New Year's Renewal for Robert Adams and Mary
After Mary leaves for a visit, Robert Adams battles loneliness and neglect in a decaying home. A frank talk from his brother-in-law shifts him toward a fresh start. By New Year's Eve he redecorates, buys new clothes, and welcomes Mary back to a rebuilt life together.
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Robert Adams
Helpmeet
Mary
Robert
Mary’s
Jem Lane
Mary Adams
Dobbin
Ephraim
Sister
Bells Ring Out The Old Year In A Sacred Hymn
A poetic reflection on midnight bells bidding farewell to the old year and greeting the New Year with hope. The verses contrast nostalgia for childhood and home with a forward look to renewal and peace, concluding with a Christmas hymn line credited to Rev. S. F. Reperus.
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Jesus
S. F. Reperus
Dipping Hogs to Fight Vermin and Mange
Agricultural guidance explains tackling lice mange and other skin pests in swine. It covers inspecting hogs, repeated dips with lime-sulphur crude petroleum and coal tar dips, and constructing a durable cement dipping vat for large herds.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Resolutions and a New Year Note from the Record Book
A reflective note on New Year resolutions mocks the angelic record keeper. The speaker jokes about repeating failed aims and suggests saving rubber stamps to mark a future New Year as a playful forecast.
Take Time to Live Right and Self-Improvement
The piece urges New Year resolutions for self improvement noting thousands plan to start, and critiques busy people who say they have no time for exercise, proper meals, thought, and rest. It argues such slipshod living leads to premature death.
Wheat Bran Uses in Dairy Feed
Wheat bran, the outer coating of grains, serves as a top dairy feed due to its bulk, palatability, and mild laxative effect. It supplements protein-rich rations and helps balance dry or constipation-prone roughages, with high phosphorus and potash content.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Price for Seed Bead Advised If You Must Buy
A terse notice suggests the cost to obtain seed beads remains a fixed price. The text hints at a guideline for purchasers seeking bead supplies and references basic payment expectations.
Kilmer Swamp Root Urges Public Trial By Doctors
An advertisement from a physician endorses Kilmer's Swamp Root as a mild herbal remedy claimed to aid kidney trouble and overcome insurance application fears. It asserts the product's high success, notes its availability in drug stores, and offers a sample bottle for ten cents with a mail advertisement request.
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Kilmer
Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Joyless view of holidays from a four year old pessimist
In a contrarian quip Boston four year old Ettle Willie Hibrow rejects holiday cheer. He mocks the Fourth of July as robbed of its deadly cannon fire and notes Thanksgiving and New Year festivities softened by prohibitions and high prices. The child jokes that war would have kept Olympus weeping.
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Ettle -Willie - Hibrow
Boston
Santa Claus
Turkey
Olympus
Modest Artist Hears Praises From Lady Ady
A playful exchange unfolds as a lady compliments an artist on a bold daub while the artist modestly deflects. An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets promising health, wealth, and wisdom through a simple remedy.
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Dr. Pierce
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Lanon
Beaumont
Angel
Ura
Cascara Ke
Bashasie
Mr. Hill
Phoenix
Peole
Phoenix Minaral
Continental Chemical Co
Cai
Custer
Cutter
Lackley
Cutter Laboratory
Berkeley
Chicago
Dne
Mowe
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