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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1944
Page
2
Jap pill boxes and gun emplacements fall quickly when bazookas strike. A trained two man team and battery power keep portable weapons firing. Burgess Battery plants repurpose home and farm batteries for soldiers. Send for Free Battery Hints from Dept U-5, Burgess Battery Co. Freeport Illinois.
The article tracks Christmas symbols from the tree to the nativity crib across Europe and America. It recounts legends of the Christ Child blessing the fir, Wilfred’s thorn and the tree of the Christ Child, and the crib’s origins with St. Francis of Assisi in Greccio Italy. It notes regional terms Krippe Nacimiento Praesepe and how the crib evolved into ornate pageants through the Renaissance.
Eight paragraphs describe enduring Christmas customs in Europe, Britain, Ireland and Mexico, from cattle bowing to the manger to pinata rituals. The piece ends with a 1944 Christmas message stressing safety, certainty, and joy in Christ, urging personal faith and fellowship.
The Christmas hymn Silent Night was written by Josef Mohr, a Salzburg priest, with music by Franz Gruber the schoolmaster of Arnsdorf. Mohr was born 1792 and died 1848. Gruber born 1787 died 1863.
International Council of Religious Education presents a lesson for December 24 with selected scripture texts. The material, used by permission, outlines topics and readings for the gathered study.
Pattern No. 8607 offers a smart accessory set in sizes 10 through 20. Size 12 with short sleeves requires 33 yards of 39 inch material.
A Colier's report notes modern collector’s watches often take up to eight years to design and build and cost as much as 15000 dollars. They house twelve time and calendar dials and instruments like thermometer hygrometer barometer and altimeter, plus celestial charts showing visible constellations by hour.
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