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		<title>RichardThiessen at 18:39, 23 March 2015</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Source: Phoebe Mumaw Kolb Photographs, HM4-162. Box 2, Folder 3.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Source: Phoebe Mumaw Kolb Photographs, HM4-162. Box 2, Folder 3.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>RichardThiessen</name></author>
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		<title>RichardThiessen: Added category.</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Words of Cheer&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, a [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] periodical for children, ages 9-11, was first published in April 1876, at [[Orrville (Wayne County, Ohio, USA)|Orrville]], [[Ohio (USA)|Ohio]], by Dr. [[Mumaw, Henry A. (1850-1908)|Henry A. Mumaw]], editor and founder. It appeared as an 8-page monthly and was intended to reach boys and girls for reading at home. In 1878 the paper was sold to the [[Mennonite Publishing Company (Elkhart, Indiana, USA)|Mennonite Publishing Company]] at Elkhart, Indiana, and was edit­ed by Joseph Summers. In August 1892 [[Kolb, Abram B. (1862-1925)|Abram B. Kolb]] was appointed as editor. Other editors were as follows: [[Bender, Daniel Henry (1866-1945)|D. H. Bender]] 1904-8, A. D. Martin 1908-9, H. Frank Reist 1909-12, [[Ressler, Jacob Andrews (1867-1936)|J. A. Ressler]] 1912-36, Ellrose D. Zook 1936-49, Elizabeth A. Showalter 1949-    . In 1908 the paper was sold to the [[Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pennsylvania, USA)|Mennonite Pub­lishing House]], [[Scottdale (Pennsylvania, USA)|Scottdale]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], the first issue of the new owner appearing 26 April 1908. In 1892 the format was enlarged but the pages were reduced from eight to four. The paper contains stories, arti­cles, poems, puzzles, and children's letters. It was il­lustrated and occasionally appeared in two colors. Beginning in 1951 the paper was enlarged to 8 pages and reduced in size to 8 x 10.75 in. Its circulation in 1958 was 26,750.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Words of Cheer&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, a [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] periodical for children, ages 9-11, was first published in April 1876, at [[Orrville (Wayne County, Ohio, USA)|Orrville]], [[Ohio (USA)|Ohio]], by Dr. [[Mumaw, Henry A. (1850-1908)|Henry A. Mumaw]], editor and founder. It appeared as an 8-page monthly and was intended to reach boys and girls for reading at home. In 1878 the paper was sold to the [[Mennonite Publishing Company (Elkhart, Indiana, USA)|Mennonite Publishing Company]] at Elkhart, Indiana, and was edit­ed by Joseph Summers. In August 1892 [[Kolb, Abram B. (1862-1925)|Abram B. Kolb]] was appointed as editor. Other editors were as follows: [[Bender, Daniel Henry (1866-1945)|D. H. Bender]] 1904-8, A. D. Martin 1908-9, H. Frank Reist 1909-12, [[Ressler, Jacob Andrews (1867-1936)|J. A. Ressler]] 1912-36, Ellrose D. Zook 1936-49, Elizabeth A. Showalter 1949-    . In 1908 the paper was sold to the [[Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pennsylvania, USA)|Mennonite Pub­lishing House]], [[Scottdale (Pennsylvania, USA)|Scottdale]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], the first issue of the new owner appearing 26 April 1908. In 1892 the format was enlarged but the pages were reduced from eight to four. The paper contains stories, arti­cles, poems, puzzles, and children's letters. It was il­lustrated and occasionally appeared in two colors. Beginning in 1951 the paper was enlarged to 8 pages and reduced in size to 8 x 10.75 in. Its circulation in 1958 was 26,750.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{GAMEO_footer|hp=Vol. 4, p. 978|date=1959|a1_last=Zook|a1_first=Ellrose D|a2_last=|a2_first=}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{GAMEO_footer|hp=Vol. 4, p. 978|date=1959|a1_last=Zook|a1_first=Ellrose D|a2_last=|a2_first=}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Category:Periodicals]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>RichardThiessen</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Words_of_Cheer_(Periodical)&amp;diff=113572&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>RichardThiessen: Text replace - &quot;Ohio (State)&quot; to &quot;Ohio (USA)&quot;</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Words_of_Cheer_(Periodical)&amp;diff=113572&amp;oldid=prev"/>
		<updated>2014-02-20T03:35:37Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Text replace - &amp;quot;Ohio (State)&amp;quot; to &amp;quot;Ohio (USA)&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table class=&quot;diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace&quot; data-mw=&quot;interface&quot;&gt;
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				&lt;tr class=&quot;diff-title&quot; lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;
