Nebraska News in Brief From Across State
A wide survey of Nebraska items reports Fairburg plans a municipal skating rink, Broomfield merchants organize a credit association, bread prices expected to fall before year end, Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons meet in Omaha December 10, and a rise in petty thefts in remote areas. St John’s church at Waternel is dedicated, Omaha poultry show draws nearly 50,000 visitors, and Omaha women push divorce- prevention laws. McCook aims to raise 100000 for a hospital, hog cholera hits Gage county, and Sherman county births exceed deaths by over five to one in the three months to Nov 20.
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Fairburg Ds
Broomfeld
Retailers’ Credit Association
Grand Chapter
Royal Arch Masons of
Nebraska
Omaha
Remont
St. John’s Catholic
Watenel
Bishop O'Reilly
Lincoln
Omaha Poultry Association
McCook
Gage County
Sherman County
Nebraska State College Athletic Association
Grand Island
Albert Norgren
Overton
Ife
Kire
Scott & Milburn
Beatrice
Milliec
Blue Springs
Nebraskia
Los Angeles
Southern California Automobile Club
Frank DP. Lawrence
Fremont
Libby
Gustafson
Mead
Harding
State’ College of Agriculture
Cheyenne County
Daughters of the American Revolution
Thomas L. Cuming
Territorial
Chadren
Joe Jansek
Mekhelvie
Europe
State Penitentiary
Henry Utesh
Columbus
Ladies’ Auxiliary
American Legion
Edwin Crawford
Violet
Thayer County
Hebron
Olaf Olson
Sommer
Panama Zone
Cristobal
Hudert
P. J. Wross
South Omaha
Fis
National Chamber of Commerce
Washington, D.C
Theo. Flarmes
Manley
Cass County
Paul J. Wright
New E Vans
Keith Colins
Muskogee
Oaia
University of Nebraska
J. A. Presson
Melkelvie
State Railway Commission
Nebraska Telephone Company
Elizabeth Parsons
Federal
Nebraska Supreme Court
Oscar Groth
Blair
Groth
Barrows
The
Sons of Veterans
Order
Philadelphia
Omaha U. M. GC. A
Onala
University Athletic Department
Floyd R. Wick
Malvern
R. R. Dickson
Wick
Hastings College
Liberty Memorial
George Shafto
Kearney
Farm Bureau Extension Department
Earnest A. Guest
15Th Cavalry
Ft. Russell
Cheyenne
Wyo
Bar of
Emerson
Dixon County
J. W. Freeman
Nebraska High School
Cold Blooded Gifts for a Germless Christmas
A satirical note proposes a disorderly Christmas plan to avoid Santa Claus and deceit. It imagines the governor addressing children on gift giving, describing a donor mother overwhelmed by bargain hunting and a consumerist frenzy, with a quip about preferring a quiet reading of the paper.
Heart of Christmas lesson in a home at Christmas
Jane frets over a lean Christmas due to her father’s strike related unemployment and her mother’s illness. Florence reassures there is cause for joy since his work returns and mother heals. They reflect that true Christmas spirit lies in heart not gifts or trees.
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Jane
Florence
Wonderful Spirit of Giving at Christmas Time
The article urges embracing the Christmas spirit of giving as a child centered season. It reminds that absent loved ones are valued through letters and tokens and that Santa remembers all children, good or not, emphasizing loving generosity over expense.
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Santa
Santa Claus
First Christmas Observance and Diocletian Fire Tragedy
The text notes early Christmas observance beginning in year 98 and formalized as a feast by year 137 under Pope Telesphorus. It recounts Roman Emperor Diocletian ordering a church to be burned after Christians gathered, resulting in about six hundred deaths.
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Telesphorus
Diocletian
Christ
Brave Soldier Jack-In-The-Box Moment Explained
A playful mock confrontation centers on a brave soldier figure in a children’s toy scene. The exchange delivers humor as the toy arches into a surprising action scene.
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Jack
Puritans and Quakers Oppose Christmas Pie Traditions
The passage notes opposition to mince and Christmas pie among Puritans and Quakers, with some Church of England figures urging clergy to abstain. It quotes Bickerstaffe arguing that Christmas pie is a consecrated cake and that minced beef altered with plums and sugar becomes meat for the household muster, a curious claim about culinary category.
