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About The Forest Grove express. (Forest Grove, Or.) 1916-1918 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1916)
“christmas 5 au ♦ *■" In thosi» d«ys « f fiillghtcuiil m vhtfoln cy. T lii't» nrf utili. however m>nie un con vimini olii-« w ho bolli iluit Hit» ih» scriptum glvt>n In St I.ul-•» I» more In dlcaflvt» of tht» sprlng tinnì wlntt»r * » com m a I m » $ ¿ lin c i as 1 , cam be- rCmisel f Know I there (‘ ► Plenty will be Free Movie Tickets M i ( t l « t o * a n d Ita M r a n i n q . Among tln» S ii \‘> ii - i tht» ni t tImt mi" lieto«* wns sospendisi frolli tln* ris'f of a dwetllng In 1 1nintt-tI to ili»' wny furor flint tilt» hoapltnlity of t In» homi» « u t ut bis tllspo-iil, ami l*>nt»ii(li Ita branche* friend nini strauger. tassai ami lord, gu thè issi together In tiiiu mtlt—«lil|t ami guai «•hn*r Tilt» rt> llgloila Hiptx-t of tilt» misiIft"»* lindi- don. yvhh'h hnd Ita ori gin In tln» Dtuld- h'ul riii-a. miti tln» gnthcrlug of II by flit* arch liriild wItti Idi golili»n al Me merged Inter luto u purely *»•■ lui «ytu tad. miti tilt» lileii of aliuple litiapltnllty developed luto mir of iiierryiuukliig r.utl a aornewliut rlotoii« fiiterlalu ■lieti t. The kl«a of tln» Scanditilivlnn goti tless expatuled luto tln» i listoni of a klaa glveu for t»\ t>ry lierry that grew on tilt» bougii. Simili wonder timi. In splte of thè mlatletoe lim Ing origlimi ly exlsted In thè odor of smictlty, thè fhurch carne to regard It aa un en tlrely pagati aymlnd nini refusoti to allow It to parHtdputo olili thè holly and tht» evergreen In thè Vulethle l i n o n i ioti a. Tliere la mi anelent bellef timi tln» uilstletoe waa thè tre»» from whleh thè holy erosa waa hewn and that after thl* « u à niade thè plunt wltbered. TO T U E STAR THEATER “ ¡T Got them from our Merchants. The firms listed below have purchased Matinee tickets to give Fret* to their custom ers. When you purchase 25c worth of any of the firms mentioned below, you will be given a Matinee Ticket Free four ticket for $1.00. These tickets are to be given away for ten weeks, beginning with performance of Saturday, N o vember 25. Good only for Saturday Matinees. Ask for tickets when making purchase:». Here are the firms which give tickets: Schultz Pure Food Store Goff Bros., Hardware and Stoves I >r Hines’ I >rug Store Oltice Shearer, Confectioner American Restaurant Geo. G. Paterson, Furniture and Home Bakery Pianos King ti Co , Gen’l Mdse. Forest Grove Express, Piinting i on I our . great big Christ mas Cree I w Various Names For Christmas yule or ¡ a festival o f the «un. The tin nt> yule Is -till used by the Scot' h m il th - S and n vlans call their fest : le r .• Welsh call Christ: \;i ! . p_» signifying a birth, and •' e |t:i i ins -pcuk of If as Il Natale, f ! i 'i - enguate with t lie Spanish ter- an 1 a contraction of the H R ISTM A S signifies Christ's Latin. mass, meaning the festival of Not onl- I« the d I nfion o f tlie the Nativity o f Christ. During word itself In the many centuries since the 25th o f I . •• ln»r I- flic real date of advent It has been variously spelled. the advent lias !. long been n contro- It Is found In the old source books vertible so' V 'o t among chronologlsts changing from Crystmasse. the very Early < 'brí a i s u o - e divided ns to the old English, through phases of Cristen date. some • intending flint It was the ma«. Crysrynmas. Chrlstenmas and 1st or the bth day of January, others Chrlstmes to Chrl«tniass arid eventual the Litth of March, the day o f the Jew If, as today. Christmas. lsh passover, and still nth rs dc daring The French call the holiday Noel or for the 20th o f Septeml»er. tiie feast o f Nowel. This is a derivation of the the tabernacles. French nouvelles meaning tidings Julius I., a bishop of Rome. In A. D. Some, however, take It as an abbre 337-352 seemed to settle the dispute by viation of