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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1924-07-10
Victrola
produc-
ti0n
larger
than
ever

Themanufacturing
schedule for the
entire year. has
eenapproved earl
ier than usual.
The demand calls
for 48 per centmore
Y ic troll a instru-
ments than were
made in 1923.
We ourselves have
sold more Victrolas
the first six months
of this year than
we sold the entire
last year.. -
Victrolas are bet
ter; Victor Records
are better, and the
two combined are
beyond comparison
Morris Hardware
is always on hand
to take care of you
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1924-07-10
Newton Ridge

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Henery and
son Lewis of GAINESVILLE spent the
Fourth with his parents Mr.. and
Mrs. j. r. Henery.
Miss Elva Henery visited this
week with her sister Mrs. Thelma
Bowles of Malta.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Harry Henery and
daughter Hilda and Wayne Henery
were Sunday visitors at Albert APP
pleman's of Triadelphia.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1924-07-10
Thfnnina Apples

Thinning apples on overloaded
trees prevents the breaking of
branches and increases the size of
the remaining fruit. The thinning
may be done soon after the "June
drop" Many trees set more fruit
than they can carry or properly ma
ture. Unless they are thinned the
result is broken branches and in
ferior or unmarketable fruit.
Removing defective fruit and
thinning SO that the apples are
about six inches apart on the
branches, as recommended by hor-
ticulturists of the Ohio Experiment
Station, will go long way toward
insuring maximum yield of first
grade fruit and saving the trees.
This involves considerable labor,
but many commercial orchardists of
the state are finding it a profitable
practice. Apples thinned from
early varieties may be sold for cook
/ ing, thus more than paying for the
expense of thinning and adding ma
terially TO the profits as the later
pickings will be larger and better
grade of fruit.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25

fore the coming of the Christ Child.
Christmas came from early Egyptian
civilization, from the Teutonic barba-
rians, or the pagan Greek and Roman
nations or perhaps from all of them.
But in the days of the early Chris
tians Christmas ceased to be observed
merely as a day of merrymaking and
feasting. They celebrated it as a day
of good will and kiudliness, the be-
slowing Of gifts, and a time of peace,
but they considered it a holy festival
and too filled with solemnity and sa-
cred joy to be made time of hilaTity
and boisterous jollity.
That the very date is uncertain
makes little real difference. In those
early days of. the Christians they
thought it following the heathenish
customs to observe birthdays. We
cannot wonder at this when We re-
member that every god and goddess,
every noted man, and every animal
considered sacred, must each have a
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25
AUNT LIZZIE ANN'S
CHRISTMAS LETTER

"a oW, if Aunt Lizzie Ann had
~ only written for Christmas, the
- family agreed as they sat
around the big fire that blazed upon
the open hearth, everything would
have been just perfect. AS it was,
things were awfully nice and everyone
was having such good time, but
Aunt Lizzie AIMS Christmas letter
had failed to come-the first miss
since they all remembered-and it's
absence cast little cloud over them,
try as they would to hide it.
Aunt Lizzie Ann had always written
the dearest Christmas letter-gifts
she had none to send since Uncle Ed
died several years ago-but always
there had been that wonderful letter,
that breathed SO deep the very spirit
Of Christmas that it had almost be-
come part of the very time itself for
the DermOtt family. And although
none of the family had yet framed the
thought that Aunt Lizzie Ann must be
ill, or something dreadful must have
happened, it lay heavy upon them all.
SO when George announced that he
was going down to the telegraph otilce
to wire they all agreed that it was the
best thing to do.
A soft, powdery snow was railing
as he opened the door to step without.
He had been gone only short time
when a shout from him brought them
-, md
the snowfiakes falling around her, was
the dearest little old lady, laden with
bundles, which George tried in vain
to help her with.
tits Aunt Lizzie Ann!'' they all
cried in unison. And sure enough II
was Aunt Lizzie Ann, coming this
year herself instead of sending her
usual letter, and she had the dearest
and loveliest gifts for them all.
And when the excitement of her
coming had died down and they all sat
around the blazing logs again, Aunt
Lizzie Ann explained how she had
been able to come. Uncle Ed had
taken out an endowment policy for her
several years ago; it had now ma
tured and she was free to do the
things she had wanted to for so long.
"You have been giving to me for so
many years" she said, sit makes me
feel real good to be able to make
some return at last"
But the. family assured her in all
sincerity that it was she who had
given the most to them always-for
her wonderful Christmas letter had
helped them more than they could
ever tell her.-Katherine Edelman.
20, 1924, Western Newspaper Union.)
~.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25
CHRISTMAS GIVING
AND ITS MEANING