				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;← Older revision&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 03:35, 20 February 2014&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot; &gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Words of Cheer&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, a [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] periodical for children, ages 9-11, was first published in April 1876, at [[Orrville (Wayne County, Ohio, USA)|Orrville]], [[Ohio (&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;State&lt;/del&gt;)|Ohio]], by Dr. [[Mumaw, Henry A. (1850-1908)|Henry A. Mumaw]], editor and founder. It appeared as an 8-page monthly and was intended to reach boys and girls for reading at home. In 1878 the paper was sold to the [[Mennonite Publishing Company (Elkhart, Indiana, USA)|Mennonite Publishing Company]] at Elkhart, Indiana, and was edit­ed by Joseph Summers. In August 1892 [[Kolb, Abram B. (1862-1925)|Abram B. Kolb]] was appointed as editor. Other editors were as follows: [[Bender, Daniel Henry (1866-1945)|D. H. Bender]] 1904-8, A. D. Martin 1908-9, H. Frank Reist 1909-12, [[Ressler, Jacob Andrews (1867-1936)|J. A. Ressler]] 1912-36, Ellrose D. Zook 1936-49, Elizabeth A. Showalter 1949-    . In 1908 the paper was sold to the [[Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pennsylvania, USA)|Mennonite Pub­lishing House]], [[Scottdale (Pennsylvania, USA)|Scottdale]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], the first issue of the new owner appearing 26 April 1908. In 1892 the format was enlarged but the pages were reduced from eight to four. The paper contains stories, arti­cles, poems, puzzles, and children's letters. It was il­lustrated and occasionally appeared in two colors. Beginning in 1951 the paper was enlarged to 8 pages and reduced in size to 8 x 10.75 in. Its circulation in 1958 was 26,750.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Words of Cheer&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, a [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] periodical for children, ages 9-11, was first published in April 1876, at [[Orrville (Wayne County, Ohio, USA)|Orrville]], [[Ohio (&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;USA&lt;/ins&gt;)|Ohio]], by Dr. [[Mumaw, Henry A. (1850-1908)|Henry A. Mumaw]], editor and founder. It appeared as an 8-page monthly and was intended to reach boys and girls for reading at home. In 1878 the paper was sold to the [[Mennonite Publishing Company (Elkhart, Indiana, USA)|Mennonite Publishing Company]] at Elkhart, Indiana, and was edit­ed by Joseph Summers. In August 1892 [[Kolb, Abram B. (1862-1925)|Abram B. Kolb]] was appointed as editor. Other editors were as follows: [[Bender, Daniel Henry (1866-1945)|D. H. Bender]] 1904-8, A. D. Martin 1908-9, H. Frank Reist 1909-12, [[Ressler, Jacob Andrews (1867-1936)|J. A. Ressler]] 1912-36, Ellrose D. Zook 1936-49, Elizabeth A. Showalter 1949-    . In 1908 the paper was sold to the [[Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pennsylvania, USA)|Mennonite Pub­lishing House]], [[Scottdale (Pennsylvania, USA)|Scottdale]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], the first issue of the new owner appearing 26 April 1908. In 1892 the format was enlarged but the pages were reduced from eight to four. The paper contains stories, arti­cles, poems, puzzles, and children's letters. It was il­lustrated and occasionally appeared in two colors. Beginning in 1951 the paper was enlarged to 8 pages and reduced in size to 8 x 10.75 in. Its circulation in 1958 was 26,750.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{GAMEO_footer|hp=Vol. 4, p. 978|date=1959|a1_last=Zook|a1_first=Ellrose D|a2_last=|a2_first=}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{GAMEO_footer|hp=Vol. 4, p. 978|date=1959|a1_last=Zook|a1_first=Ellrose D|a2_last=|a2_first=}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>RichardThiessen</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Words_of_Cheer_(Periodical)&amp;diff=86249&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>GameoAdmin: CSV import - 20130820</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Words_of_Cheer_(Periodical)&amp;diff=86249&amp;oldid=prev"/>
		<updated>2013-08-20T19:38:48Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;CSV import - 20130820&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table class=&quot;diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace&quot; data-mw=&quot;interface&quot;&gt;
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				&lt;col class=&quot;diff-content&quot; /&gt;
				&lt;col class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; /&gt;
				&lt;col class=&quot;diff-content&quot; /&gt;
				&lt;tr class=&quot;diff-title&quot; lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;
				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;← Older revision&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 19:38, 20 August 2013&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot; &gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Words of Cheer&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, a [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] periodical for children, ages 9-11, was first published in April 1876, at [[Orrville (Wayne County, Ohio, USA)|Orrville]], [[Ohio (State)|Ohio]], by Dr. [[Mumaw, Henry A. (1850-1908)|Henry A. Mumaw]], editor and founder. It appeared as an 8-page monthly and was intended to reach boys and girls for reading at home. In 1878 the paper was sold to the [[Mennonite Publishing Company (Elkhart, Indiana, USA)|Mennonite Publishing Company]] at