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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1902
Page
4
40 acres of pasture land near city limits with stock water priced at 15 dollars per acre. A quarter block near Allen Academy east front listed at 250 dollars. One brick cisterned four block from West Street cottage and tenant house 1260 dollars. Other city property including 7% frontage on Railroad and lots near schoolhouse at 100 dollars each.
In a rambunctious Blue Ridge camp tale from New Year’s, the Nevada narrator recalls a lively week of mischief. The doctor, invited as friends feign ailments, agrees to marry in San Francisco and leaves after a staged medical frenzy netting him over five thousand dollars.
The article notes rosemary ivy and bay as old fashioned greens and highlights holly as the best loved decoration. It contrasts English Holm with American Ex opaca holly found from Maine to the Carolinas, praising Carolina holly over Delaware and Maryland Three X brand varieties in the holiday market.
The piece traces New Year visits on Manhattan Island to early Dutch practice. It notes wives in Sunday attire served punch or coffee while descendants debated the tradition and its excesses, yet the custom spread to virtually every notable family on the island.
In a satirical poem from the Atlanta Constitution an anxious chorus asks if a New Year cyclone or quake will topple roofs and flood streets. The verse ends with a friendly punchline: the commotion is just “daddy swearin’ off” rather than disaster.
Clarissa speaks of relief after New Year as Fidelia reflects on a saddening anniversary. Clarissa and Clarence recount a longstanding quarrel over mutual improvements in conduct.
The Chicago Tribune offers a playful New Year verse inviting Naughty-two to come in from the cold and dress warmly. It jokes about the old man’s departure, the coast being clear, and the world being an oyster for the year ahead.
The speaker muses on remaining resolutions and questions whether to make new ones this year while noting many old goals unused and expressing confidence with exclamations.
A compact humorous piece reflects on New Year vows. It contrasts solemn resolutions with everyday slips and cites comic lines about staying true to vows. Readers glimpse a light literary moment from early 20th century humor.
Frank Smith and H. Johnson, miners, nearly perished in a 26 mile desert crossing from Femur to Goldstone California with only five quarts of water. Johnson abandoned Smith before reaching Camp Goldstone where a water well and dining hall saved them. Berg rescued Smith, who clung to a canteen as relief arrived. Both men recovered within days.
In St Petersburg a new Lucian mediates dialogues with the dead through a spiritualistic journal headed From the Other World. Subscribers send letters to a dead person with 4 copecks and receive replies within about a week as the dead supposedly respond promptly.
A Baltimore News quip imagines Mars communication expanding to Mars-in-law, joking about potential domestic implications of contact while playful in tone. The line frames future space dialogue as a humorous hazard rather than a scientific concern.
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