"G I'VE me six" the woman said
W as she crowded her way rude
~ up to the handkerchief
counter Zone has to buy something,
/ suppose, and / guess handkerchiefs
take the least thought and considera
ton"
Amy particular patternY" the clerk
inquired
No just so they cost no more than
fifty cents each. What an awful bore
Christmas is, and what burden it
throws on us. | wonder sometimes
what it's all for"
IT'S very sweet, happy time to
me" the girl answered
There is too much that is conven-
tional and artificial, perhaps, in our
Christmas giving We burden oUr-
selves with obligations which we
should never assume. We give TOO
often because we feel that we should
do 50, because we wonder what people
will say If we do not because we hope
to receive something in return. We
keep up the practice because we have
not the courage or the diplomacy to.
break it, and we put little thought or
personality into it.
please do not send me anything at
Christmas time," a friend wrote me,
for by so doing you would embarrass
me and put me under obligations
which | can ill afford to meet" It
was a sensible letter which few would
have had the courage to write.
1t is not what we give that really
counts, but the spirit in which the
giving is done The friendly, personal
letter, the trifle which we have our
selves made, even the card which we
pick up at the book store, often brings
more joy than the costliest present
chosen without love OF thought.
Christmas is time of kindly thoughts.
of forgiveness, of charity, and of good
will to all men, There is no other
day on the calendar on which it would
be so dreary to be away from home
as Christmas day, The spirit Of
Christmas is the spirit of self-sacrifice
and of love.
The. Wise Men bringing gifts to the
Christ child came a long way over a
rough and weary road full of dangers
and full of discomforts; but the gifts
they brought were gifts of sacrifice
and unselfishness and of love, and the
Impulse to bring them came from the
heart. They are the wise men today
who can give thankfully, gratefully,
lovingly, with joy in their hearts and
without thought Of what they are to,
receive. Thomas A. Clark, Dean of
Men, University of Illinois.
20. 1924 western Newspaper L1azss.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25
THE "SANTA SACK"
GAME FOR KIDDIES

ANITA CLAUS is real problem
81 to some mothers. Shall their
children be told the truth about
Santa Claus, or shall they think of
him as sliding down the chimney with
reindeer and sleigh? This idea may
help some mother who is puzzled over
this question:
Before our little folks were old
enough to understand about the exist
ence Of Santa Claus, whenever we
saw a picture Of the jolly old man,
we called him Sunny, or Smiling
Santa, because he looked happy. And
he looked happy because he was good
and kind to everyone. So when the
children quarreled or pouted we would
try to have them smile and look jolly
like Santa, whose picture we had
among others we referred to, as moral
or myth pictures.
AS the children grew to understand
more fully the meaning of the Christ
mastide we played a game, Santa
sack" which meant that if they al
lowed each other or their playmates
to play with their toys or gave them
Of their apples or cookies, they were
playing Santa Claus, because Santa
Claus was unselfisll and divided what
ever he had from his sack.
Sometimes when their playmates
came, we would say, You'll want to
play Santa Sack and away they
would skip to distribute their toys like
Santa. They delighted to play and
be called Santa when they ran err
rands, smiled or did something kind
Santa was a make-believe creature,
as characters in poems whichS we
read to them, such as "The Raggedy
Man" "Children's Hour Jack
Sprat," "Hiawatha." Anyone who
gave gift at any time of year was
a Santa. And whenever Santa Claus
distributed gifts at school or at any
public place, they were delighted that
someone was playing Santa as they
played "bear," doctor or teacher
il the home with their little friends
For anyone who is unselfish, kind and
cheerful is to them a Santa Claus to
someone else.
AS they grew older the Santa sack
was woven into lesson story with
the thought that each Of us has some
thing in smiles, kind words and deeds
to give to another all the time. For
the real Santa gave much-aH he
had-from his sack of treasures in
Bethlehem long ago. So Santa Claus
means unselfishness, cheerfulness,
kindness many things that are worth
while to our children. = Gertrude
Walton
20. 1924, Western Newspaper Union)
x1>SNGHESA -
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25

