Christmas Gift List Hurried Notes From Brooklyn Editor
A humorous poem from the Brooklyn Standard Union catalogs the songwriter’s long family and household gift list. The speaker laments the endless names Aunt Maria Lizzie Jane Uncle Joe Pete Lem Grandma Grandpa Smith Jones and many cousins while imagining purchasing items from rings to silks for Will and others. The tone is festive and self deprecating as the narrator contemplates bankruptcy after Christmas shopping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria
Lizzie
Jane
Joe
Pete
Lem
Nell
Kate
Belle
Sue
May
Madge
Sam
Bill
Jack
Ned
Grandma Smith
Grandpa Smith
Grandma
Grandpa Jones
Hal
Maud
Grace
Gladys
Hannah
Hortense
Lulu
Clementine
Rose
Pearl
Frieda
Mary Ann
Will
Brooklyn Standard Union
Decorating for Christmas Traditions and Greenery
The piece describes using a bright evergreen tree with a water-filled container, and gathering holly laurel mistletoe and other greens for festive decorations. It notes tree types suited to regions, and urges careful harvesting to protect plant growth while creating wreaths and bowls of berries.
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England
New Jersey
Indiana
Missouri
Oregon
California
Birds Christmas Tree Guide For Winter Feeding
Instructions for constructing a decorative birds Christmas tree with evergreen or other trees, wrapped in wheat and seed filled baskets, and shelves for fruit and vegetables. It advises placing a large tree securely, a smaller one on a feeding shelf, adding water using a heated brick, and providing cotton-stuffed shelters for birds in cold districts.
The Real Christmas and Its Invisible Presence
The article reflects on Christmas as an unseen joyful presence that expands the heart and fosters generosity and goodwill toward all people. It portrays Christmas as a shared spirit of kindness that cannot be banished by pessimism.
Under the Holly Bough Poem Verse
A traditional verse by Charles Mackay invites readers to forgive and reunite under the holly bough. It urges those who have harmed others to forget past conflicts and join in renewed friendship.
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Charles Mackay
School Honor Roll for Third Month Highlights and Grades
A list of students by grade shows first through eleventh grade honor roll with names such as First Graph Aubrey Cook and SEcond Grade Lucile Caperton. Highlights include highest grades Martha Joe Sears 93 and Helen Low 95, plus only fifteen failures overall, thirteen in eighth grade. A work crew is installing a Y track at Sears Grain Co. plant, linking Katy and Cotton Belt railways and lifting tracks in Katy yards.
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Martha Joe Sears
Louise Robbins
Margaret Everheart
Helen Low
Mollie Wright
Kazy
Sears Grain Co
Katy
Cotton Belt
Odeon Theatre December Program Highlights
The Odeon Theatre lists nightly attractions from December 18 to 25. Geraldine Farrar stars in The World and Its Women on the 18th, followed by Mary Miles Minter in Anne of Green Gables on the 19th. Monroe Salisbury appears in His Divorced Wife on the 20th, Corrinne Griffith in Towers of Jewels on the 22nd, Robert Warwick leads In Missouri on the 23rd, Bryant Washburn in It Pays to Advertise on Christmas Eve, and Tom Mix in Heart of Texas Ryan on Christmas Day. All films are new productions with prices claimed lower than elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geraldine Farrar
The
Mary Miles Minter
Dallas News
Monroe Salisbury
Salisbury
Corrinne Griffith
Missouri
Robert Warwick
Card Of Thanks For Kindness In Bereavement
We express our grateful appreciation for sympathy and kindness shown during our sorrow. Our neighbors and friends are thanked for their interest, service, flowers, and acts to alleviate our grief. Mrs. Will Powell, Dr. and Mrs. J. N. Powell, Mack Powell. Try a Sun wanted. They pay.
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days Promise
Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure itching blind bleeding or protruding piles. Instantly relieves itching piles and you can sleep after the first application. Price 60c.
Daily Thought on Swedenborg Spirit View
A compact reflection on the idea that a mean person’s inner world shapes actions after death, as Swedenborg argues the spirit persists beyond earthly life. The note frame suggests a moral prompt about inner motives and posthumous influence.
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Swedenborg
Carnival Reaches Whitewright Postponed This Week
The Whitewright carnival did not arrive as planned this week for unknown reasons. Manager Harry A. Rose wires from Tupelo Oklahoma that the show will definitely come next week starting December 22.
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Whitewright
Harry A. Rose
Tupelo
Oklahoma
Sheep boys Ego and Igo Return for Interviews
Ego and Igo, the sheep boys once shown by their hero four years ago, visited the city Tuesday afternoon. They drew interest from old friends and new visitors who paid 15 cents for a brief interview.
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Ego
Igo
Corn Prices in Whitewright Sell Around a Dollar
Corn trades near 1.05 to 1.08 dollars per bushel in Whitewright market activity. Local buyers and sellers report steady demand as farmers monitor price movements and local conditions.
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Whitewright
Cotton prices rise as farmers pull bolls this week
This week cotton prices move from 18 to 39 cents by grade as farmers pull bolls. Cotton ginned from the harvest earns 18 to 22 cents.
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Mary Lee Andrews
James Bryant
Clara May Truett
Wade Marie Sears
Charlie Bell Truett
Virginia Smith
Sreconpd
Florence Wilson
Viola Murphy
Raymond Myrick
Milliard Mangrum
Vinitax Farr
Paul Ryan
Dulsia Bell Garland
Blanche Montgomery
Virginia Fleenar
Marjorie Holland
Ollie McMillin
Bettie Lou McLean
Firth Grape
Lucile LaRoe
Verma Mangrum
Elizabeth Newsom
John McMurry
Haskell Thomson
Jack Lackey
Katherine Sears
Alene Haile
Russell McGinnis
Joe Hestand
Mary Lou Ross
Oma Caperton
Margaret McMurry
Jennie Lee Kirkpatrick
Robert Cantrell
Graade
Catherine Montgomery
Maxie Echols
Joe Weldon Carr
Maude Mangrum
Ninta
Lillian Neath
Ery
Billy Blaine
Margreta Fender
Mary Rena _ Penn
Samantha Murphy
Aa Club
Aubrey Cook
Alwilda Ryan
Emma _ Lucile Craig
Maurice Oliver
Margaret Newsome
Baby Nell Penn
Robert Crowell
Lucile Caperton
Mordell Pumphrey
Carl
Frank Alverson
Fender May
Tom Everheart
Laura Cantrell
Fourth
Homer Craig
Flora Grade
John Webster
Sue McConnell
Albha May Vestal
Dorothy Freeman
Theresa Everheart
Grace Vestal
Ben Sturdivant
John
Wayne Coggins
Pina Murphy
Odeon Theatre Program
Odeon Theatre
Bryant Washburn
Tom Mix
Heart of Texas
Ryan
Mrs
Will Powell
J. N. Powell
Mack Powell
Merry Christmas
W. O. Brents
Scribner’s Magazine
Craig’s Cafe
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