Elkhart, Indiana, and was edit­ed by Joseph Summers. In August 1892 [[Kolb, Abram B. (1862-1925)|Abram B. Kolb]] was appointed as editor. Other editors were as follows: [[Bender, Daniel Henry (1866-1945)|D. H. Bender]] 1904-8, A. D. Martin 1908-9, H. Frank Reist 1909-12, [[Ressler, Jacob Andrews (1867-1936)|J. A. Ressler]] 1912-36, Ellrose D. Zook 1936-49, Elizabeth A. Showalter 1949-    . In 1908 the paper was sold to the [[Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pennsylvania, USA)|Mennonite Pub­lishing House]], [[Scottdale (Pennsylvania, USA)|Scottdale]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], the first issue of the new owner appearing 26 April 1908. In 1892 the format was enlarged but the pages were reduced from eight to four. The paper contains stories, arti­cles, poems, puzzles, and children's letters. It was il­lustrated and occasionally appeared in two colors. Beginning in 1951 the paper was enlarged to 8 pages and reduced in size to 8 x 10.75 in. Its circulation in 1958 was 26,750.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Words of Cheer&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, a [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] periodical for children, ages 9-11, was first published in April 1876, at [[Orrville (Wayne County, Ohio, USA)|Orrville]], [[Ohio (State)|Ohio]], by Dr. [[Mumaw, Henry A. (1850-1908)|Henry A. Mumaw]], editor and founder. It appeared as an 8-page monthly and was intended to reach boys and girls for reading at home. In 1878 the paper was sold to the [[Mennonite Publishing Company (Elkhart, Indiana, USA)|Mennonite Publishing Company]] at Elkhart, Indiana, and was edit­ed by Joseph Summers. In August 1892 [[Kolb, Abram B. (1862-1925)|Abram B. Kolb]] was appointed as editor. Other editors were as follows: [[Bender, Daniel Henry (1866-1945)|D. H. Bender]] 1904-8, A. D. Martin 1908-9, H. Frank Reist 1909-12, [[Ressler, Jacob Andrews (1867-1936)|J. A. Ressler]] 1912-36, Ellrose D. Zook 1936-49, Elizabeth A. Showalter 1949-    . In 1908 the paper was sold to the [[Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pennsylvania, USA)|Mennonite Pub­lishing House]], [[Scottdale (Pennsylvania, USA)|Scottdale]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], the first issue of the new owner appearing 26 April 1908. In 1892 the format was enlarged but the pages were reduced from eight to four. The paper contains stories, arti­cles, poems, puzzles, and children's letters. It was il­lustrated and occasionally appeared in two colors. Beginning in 1951 the paper was enlarged to 8 pages and reduced in size to 8 x 10.75 in. Its circulation in 1958 was 26,750.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{GAMEO_footer|hp=Vol. 4, p. 978|date=1959|a1_last=Zook|a1_first=Ellrose D|a2_last=|a2_first=}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{GAMEO_footer|hp=Vol. 4, p. 978|date=1959|a1_last=Zook|a1_first=Ellrose D|a2_last=|a2_first=}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>GameoAdmin</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Words_of_Cheer_(Periodical)&amp;diff=69359&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>GameoAdmin: CSV import - 20130816</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Words_of_Cheer_(Periodical)&amp;diff=69359&amp;oldid=prev"/>
		<updated>2013-08-16T19:56:17Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;CSV import - 20130816&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Words of Cheer&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, a [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] periodical for children, ages 9-11, was first published in April 1876, at [[Orrville (Wayne County, Ohio, USA)|Orrville]], [[Ohio (State)|Ohio]], by Dr. [[Mumaw, Henry A. (1850-1908)|Henry A. Mumaw]], editor and founder. It appeared as an 8-page monthly and was intended to reach boys and girls for reading at home. In 1878 the paper was sold to the [[Mennonite Publishing Company (Elkhart, Indiana, USA)|Mennonite Publishing Company]] at Elkhart, Indiana, and was edit­ed by Joseph Summers. In August 1892 [[Kolb, Abram B. (1862-1925)|Abram B. Kolb]] was appointed as editor. Other editors were as follows: [[Bender, Daniel Henry (1866-1945)|D. H. Bender]] 1904-8, A. D. Martin 1908-9, H. Frank Reist 1909-12, [[Ressler, Jacob Andrews (1867-1936)|J. A. Ressler]] 1912-36, Ellrose D. Zook 1936-49, Elizabeth A. Showalter 1949-    . In 1908 the paper was sold to the [[Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pennsylvania, USA)|Mennonite Pub­lishing House]], [[Scottdale (Pennsylvania, USA)|Scottdale]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], the first issue of the new owner appearing 26 April 1908. In 1892 the format was enlarged but the pages were reduced from eight to four. The paper contains stories, arti­cles, poems, puzzles, and children's letters. It was il­lustrated and occasionally appeared in two colors. Beginning in 1951 the paper was enlarged to 8 pages and reduced in size to 8 x 10.75 in. Its circulation in 1958 was 26,750.&lt;br /&gt;
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{{GAMEO_footer|hp=Vol. 4, p. 978|date=1959|a1_last=Zook|a1_first=Ellrose D|a2_last=|a2_first=}}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>GameoAdmin</name></author>
	</entry>
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