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Newspaper
Bedford Free Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1905
Page
8
An ad promotes Miles Anti Pain Pills as a remarkable remedy for periodic pains including nervous headaches and distress. It claims to ease suffering, strengthen the system, and prevent weakness, asserting broad restorative effects.
The piece urges living each day with Jesus Christ not worrying about tomorrow. It stresses the 365 days contain one true working day today, urging readers to begin every day with Christ and march on through trials to win souls. The exhortation closes with confidence that times are in God’s hands.
A collage of poems and essays from Harper's Bazar and The Woman's Home Companion celebrate the New Year with visions of hope, courage, and renewal. It weaves hopeful song, moral reflection, and seasonal reflections into a single rite of passage from old to new.
A reflective New Year message exhorts comrades in the battle of life to bury the past, seize time, and embrace progress. It speaks of hope, responsibility, and the rewards of strong effort, urging steadfastness as the year begins and promising gains in peace, invention, and commerce.
The article describes diverse New Year beliefs from ancient Rome to Latin nations. It notes January’s origin, New Year rituals, vows to Caesar, gift exchanges, and omens from animals such as dogs, cats, and pigs indicating luck, residence changes, or abundance for the year.
The Major Carnegy, political officer, dies in Gir forest during a hunt after a wounded lion mauls him. Capt Foljambe and Mr du Boulay fire, natives clash, and the lion is killed. The body is carried to Rajkot by torchlight amid district shock.
Richard Bell recounts in My Strange Pets how solan geese were salted and eaten in old Britain. A Scottish dinner quip contrasts appetite with belief in the birds. A South American bea is described as a favored companion, while a pet python disturbs a sleeper. The 1886 Scottish caterpillar plague is noted for marching in lines and clogging drains with carcasses.
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