after the coming of Christianity it was
centuries before these pagan customs
and practices were eliminated. And
it was not until after the Middle
ages that the meaning and the sig
nificance of the season began to dawn
upon the minds and hearts of men.
In old England Christmas became
time of -feasting, drinking and hilari-
GUS merrymaking very adj
vanced conception, but step beyond
the pagan idea. Later the spirit of
Puritanis1n began to influence English
customs and public zeal ran so high
that al gayety and all festivity came
10 be considered sinful.
All observances of special days were
declared designed by the 'deyille,"
and the famous Roundhead parlia
ment set aside the celebration Of
Christmas, Easter and Whitsuntide.
For twelve years no special days
were observed in England, and when
they were once more taken back into
favor the result was what might have
been expected, for the Christmas sea-
son became a time of feasting, drink
ing, dancing and wild revel, lasting
for twelve days and nights. The lord
Of misrule came into existence-this
was the chosen master of festivities,
into whose hands the keys of the
house were given and whose word was
law while the reveI lasted. The days
and nights were full of "all manner of
hilarity. and a most wild and merrie
time was had" we are told.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25
@s1SE
1t Was Christmas EUe
There Was Great .Jov

7H HE deep hush of night had fallen
" over the land and up above thou
sands of stars twinkled, seem
ingly shining little brighter than on
any other night of the year. From
every window candles and lighted
Christmas trees sent their shining
rays out into the darkness, symbols
of the Light of the World" who was
to be born again next morning. Every
where the spirit of the season made
itself felt and men and women
thrilled with the message Of love and
peace and good will. Everybody
seemed to be working feverishly to
make happiness for others, most of
all to make the little ones happy,
FOR was not He that was coming on
the morrow even as one of them? In
every heart there was added tender
ness and love; in every home there
was cheer and goodwill. For It was
Christmas Eve and the song Of the
angels to welcome His coming was re
heating itself in the hearts of men
and women everywhere Katherine
Edeiman.
90. 1924. westerA Newspaper UniOn.l
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25
TO nuestion the real date of Christ's

to question the real date of Christ's
birth.
The Western empire had accepted
December % as the date, and the
Eastern churches celebrated January
s, while other dates from September.
90 to May 20 were observed, and each
of these with some good reason for
it's selection 1t was Pope julius who
finally settled the controversy by ac-
cepting the ruling Of the Western
church and established December %,
and by the middle Of the Fourth cen
fury this date was generally recog-
nized. In the pagan nations this had
been the time when festival of joy
took place, because it was then that
the sun was supposed to begin to re-
cede from the equator.
They celebrated the 21st Of Deem
Der by all manner of licentious revels
and heather debauchery, and even
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25

At first only the royal households
had these lords of misrule, but the GUS
tom spread until almost every house
hold had it's ruler of the seasons
reyels. But gradually, as time passed,
these wild celebrations gave place to
festivals none the less joyous, but
more BETTING the season.
The ceremony of bringing in the
Yule log was observed, of decorating
the house with holly and mistletoe,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25
TOYS Best for Children
6S5

