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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1917
Page
4
Wakefield village enacts hours for pool billiard and bowling venues prohibiting games after midnight and before six in the morning. Violators may face a fine up to 50 dollars or up to 30 days in jail. Effective twenty days after publication. Also notes local birth and small classified items.
Christmas gifts for every family member advertised with 30 to 50 percent reductions. Jewelry watches diamonds cut glass and related items featured at J. K. Hydar's in Ironwood Michigan.
Instructions advise applying thinned beeswax with a flannel cloth to floors. The hard wax requires turpentine for easy application, which then evaporates leaving a durable finish. If beeswax is unavailable, substitute puccaffin wax though it is less durable.
Hurley jewelry store will perform repairs and guarantee satisfaction with service provided by Frank, offered at Whitman’s location.
The druids gathered mistletoe with a golden sickle at winter solstice for sacred rites tied to protection from evil and healing. Oaks bore the sacred mistletoe and evergreen decor was meant to invite Sylvan Spirits to keep homes warm until spring.
The Christmas spirit traces to the Roman Saturnalia festival in honor of Saturn the god and father of the gods. It lasted about a week or two starting around December 19, halting business and war, fostering merrymaking and generosity across classes.
An OCR fragment imagines Christmas joy with a centipede attacker hung by the fireplace and an octopus Saint Nicholas with eight arms to fill them up, set in New York.
In Switzerland Yuletide customs begin on Der the anniversary of St Nicolas with markets and gift buying. St Nicholas parades in districts, distributing apples prunes nuts and cookies. Christmas day becomes the main festive day later, with Christkindli replacing Santa in many areas and bringing a decorated tree and gifts.
A writer in the American Magazine argues modern and biblical economics align. Selfishness can be noble when directed to self improvement and community benefit, as Christ’s command to the rich young man urges wise use of wealth and learning to grow power and self sufficiency.
The piece argues fair minded people overestimate others faults while excusing their own. It urges self critique and humility, noting self complacency hides faults, and insists we should address our own failures before judging others.
A bird raiser explains selecting male canaries for soft clear songs and long rolls. Young birds are housed with singers to imitate and harsh chirps are culled to preserve vocal quality. A bird organ rumored to produce squid trills aids training over a six month course.
The article traces the potato from its discovery by Spaniards in Ecuador to its spread to North America by 1585 and then to England via Sir Walter Raleigh. It notes a century ago the tuber was despised as human food except in famines, while used for livestock.
Dialogue highlights a vow to marriage amid financial loss as a father contemplates a new fortune. A hopeful vow closes the exchange with reassurance that wealth can be rebuilt. The scene centers on resolve and imminent union despite ruin.
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