New Year Resolve in Puritan Lens 1922
The piece reflects on Rev John Sherman and Puritan legacy, urging Americans to take a reasonable New Year pledge to improve time. It notes economic caution, social duty, and law obedience as paths to progress and calls for kinder, braver conduct in 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sherman
Roger Sherman
W.T. Sherman
Jaimes
Sherman
Sueh@ tan
Lave
Ve Ug
Mim
Wwe
Ives
Anne
America
Imamy
Saalf
Charles Lamb
Feudal Nobility and Servant Gifts in the Middle Ages
Fragmentary note discusses how feudal lords leveled gifts to dependents based on sex and rank. The excerpt reflects medieval concerns with rewards tied to status and loyalty within noble hierarchies.
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Andy Rialeance
Iblyge
Gifta
Ing
Sex
Ron
Feasts and Celebrations Amid Russian Children’s Day
Fragmentary notes describe a festival or feast day connected to Russian culture and children. The readable text references celebrations or meals, with unclear specifics about location or participants.
Curious medieval custom described in roving fragments
Fragments describe a curious ritual involving dousing with beer or liquid and feasting rituals. The text mentions guests being admitted to a house, prior hospitality, and references to laborers, hosts, and a Parlay. The passage reads like a garbled historical note with unclear names and places.
Years of Joy and Regret in a New Year Poem
Walter Lewis Patteson reflects on aging and time in the Illinois State Register. The verse honors past joys and looks ahead with hopeful resolve, urging acceptance of years as they pass while cherishing memory and faith in better days.
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Walter Lewis Patteson
Illinois State Register
Peace on Earth Reflections on Past Year and Humility
The excerpt reflects on human frailty and moral self-examination as the year closes. It notes cowardice and rashness, rewards and pressures, and the enduring pull of friendship, health, and hope. It urges accepting one’s faults with dignity and humility.
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Fa Linbg Log
Ike
Maal
Marcus Aurelius
Quaint New Year Customs Across Scotland England and France
Read about old New Year traditions in Scotland England and France. Scots sing from house to house and carry in coal for luck. England moved start of year from March to January over centuries, finally standardizing on January 1 in 1752.
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Scotland
Herfordaitire
Hogland
England
Willam the Conqueror
Multiple Iowa incidents and deaths reported in terse notices
A farmer near Clinton dies after a wagon wheel injury. Various local crimes and accidents are noted, including a theater fire in Davenport, a 10 year old’s fatal fall at Pierce School, and a window cleaner’s fatal fall in Davenport. Also listed are elections, legal actions, and missing persons across Tama, Woodbine, and nearby towns.
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Fred P. Nelson
Clinton
Harding
Congress
Senate
Harry M. Harves
Canterville
Coyie
Clive Aldrich
Titouka
Algona
Henry Melancota
Irving Reap Alden
Davenport
Jamez Gordy
Mra. C. W. Gordy
Pierce
Cornell Bluffs
Tama County Farm Bureau
Toledo
J. W. Pendry
Handley
de Soto
Vincent Cerame Terzo
G. 8. Lightner
Allison R. McFarland
Stoddard Tire and Supply Co
Mason City
Mcfarlane
Riceville
Alfred Weber
Weber Boy
Mary J. Lavyingstone
Mayshalitown
Cedar Rapids
Onslow
Habel Collison
H. C. Purcell
Woodbine
Spc City
Mapleton
Lioux City
Ilya
Fred W. Stover
Olf
Newton
Stover
Cooter
Town Road Building Company
Volga City
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Royal
Sioux City
Otheis
Paul Vanderberg
Davan Port
Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root Kidney Liver Remedy Ad
A vintage advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a pure non stimulant herbal remedy for kidney bladder and liver troubles. It claims consistent quality in every bottle and offers a ten cent sample by mail from Dr Kilmer & Co. Binghamton NY, urging readers to mention the newspaper.
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Dr. Kilmer
Drimer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Different off the Stage Dareham Drake’s Studio Heist Day
Dareham Drake famed film villain endures a busy day at studios after stages of cracking safes in The Master Crook. He fails to unlock his prison door and bribes a locksmith with $20 to open the door.
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Dareham Drake
Part
Cuticura Ads and Odd Real Dilemma Snippets
An old newspaper fragment mixes a Cuticura advertisement promising quick skin results with a scatter of humorous and puzzling quotes. It includes lines about Cuticura Ointment Soap and Talcum, plus mini dialogues on marriage and social conundrums from various voices.
The Height of Deception in a Jewelry Store Heist
A Birmingham Age Herald report recounts a jeweler’s claim that a thief who grabbed a tray of dragon figurines acted nervously, prompting suspicions. The suspect’s behavior after requesting engagement rings is described as telling.
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Tia
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John Dickinson Sherman
Timan
Dedham
Hesex
Trinity College
Cambridge
Church of England and & Purltan Op
Atlantic
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Boston
Salem
Watertown
Wethersfield
Conn
Milford
New Haven
T “Watertown
Harvard
Cotton Mather
John Man
Falthful
Thv Watertown
New Bngeer
Har
Christ
Yenva
Russia
Ater Muroepe
France
Hawkeye
Crook
Wall
Parker
Nin
Miss Golding
Europe
Walter ‘Baker & G0, Ltd
Dorchester
Massachusetts
Sant Free
Des Moines
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