the Provencal nadau or declaring D ec. 25 as tlie date. The nadal. which means the same as the western church accepted tills, and the Latin natalis—tliat is. dies natnlls. the eastern church eventually came birthday. We fin > Chau<er in his around, but the Armenian church still “ Canterbury T les." In that [part of the adheres to Jan. d Julius seems to narrative told by the Frankeleyn. a! have established authoritatively the luding to Christmas and employing the 25th as the anniversary from what Copyright. lSK, tiy American Press A»- French term Nowel us a festive hill Ini Ion must have been authenticated tradition day cry. or It would hate been since, disproved It Is said ft>n' r cl |« » rorrmitton of PObk JACK I C Christmas Limericks A f r a i d of S a n t a . -I’ll I«» glad when I ’m g r o w n nnld the sinall hoy. “ What for?“ “ So I fa n get my Christum « present* without h aving any Santa Clous slip ping nround to find out w h eth er I 'v e I m u good or not." Job printing Low Fare Excursions to California via the North Bank and S. S. “ Northern Pacific;” $27,00 round trip, with berth and meals, to San Francisco; $42.50 round trip, to LosAngeles. rickets sold from Oregon Elec tric points Dec. 22, 23, 27 and 28. Stopovers allowed Re turn limit on tickets sold Dec. 27th and 28th, Jan. 14th. Through Tickets Sold, Baggage Checked and Berth Reservations Arranged by Local Agents. Connections for Independence at East Independence station with boat and at Orville with Auto Stage. J. E. FARM ER, Agent FOREST GROVE, ORE. FOR A WEI L FILLED STOCKING. The economical time o f the year to travel—Holiday round-trip fares allow longer return limits than at any other time of the year. Thera wan a young lady named G er tie, W ho said to her best frien d: »‘ N ow , Bertie, We'tl bo good a'. I th > year. But I'll toll j ou, my doar. A t Christmas it pays to be flirty." —Et.hu: Hoht.ck Ritchey. TH« Broker’* Christmas. Brokerage houses have more beggars visit them limn does uny other class of business nu n. At Christinas time they fairly swunn. Some are “ flown and outs" from unlucky speculation and the mixing of business ami alco hol; others are simply the unfortu nates who have kept from drink, hut who have lost their nerve nnd money and are merely trying to live. A story Is tolil by a Chicago broker of how lie fell it t letlin to one smooth stranger recently und how tlie smooth stranger thereupon fell a victim to him. The vIs11>»r came to Ills office with a more or It- * familiar hard luck story of his wife being sick. Ills rent overdue nnd himself out o f work ever since the market went against him in the old days. "I'm Just going to work phone 821. Christmas Post Cards, Stickers and address labels free at Wells Fargo Express office. Send your Christmas presents by express, cheapest, safest, best. Insurance free. 49-12 Spend the Holidays at Home There once w in a youngster named H orner Ate a whole Christmas pie In a c o r nar. Then he cried out: »'Oh, my! Tw a.i a cooking school p ie !“ And so poor Jack was a goner. Hound trip fares will be in effect on the O R E G O N E LE C T R IC HY. Dec. 22 to 25, inclusive; also Dec. 30, 31 and Jan. 1; return limit Jan. 3. Also for all points in W ash ington and Oregon on the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Ry., west to Rainier, Dec. 21 to 2;>. inclusive, with the same re turn limit. up.’ Christmas Holidays— New Year’s Holidays— I Between all points in Oregon; al so from all Southern Pacific points to Washington anti Idaho I)ec. 22 to 25, inclusive. Return limit Jan. 3. Between Oregon and California points Deo. 21 to 23, inclusive. Return limit 15 days. Between all points in Oregon I)ec. 30 to Jan. 1st, inclusive. Return limit Jan. 3d. Oregon to California points Dec. 25 to 2S, inclusive. Return limit 15 days. Write or ask local agent John M. Scott, - General Passenger Agent Portland, Oregon Southern Pacific Lines