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Church of England
Bickerstaffe
Santa Claus in a snowy hillside home still thriving
The poem recalls a jolly old man in a snow house, living beyond the sea and many years past, who with his elves toils to make many toys and treats for children each Christmas. The piece presents a nostalgic Christmas wonder, framed by a child friendly tone from Sunshine Bulletin.
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Sunshine Bulletin
A Safe and Sane Christmas
Societies organize pledges against Christmas gifts outside immediate families to curb excess. The Tacoma Ledger cautions reformers not to seek legislation to impose such views and advises remedies be found without law.
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Tacoma
Wash
Why Jimmy Prayed So Loud
Dick and Jimmy visit grandma at night and Jimmy’s prayers for Christmas gifts are loud. Dick chides him noting the Lord is not deaf, while Jimmy whispers that grandma is.
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Jimmy
A Thrifty Saint Reuses Santa’s Old Clothes
A thrift minded take contrasts holiday excess with Santa Claus remaining in the same old attire year after year. The piece invites readers to study the pictures of Santa and see his unchanged wardrobe as a model of restraint during festive seasons.
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Santa Claus
Army missing in action notices and five vice commanders named
A list of missing soldiers seeks information from relatives and friends about Urban Bergeron and many others reported wounded missing or killed in 1918 campaigns near Verdun Argonne Forest Cheppy and Verdun area. The piece also profiles five American Legion vice commanders John Gimmery Thomas Goldingay Claudius G Pendill James G Scrugham and E J Winslett with brief bios and service highlights.
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Urban Bergeron
R. T. Hill
Menasha
Wis
Maurice L.leasure
M. G. Co
Verdun
Leasure
Sheridan Avenue
Manefield
O. Osca
W. Olson
Argonne Forest
C. F. Olson
Princeton
Harland G
Ada
Minn
Ernest C. Lindop
Co. G
Petra Hansen
1St St
Tacoma
Wash
John Robert Galligan
Finland
John B. Galligan
Homer City
Ruth G. Morgan
France
I. B. Bauman
L. B
Flemingsburg
Frank Orris Pierce
139Th Inf
Cheppy
W. J. Pierce
R. R
Bronson
Kan
Swantine H
FE. Olsen
Pvt
Sophie Olsen
Elk, Mendocino Co
Calif
Edgar H. English
M. G
6Th Marines
Frederick Ryan
Church St
Newark
N. J
John J. Murphy
Co. F
101St Inf
Leo A. Spillane
State House
Boston
Mass
American Legion
Thomas Goldingay
United States
Naval Reserve of
New Jersey
Cuban
Massachusetts
American Legion of New Jersey
Claudius G. Pendlll
Marquette
Mich
Michigan University
Racine
United States Navy
U. S. S. Oklahoma
Kenoeha
James G. Scrugham
Lexington
University of Kentucky
Engineering College
University of Nevada
Nevada
Ordnance Department
Washington
Nevada Department
National Executive Committee
Reno
E. J. Winslett
Dadeville
Ala
Legion
Paris
Alabama
Cleveland
South
Dues Set For 1921 American Legion Members
National dues for 1921 are fixed at 1 dollar per capita. New members joining before December 31 pay 1.25 dollars to cover the national assessment through 1921. National treasurer Robert F. Tyndall says dues are due January 1, 1921, with delinquency after February 28, 1921.
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American Legion
Legion
Robert F. Tyndall
Untitled Goats and Freight Woes at Station
Uncle Tom arrives with a goat bound for shipment as a freight agent struggles to read a torn destination tag. The muttered quip about the rebellious animal captures a brief, rustic moment from American Legion Week.
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Uncle Tom
American Legion
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Christmas
American Legion News Service
Saime
John Gimmery
Grand Rapids
Fort Sheridan
Highteenth Infantry
Verely
Fonnery
Ohio
Wiliam R. Ketcham
Weasley Thompson
Grand Army of the Republic
National Convention of the Legion
Indianapolis
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