New Year's Day Reflections on Public Life and Hope
The article traces New Year's history from Roman and Christian roots to modern celebrations, urging hopeful resolve. It notes personal and societal renewal, the rise of individual agency, and the era of open public life where actions are visible to a global audience. It stresses competency, progress, and the era’s demand for honest public service.
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Public Service
Startling Figures on National Health Costs
The article totals the U S population at 86,600,000 residents and estimates annual losses from unnecessary deaths at 250,000,000,000 dollars. It cites capitalized earnings lost at 1,000,000,000, wages lost to workmen’s illness at 500,000,000, and expenses for sick and dead care at 460,000,000. It notes tuberculosis costs 1,000,000,000 yearly, typhoid 360,900, malaria 200,990.
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United States
Moving Pumpkin Mystery Captures Skewegan Neighbors
Mrs. Samuel H. Hight of Skewegan watched a pumpkin appear to walk across a field. The object stopped and changed direction, drawing a neighbor’s inquiry. A man overturned the pumpkin and a polecat emerged, found stuck inside the fruit, then dragged away with the pumpkin on its back.
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Samuel H. Hight
Skewegan
Lewiston
Dependable quack cures and witty aside in old ad copy
A fragmented text block mixes casual remarks about appearances with multiple advertisements. It touts Ramlins Wizard Oil for throat relief and Perry Davias Painkiller for lumbago and other pains, Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething, and a quip about yawning, all in a dated, informal newspaper reader style.
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