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Newspaper
Woodbridge Leader
Location
Woodbridge, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1926
Page
4
The Woodbridge Leader extends season greetings and reflects on the birth of Jesus Christ. The piece celebrates His teachings of love, forgiveness, and service to all, praising humility over riches and urging renewed faith and goodwill. It recalls His compassion for the sick, the poor, children, and sinners, urging gratitude this Christmas.
A year-end overview praises Woodbridge Township for 1926 progress. Officials under Mayor Ryan reorganized the treasury health department and the engineer’s office, kept roads in good condition, and ensured ready access to records. The piece notes limited unemployment and hopes for continued growth, while remarking on relations among universities and other oddities from period sources.
Children drift into a dream of Santa and bright trees while mothers strive to keep promises made. As we mark the Bethlehem birth, men honor mothers whose love fills Christmas with cheer and life’s beauty.
The Leader announces a weekly feature of Practical Patterns direct from European designers. Patterns, offered at twenty five cents, will reproduce gowns in advance of Paris London and Vienna styles. Readers gain access to hundreds of designs to stay well dressed and distinctive.
The Baby Clinic meets every Tuesday from 2 to 4 PM in the Avenel School. Mothers bring infants for checkups and guidance in child care amid community outreach efforts.
Readable parts describe a village race between two elderly men aged around 60 and 1200 years of age in Anatolia. Wives push rivals to start and the older man wins by a wide margin. A separate incident reports actress Miss Gay at a hotel where a $120 package charged to the cashier turned out to contain only wadded newspapers.
A speaker questions a man’s character depending on his company and notes a bold joke about women’s rights at a public event. Mrs Florence McCann of Keyport was a Sunday guest of Mrs Fred Moore in Upper Main street.
Gilbert Chesterton argues against a false unity between Americans and Englishmen in a speech to the American Club at Oxford. He stresses each nation has unique conditions and cautions against expecting the other to mirror English life. A second item notes a noted dancer in Crook's game in Cleveland with a thief tauntingly successful in a minor city trick.
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