Holly, it used to be claimed, received its name, “Holy Tree,” from the custom of using it to decorate churches at Christmas; it is, however, derived from the Anglo-Saxon “holegn.” Among the cosmopolitan population of Chicago, which totals 2,701,705, are 500,000 German, 400,000 Polish, 300,000 each Irish and Italian, 250,000 negroes, and 200,000 Scandinavians. -■ Five overcoats and three pairs of trousers were being worn by a beggar arrested recently by the Glasgow police. It took two officers two hours to go through all his pockets.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 86, 10 January 1928, Page 15
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