Manipulation" toys are best for
children between the ages of two and
four; dramatic playthings best be-
tween four and six. and construction"
playthings, such as radio cuttats,
games or toys that teach the simpler
branches of exact sciences and those
which exercise and train the hands
and brain in a somewhat advanced
way are best. George Newell Moran.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25

the lighted candle in the window, and
the midnight singing Of carols.
Still later Christmas became a day
marked by bountiful dinners given to
the poor by rich landowners, rather
than merely time of feasting and
merrymaking.
And slowly the real Christmas spirit
is coming more and more into the
hearts of humanity, as we grow each
year to better understand the song
the angels sang that starlit night on
the Judean hills. And ION earth
peace, good will to men" means more
with each recurring. year as we open
our hearts to the Child of Bethlehem.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25
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1 CHRISTMAS CARDS
WILL BRING CHEER

~ HEY all adorned the mantel-
~ piece the many Christmas
cards. How gay they were.
How much they helped in the
way of making the room CHEEKY
and decorated for Christmas.
Each one did its part to add.
Yet many Of those cards had
almost never come!
So many of the senders had
said
"Oh, l don't believe I'll send
them card this Christmas. We
never see them any more
But then they added
"Still they are friends and it
would be nice to send them
Christmas wish"
So all the cards had come.
And not one of them was in the
way. Not one of them but that
brought its own cheer.-Mary
Graham Bonner.
20, 1874 Western Newspaper Union.)
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25

special day of feasting and festivity.
1t is not strange that they should
have come to a time when they put
the whole custom aside, and celebrated
none at all, not even the birthday of
the Child of Bethlehem.
1t was not until four hundred years
later, not until Christianity had tli-
umphed and become a recognized fac
tor in the world that they even began
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25
In and Out

Any one knows enough to go into
the hardware business, said farm
hand in the fall of 1928. But not
every one knows enough to stay in
the hardware business, said the same
farm hand to the sheriff in the fall
Of 1924
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25
KEEPING CHRISTMAS
LET ALL BE HAPPY

ut is a good thing to observe
Christmas day. The mere
marking of times and sea-
sons, when men agree to stop
work and make merry together,
is a wise and wholesome custom.
1t helps one to feel the suprem-
acy of the common life over the
individual life. 1t reminds
man to set his own little watch,
now and then, by the great clock
of humanity which runs on sun
time.
But there is a better thing
than the observance of Christ
mas day, and that is keeping
Christmas. Frank Herbert
Sweet.
90. 1924, Western Newspaper Union)
Sk<rSEESxE
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25

y 0I1AI1I1 I'D VIC 70
go farther back
than the Christian
era to find the
source of Christ
mas celebration,
for we borrowed 1t
from the nations
nyiStinp 1Oup hp-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25
Toy Guns

Do you sell toys? asked the travel
ing salesman of the hardware dealer
in the two-gun town of Holster.
Wall( yes, admitted the merchant.
Most all the tenderfeet buy guns not
bigger than 38-caliber.
The difference between reason and
argument is the difference between
the sale you make and the one you
lose.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25
Celebrating
Christmas
By
ANNA DEMING GRAu

%, 1924. western Newspaper Union.)
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25

(<~ I'VE me six" the woman said
U9 as she crowded her way rude
O ~, -, ~ tha hor5IyaroL;a4
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-25

~ He deep hush of night had fallen
~ over the land and up above thou
sands of stars twinklad seem
Milford chronicle., 1924-09-19
By F. v. L. Turner
Secretary Laying Composition

