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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1939
Page
6
An adult directs a bright simple party for youngsters with varied activities and light refreshments. Recipes include Special Peanut Butter Sandwiches, Orange Ice, Little Silver Cakes, Grilled Bacon Sandwiches, Sugared Doughnuts, and Hot Spiced Cider. A note promises next week tips to coax junior to eat vegetables.
Readers are invited to obtain a compact leaflet titled Holiday Recipes by Eleanor Howe. It promises plum puddings fruit and nut cakes cookies for various parties and confections with recipes compiled for home cooks. Send 10 cents to the given Chicago address to receive a copy.
The kitchen demands many outlets for lamps, clocks, radios, and appliances. Planning should consider both lighting and powering devices. Emphasize adequate outlets to handle varying loads and ensure safe electrical distribution.
Travelers pass the inn outside Jerusalem near Bethlehem as Jeremiah keeps open doors for weary pilgrims. Rebecca, faithful yet gentle, offers shelter to a young woman and her husband arriving with hope and a weary heart. Fatima notes the tax bound caravan moving on.
Rebecca awakens to a radiant light in the courtyard and discovers Mary, Joseph, and a newborn baby in the stable. The infant stars as Jesus as Rebecca shelters them, and Mary and Joseph express gratitude for the care given. Rebecca is touched by the newborn’s smile and the moment’s sacred hush.
Government ad limits prompt logical ads but history shows emotional appeals outsell factual arguments. Two radio firms illustrate the point with farm papers ads, one emphasizes tech specs, the other taps family sentiment to boost sales.
The text warns against marriage or major life changes on Childermass, linked to Herod’s slaughter of the Holy Innocents. It notes monks’ beliefs and legends that the day brought ill fortune, including stories of children being whipped and even postponement of Edward V’s coronation.
Santa Claus visits the White House for the 139th time this Christmas, a tradition begun December 25, 1800 when Kris Kringle visited Suzannah Adams, granddaughter of President John Adams, in a sparsely furnished early mansion. Presidents have long shared Christmas with their families, setting aside state duties.
Amherst Mass. fir trees, from the Christmas tree as winter power, serve as bird feeding stations with suet, shelter on frosty nights, and windbreaks for beekeepers. The branches protect climbing plants, can mulch bulbs, and aid low-growing plant protection through the season.
Dr Laura Virginia Douglas, once the New York Sun reader who inspired the papers Santa Claus editorial, now an assistant principal in New York City, plays Santa for her pupils and her own daughter. She believes in conveying faith and growth rather than debunking Santa to young children.
The flaming red poinsettia honors Joel Roberts Poinsett, a Mexican diplomat who introduced the plant to the United States around 1820. A brief note recalls his diplomatic career and law and medical studies, and suggests his name would be little known without the plant.
The piece argues that American living standards rise through advertising that introduces innovative products. It notes how public acceptance grows when an idea is kept before consumers, citing crackers in barrels evolving to boxed, moisture proof packages, and recounts a failed insurance campaign that later disappeared as its product lacked appeal.
Dr Ernest C McCulloch a research veterinarian at Washington State College states bacteria do not breathe but absorb materials in solutions making fumigation disinfection difficult and rarely successful. Early bacteriologists failed to use solution based disinfection and relied on formaldehyde vapors or burning sulphur fumes.
A devotional note for Christmas emphasizes the Christ child born of Mary as savior and example. It urges childlike humility, warns against hindering children, and invites bringing children to Jesus through home, church, and Sunday School with blessings noted.
Patchwork border for a luncheon cloth uses small patterned prints in red and blue on unbleached muslin bags. Directions include cutting pattern triangles, joining red and blue strips, and adding 4 inch seams. Free quilt block patterns offered with orders for four books from Mrs Spears.
Pamela presses John to marry, while he loves her deeply yet worries his flaws. He asks for a yes, she replies briskly, and he promises not to back another horse if she accepts. A lighthearted engagement tale of proposed vows and playful bets.
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