Christmas in Bethlehem Moravian traditions inspire festive observance
Christmas Town in Bethlehem Pennsylvania celebrates Count Zinzendorf's 1741 naming with candlelight vigils and Moravian music. Eskimos and other distant communities join missions, while children receive candles in turnips and recount the Nativity. Local notices follow about holiday travel, weddings, and gatherings around Mobile.
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Pennsylvania
Bethighem
Zinzendorf
Bethlehem
Jerusalem
Sondern
Christ
Joseph
Mary
Great Stone
Jesus
Cupid's Corner Advice From Miss Eros Column
Readers write for love counsel with Miss Eros answers printed in a cautionary tone. The column addresses age appropriate behavior and relationship queries, offering practical guidance on apologies, propriety, and marital strife with moral framing.
Holiday visits and travel notes from Mobile society
Personal mentions list Mobile residents visiting relatives in Mississippi Alabama and Texas over the holidays. Names include Miss Helen Scott Miss Maurine Cottrell Mrs G E Newman Dr T Aubrey Dickson Mrs Mayers and others with travels to West Point Laurel Selma New Orleans and Houston amid post Christmas visits and departures.
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Gilbert Lee Baron
T. M. Fisher
Clarksville
Tenn
M. Davidson
William Buck Taylor
Montgomery
G. 0. Bergeron
New Orleans
Mobile
Henry Betrix
Gesner T. McCorvey
Tuscaloosa
T. C. McCorvey
Mark Laveller
Pensacola
Mollie Wison
Chatom
W. H. Harris
Lena McGowin
Bay Minette
J. Humphries
Bagflett Jennings
Eliza Keipp
J. B. Gachet
R. R McGregor
West Virginia
Maurine Cottrell
West Point
Mary Pryor
Carl Fox
G. E. Newman
Beth
Chicago
Wisconsin
Aubrey Dickson
Houston
Tex
Dickson
Mayers
Government
Joachim
Harris Vaughan
Selma
C. Pokorney
Ed. Schwartz
Monterey Street
Charlie ‘Buck
Laurel
Julian Bartee
J. H. Patterson
Newburn
Poved Phames
Bara
Bernard Wood
Sary B.'Le Baron Wan Catia
Social calendar of events week at Barton Academy and city venues
Monday events include Reunion Class of 1913 at Barton Academy 8 p m and dances for Miss Katherine Cox Spring Hill and Miss Emily Roe. Tuesday lists auctions tea dances and a Christmas tree at Christ Church with Five Hundred parties and Miss Aimee McCormick. Wednesday features multiple card and bridge clubs, a Jennings Laney wedding, dances at Battle House and reunions for 1910 Barton Academy, plus other social gatherings through Friday with various hostesses and locations.
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Barton Academy
Katherine Cox
Spring Hill
J. M. Walsh
Emily Roe
Annie Moore Provost
Christchurch
Aimee McCormick
Rose Laney
M. Werneth
Davis Avenue
Nellie Hess
Hattie Arnold
Marie Murphy
John Cochrane
Jennings-Laney
Bride
Leopold Forcheimer
Battle House
Loretta Bryne
Kappa Alpha Chapter
Phi Sigma Chi Fraternity
M. W. Lindsey
Harriet Sims
Elwell Bridge Club
Barry Lyons
Whistler Christmas Week Church Notices and Social Events
In Whistler Alabama the churches list services at Whistler Methodist Bethany Baptist Meyer's Memorial Baptist and St. Paul's Episcopal with respective Sundays and prayer times. The Eight Mile and Pentecostal congregations also note meetings. A Christmas mask ball at Odd Fellows Hall draws about forty couples from Whistler and nearby towns with refreshments after a late dance.
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Whistler
Ala
Whistler Methodist
Francis M. Atchison
William M. Cato
Wilbur Cato
Bethany Baptist
Heywood T. Vaughan
Jodie J. Cowart
James W. Summerhill
Meyer’s Memorial Baptist
Harry Brance
St. Paul's Episcopal
A. G Richards
J. W. Whitsett
Joseph J. Harris
Henry C. Everett
Gould Street
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Boys’ Social Club
Smilax
Mobile
Toulminville
Prichard
Crichton
R. E Hamilton
Atlanta
Carmen of the Southern and Allied Lings
Mizpah Lodge No. 222
Carmen
Dan G. Mound
Fort Morgan
Joseph
D. C. Smith
EF. J. Mallette
Lucedale
Miss
Meridian
Adams
Martin Adams
John Tew
Algernon
Genevieve
Magnolia
Tew
L. A. Slade
J. R. Benson
Thomasville
James Fitzgerald
Vinegar Bend
Adam Crabtree
Meridiion
Crabtree
Alice Crabtree
BE. Small
Claud
F. M. Atchison
J. L. Ray
T. R Gawn
Sylacauga
Edward Davis
Lawrence Ballentine
Texarkana
Ark
Anne Ballentine
Thamers
Uncle Wiggily Fixes Christmas Toys for Animal Friends
The day after Christmas Uncle Wiggily visits Sammie and Susie Littletail the rabbit children and others to see what they got for Christmas. He repairs a broken doll and a train, drums and a jumping jack, fixes Nannie and Billie Wagtail’s paints and the tin soldier gun, and ends back at his hollow stump bungalow after filling the toy repairs with beans.
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Uncle Wiggily Longears
Rabbit
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy
Uncle Wiggily
Sammie
Susie Littletail
Johnnie
Billie Bushytail
Squirrels
Jackie
Peetie Bow Wow
Nannie
Billie Wagtails
Nurse Jane
Susie
Uncle
Billie
Rabbit Gamleman
Teman
Bean
Wagtail
Mra
Pit
Boxing Scrap and Sheriff Badge Event Lead Local Briefs
A lively boxing card features Jim Flynn vs Levinsky with a ten round draw as Donahue and Kelly also fight. Sheriff Holcombe receives a solid gold badge from deputies. Dissolution papers filed for W Greenwood Timber and Gulf City Hardwood. Villager captures Willie Moore stealing chickens. authorities recover three hens.
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Jim Flynn
Broadway Spa
Flynn
Levinsky
Harry Donahue
Peoria
Til
Anddie Kelly
W. Greenwood Timber Company
Gulf City Hardwood Company
W. B. Herrin
Willie Moore
Moore
Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription Ends Nervous Exhaustion
An advertisement touts Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a restorative tonic for women. It claims to aid nervous irritability, exhaustion and related female health concerns while promoting benefits to domnians organs.
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Dr. Pierce
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