Christmas Phrases From Many Lands
A survey of how different countries name Santa Claus or gift bringers. It lists German Swiss French Belgian Albanian Polish Finnish Spanish Portuguese Greek and other terms and notes gift dates vary from December 24 to January 6. The piece notes Saint Nicolas Pere Noel Bena na and other local variants.
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Sante Claus
Shup Dan Lao Ren
Germany
Sankt Wichplaus
Bwitzerland
Sankt Niklaus
Sarnichlaus
Schmutzil
Saint Nicolas
Chriswitching U
Switzerland
Pere Noel
Benana
Netherlands
Sint Nicolane
Sinter Krons
Sweden
Juliomte
Nicolas
Romania
Flemiah
Tim St
Niklaas
Albania
Shen Kollf
Poland
Star Man
Gwiazdor
Finland
Santa Claus
Spain
Melchior Baltazar
Gaspar
Portugal
Menino Jesus
Christ
Greece
Holiday table display with evergreen corsages and fruit wreath
The article describes simple holiday table decorations using evergreen corsages at each napkin, a fruit Christmas wreath of green grapes with red cranberries, and a mirrored centerpiece to enhance color and light. It provides steps for making corsages, securing wire, and arranging a grape wreath on a wooden plate.
Wyoming ranch tale Flicka inspires a hopeful colt dream
Ken Melsugulin selects the yearling Ally on the Wyoming ranch after his father, a retired army officer, appoints a local mare. Fileka the Ally is injured leaping a corral and Jente ten befriends the wild colt, while Captain McLaughlin doubts recovery and Ken remains hopeful for a colt of his own.
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Teo Yenrott
Ken Melsugulin
Wyoming
Ja A
Ken
Fileka
Jente
Putke
McLaughlin
Flicka Dies Then Recovers In Ken's Night of Trials
Ken grapples with guns and grief as Flicka the filly is fatally wounded but revived by Ken's care. Gus and family confront the shooting order while Ken faces cold dawn, rescue, and a fragile healing from the night’s ordeal.
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Ken
Nell
Gus
Olly
Reb
Flicka
Howard
Catlen
Corral
Flicks
Grank
Pole Mountain
Dawo
Laramie
Cheyenne
McLaughlin
Sherman HI
Tim
Flick
Sweden
Rob Yes
Dussing
Kens
Gutarma
Hob
Rob
Ufe
Crickets in China Tied to Wealth, Tradition
For over a thousand years crickets have been kept in homes in China for their singing. Rich and poor alike maintain hollow gourds with holes for the crickets, using ivory topped enclosures for the wealthy.
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Peta
China
Canaries
Kate Douglas Wiggin Opens Oral Free Kindergarten
The article notes Kate Douglas Wiggin born in Philadelphia and later moving to California where in 1978 she opened the Oral Free Kindergarten west of the Rockies in San Francisco. It highlights her authorship including The Birds Christmas Carol and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.
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Kate Douglas Wiggin
Rebecca of
Sunnybrook Farm
Philadelphia
California
Size of Mexican Ash Trees Surpasses U.S. Counterparts
Surveys show Mexican ash trees reach 24 to 30 inches in diameter, larger than many in the United States due to more extensive cutting there. The impressive size reflects healthier stands in parts of Mexico.
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United States
Mexico
Fall Pasture Fail and winter feeding for pigs
A fragment notes pigs require better pasture and dry-lot feeding to ensure growth and successful wintering. It stresses the need for effective provision during the late season to avoid poor condition.
Truit Vitamin Source Diet Advice
Dietitian notes two servings of fruit daily support health. Fruits provide vitamin A C iron calcium and minerals for blood bones and body processes.
Automatic Xray fuse tester aids proper powder amount
An automatic Xray device to verify fuse powder quantity is devised to prevent premature detonation. It tests up to 4000 fuses per hour with ten decrease Carrying Capacity, saving transit industry about 200 million by a year and adding the equivalent of 14500 street cars and buses.
Wartime Use of Soybeans and Paper Can Innovations
The article notes soybeans can be used whole or ground in recipes, with up to a fourth of contents in breads and gravies as a binding agent. It also reports wartime paper can production using unplated tea can shells cemented with special adhesive to save metals.
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PAZO
Simpia
Tao
Flicka
GE Lab Announces 100 Million X Rays Produced
The General Electric research lab reports producing 100 million X rays in history using the new large induction electron accelerator. The milestone marks a significant advance in early high energy physics and medical imaging potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Electric Company
Ral Dalit on Bait for Rata Diets and Foods
A report notes that most edible items have been used as rata bait but cereals cooked or plain meat and dairy products, fresh fruits and vegetables in thin slices, are highlighted as effective food bait groups.
All Saints Day Observed Since 731 Across Churches
All Saints Day, observed widely on November 1, traces to 731 when Pope Gregory II consecrated a chapel in St Peter and Rome for honoring saints without individual feast days. The feast marks veneration of all saints and remains a church calendar staple.
Evolution of Penn State Name Through Early History
The piece traces Penn State’s origins from Farmers High School to its later identity as the Pennsylvania State College and finally the current Penn State. It outlines the school’s founding era and the gradual change of its name reflecting growth and transformation.
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Penn State
Ivanta Stata College
Wss
The
Farmers High School
AR Ear Ae Lege
Penagylvante
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