgin
Elgin DeLuxe
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Bethlehem
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Issi
Christ
Charles Dickens
Washington Irving
George Eliot
William Makepeace Thackeray
John Addington Symonds
National Gallery of Art
Wash
Ington
Isaiah
Ezekiel
Duccio
Petrus Christus
Lucca Della Robbia
National Gallery
J. C. Horsley
Izontal
Russia
North Meg
Metropole
Prussia
Vermont
Senea
Haden
Florida
Bliss
Gallere
Seth
Wandere
Oil-O- Matic
Oil-O-Matic
Williams
Williams Oil-O-Matic
Bloomington
Isfnots
Yale
T .B
Hudson Dealer
Nancy Sauer
Nancy Sasser
Madison Ave
N. Y
Chevrolet
QUEST
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