NeNAStal9 laying AOupelllOnS.
Another upset in egg scores marks
the for -y-4ifth week of the Thirteenth
Philadelphia North American Inter.
national Egg-Laying Competitions 10.
Gated in grounds of Delaware state
board Of agriculture at Milford. Del.
Leading pen changed its production
from a high average per week to one
Of doubtful proportions, considered
from the standpoint of expected lay.
ing consistency up to finishing day,
October 81.
/ One bird In first pen is now molt-
Ing and one other bird laid but one
esg-the total pen output Of sixteen
eggs permitted pen 20, in second
place, to decrease the distance be-
tween It and the top pen to sixty
three eggs. Pen 20, because of very
greatly lessened production by pen
80, went into second place by g. mar
gin of eight eggs Following these
two pens, pens 2S and ss took an
Upward swing and are only a few
eggs below pen IS. Pens below 9th
place also stepped up and four of
them went over the 1OOO-eeR mark. |
While no other member of pen Ga
may run into molt it looks as If
bird would indulge in this destruc-
tive process to egg making and still
further lower the penis production.
thus permitting still further inroads
on its score by its followers. In this
connection it will be noticed that first,
second and fourth high individuals
are members Of pen eff molting af-
fects these three birds their chances
for the higher individual places will
be seriously lessened.
Next week will find several more
pens over 1000 eggs-if pen 20 kee1s
Milford chronicle., 1924-09-19
45TH WEEKS EGG SCORES CHANGE PFNS
STANDING IN INTERNATIONAL CONTEST
dS bO" FIRST Place Are BunCng Together Decreases
Output and Permits Followers to Move Up

up its stride the nnish for nrst and
second places Will be rather close
either way.
OF course, all near-end -of-thN-yoar
spurts are not conclusive BY any
means-ths present cool weather and
the fact that the natural mott doss
not come until very much later may
mean that the present molts will be
short and that they may DO oompiotsd
In time to affect the fnish-also pres
ent spurters may mott two or three
weeks before finishing date anS
throw the whole score sheet back to
Its relative position OF two woslS
since or may malntain It about aa n
stands at present, -
There are few Euesses that can ha
even reasonably near the anisb n
any oase-so many conditions on4ST
into the performance Of pens and ins
diViduals, because Of unusual yves4her
changes thruout the whole yeSf.
that guessos must be more or iess ins
accurate. Last spring had it's S4fsot, !
Milford chronicle., 1924-09-19
DELAWARE GARDEN
SPOT FOR PICKLE CROPS
ROthman Works At Lincoln Civ
To Extend Branches Through
The State.

The growing cucumbers and other
crops for pickles in Delaware has
proven tremendous success as
borne out by the statements of Har-
old H. ROthman, president of the
Rothman pickle works of Lincoln
City, which have just completed a
most successful season. Mr. Roth
man says:
eve are looking for big things
from Delaware, the past season has
proven conclusively, beyond the sha-
dow of doubt, that Delaware is a
natural pickle raising country"
This concern is at present taking
under advisement the proposition of
extending operations throughout the
State of Delaware, by establishing
branches in every important section.
They by no means intend to confine
their opesations to pickles alone,
and are now taking in green toma- |
toes for picking purposes This year
and intend to add cabbage and pep |
pers to their ever-growing list of
products.
The Rothman pickle works is the
largest sauer-kraut cutters and
packers in the United States. the
company's scene of activity in that
respect being laid at East Northport.
L. l., where executive officers are al
so located.
By introducing crops that hitherto
have been practically unknown in
Delaware, and surely never been ex-
plotted on a commercial basis, the
hopes to serve as a step
ping stone for that era of prosperity
hat the Delaware farmer has looked
or all his years.
The company has commenced con-
racting for pickles for the season
# 1925. The firm is composed of JOS
,ph ROthman, Harold H. Rothman
nd Elias Demian, all of New York.
Milford chronicle., 1924-09-19
loves Cross Roads

Mrs. Annie Gunby is visiting rel
atives at Salisbury, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mack Long and
daughter Pauline and Mr.. Eashum
of Roxana spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Oscar King and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Calhoun and
family, George Gordy and mother of
Laurel, visited Mr.. and Mrs. George
Harrison on Sunday.
The stork visited Mrs. Madeline
Lewis at the home of her parents
here on Saturday and left a SON
Roscoe Martin, Jr.
Roscoe Lewis of Wilmington Wis
tied his wife and son here over the
weekend.
Manford Parsons had the misfor-
tune to break his leg on Sunday.