Christmas in the Oregon Pines A Boss Finds Joy in Kids
In a logging camp, six foot four IG BILL plays a stern boss but longs for a kids filled Christmas. Pudgy Sam and the crew improvise a plan to invite local Martins, set up a tree, harmonica music, and gifts. Big Bill becomes Santa among the Oregon pines as joy and community spirit prevail.
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Bill
Pudgy
Sam
Bob
Dave
Martins
Martin
Big Bill
Bethlehem
Oregon
A House Built Christmas Day on the Santa Fe Trail
A hundred years ago Henry Nave and neighbors on a Missouri farm near Arrow Rock started a cabin on Christmas day. They felled poles for walls and rafters, laid flat stones for a hearth, and mud mortar to bind a rock fireplace. They slept in the half finished cabin and thrived, cooking venison and corn pone, while their rugged work showcased pioneer resolve and holiday camaraderie on the Missouri River.
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Arrow Rock
Henry Nave
Nave
STAR DUST Movie Radio to By VIRGINIA VALE 4%
A cinema article notes wardrobe research for Lloyds of London spanning four fashion eras from 1771 onward. It highlights Deanna Durbin rising in radio, Leslie Howard blocking his daughter for National Velvet, Monte Blue as John Deere in The Blacksmiths Gift, and Mary Rogers at Twentieth Century Fox with her late father’s dressing room. It also mentions White Hunter with Warner Baxter and June Lang, and other odds and ends about Claire Trevor, The Garden of Allah, and Eleanor Powell’s New York dance.
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Roger
20Th Century-Fox
Lloyds of London
Mary Rogers
Will
Twentieth’ ‘Century - Fox
Mary
Warner Baxter
June Lang
Baxter
Miss Lang
Claire Travor
Garden of Allah
Charles Boyer
Marlene Dietrich
Merle Oberon
Eleanor Powell
New York
Deligi
Western Newspaper Union
Where Speech Comes From
Speech is a uniquely human achievement requiring sound production and memory association with objects, ideas, and emotions. Broca’s area in both frontal lobes is believed to be the brain center for this associative process.
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Broca
Inexpensive Christmas Decorating Tips From Homemakers
Practical guidance on affordable holiday decor using misshapen trees sprays of greens red crepe paper bows and holly berries. Suggestions include decorating mantels windows and baskets with pine cones mistletoe berries and painted motifs aided by string lights and paper braid handles. Bell Syndicate WNU Service.
Mosquito Drives White Settlement Away From Nigeria
A Nigerian leader quips that the real barrier to colonization of Nigeria, rich in tin and part of British West Africa, is the mosquito. He notes natives deserve governance while implying malaria and insects deter white officials from settling in the country.
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Nigeria
British West Africa
Wilberforce
Fragmentary sports notes from a 19th century page
Incomplete OCR shows scattered phrases about backfield, outfield, place figures and a team’s performance. Some names read as possible players or teams, but critical parts are garbled, leaving only hints of a score or lineup and uncertain references to weather or venue.
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Frances Grinstead
Henry Wave
Star Dust Movie Radio
Virginia Vale
Deanna Durbin
Eddie Cantor
CBS
Miss Durbin
Hollywood
Leslie Howard
Leslie Ruth
Paramount
Leslie Ruth Howard
Papa
Monte Blue
John Deere
Abraham Lincoln
Winslow
Réowit
Christman
Bell Syndicate
WNU Servier
Koley
Pee Os
Bouvehih
Jong
Aan
Tenages
Aeater
Elas
Enas
Iowa
Save
Toye
Drummond Place
Chicaga
Geye
Nyttan
Firestone Tire
Firestone Auto Supply and Service
Firestone
Voice of
Richard Crooks
Margaret Speaks
Red
Ziesl
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