Christmas Eve in Smoke Creek
Jim Knox, shrouded by bleak memories, confronts threats from rival Joe Hathway on a stormy Christmas Eve in Smoke Creek valley. The tale centers on a lonely settler, his late wife and child, and a village shadowed by mine-driven hardship.
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Smoke Creek
Hollow
Jim Knox
Joe Hathway
Jim
Christmas Carol Changes Two Mountaineers and a Wedding
A log cabin Christmas tale shows Joe Hathway reading The Christmas Carol and the Bible inspiring him to seek a truer path. A note reads that he is leaving at daybreak to Cedar Creek. Later a family reconciles at a wedding as prejudice gives way to forgiveness and peace.
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Joe Hathway
Joe
Jim
Bethlehem
Mary
Cedar Creek
Pines
Christmas in Lincoln Era Springfield Described
The Illinois State Journal recalls Christmas day in Lincoln days in Springfield. It notes a mild cool day perfect for fun with children making the most of it. Firecrackers and gunpowder explosions at corners startled timid ladies and frightened horses.
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Illinois State Journal
Springfield
Ill
Shelterbelts and Grants Highlight Nebraska Programs
CCC forestry supervisor Balcom cites shelterbelt work and concrete ditches as boosting irrigation in western Nebraska with substantial water savings. The state reports $548,928 in December aid, highway bids totalling $312,000, and five counties approved for Farm Tenant loans under the Bankhead Jones act. Overdrafts in the state treasury narrow to $254,296 with December receipts of about $353,888.
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North Platte
R. B. Balcom
Minatare
CCC
Nebraska
Balcom
Gage
Neil V. Vandemoer
Cochran
State Highway Department
North Western
Crowell
A. T. Lobdell
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Farm Security Administration
E. E. Greene
Cedar
Dawson
Morrill
Polk
Walter Jensen
Treasury
Initials on Linens Stamp You as Chic
It guides personal ownership on towels pillow slips sheets and personal items using embroidery initials. It details stitch methods colors and placement for monograms with a transfer pattern showing alphabet size and anchor figures. Send 15 cents for pattern 1553 to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept New York.
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Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Ave
New York
N. Y
Respect for Precedent and Social Gossip
Uncle Phil Saya argues precedent has solid authority and urges studying its claims. He warns gossip harms reputation, notes people are not inhuman, and compares small cigarette stubs sparking forest fires to larger kinds of ignition efforts.
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Thomas Taylor
Tata Gay Pae
Tom
Leah
Tom, Jr
Dad
Sally
Western Newspaper Union
Hathway
Nebraska Petroleum Marketers, Inc
Santa
Phil Saya