Continuance of the Farm Demonstration Work
The article details efforts to persuade Mr. E. T. Jackson to move his farm demonstration work from Carroll county to other districts. It notes district opposition, promised funding from counties like Dooly, and ongoing discussions with district agents. It cites 1918 results: 39 cotton demonstrators earned 5655.43 above average, 87 corn demonstrators 2941.50 above average, three vats 165.75 above average, totaling 12147.68 gains from demonstrators and 100 corn club boys.
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E. T. Jackson
Carroll County
Jackson
Carroll
Yates
Board of Education
Macon
Dooly
Mr. Jackson
Down
Peabody
Corn Club
Calumet Tragedy Fire Alarm Kills Dozens at Christmas
In Calumet Michigan a Christmas gathering turned deadly when a man cried fire in a crowded hall. Panic ensued and hundreds, many children, were trampled or crushed in the exit rush. Families were torn apart as the disaster unfolded. The incident is blamed on reckless alarm that ruined a moment of joy.
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Calumet, Michigan
Columbus Enquirer-Sun
Farmers Embrace Georgia Winter Agriculture School
Georgia farmers steadily attend the short winter course at the State College of Agriculture in Athens. From January 5 to 16 the program covers cotton, cereals, animal industry, horticulture, corn club work, poultry breeding, and veterinary topics. Attendance ranges 200 to 300 across ages, signaling a new era of agricultural development in Georgia.
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Georgia
State College of Agriculture
Athens
Corn Club
Atlanta Constitution
Ring Out Wild Bells and Silly Mix of Verse
Fragmented OCR text presents a mix of Alfred Lord Tennyson style bells and corrupted lines. It reads like a New Year wish to ring out the old and ring in the new, but garbled phrases and stray names appear, including truncated words and misrendered names, creating a patchwork of poetry and broken strings. The readable portion centers on ring out old forms, ring in the new, and themes of peace, truth, and betterment amid a noisy garble.
The Pist and the Future
The text urges carrying choicest thoughts into the new year and cleansing parents from transgression. It echoes an antiquated sermon on entering a temple mindset with white robes, urging personal renewal and lofty aspirations for a future.
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Parthenon
Newell Dwight Hillia
New Year Customs in England and Denmark
The article notes English New Year customs are quiet with bell ringing and historic feasts, contrasting past revelry. In Denmark, cannon fire greets the year and Copenhagen wakes to cannonading while rural districts fire muskets at farmhouses, a rough tradition viewed as festive yet crude.
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England
Denmark
Copenhagen
New Year Resolutions From a Cmans Home Companion
A quirky note lists resolutions to be kind and cheerful daily. It mentions trying to fool the good in others and to spread punshine into dark places, aiming to make someone happy each day. The fragment resembles a playful column item from a home companion section.
New Year Do’s and Don’ts Sayings from Lippincott’s
A collection of maxims warning against imprudence and folly. Advice covers restraint, thrift, realistic goals, and preparedness. It stresses self reliance, careful judgment, and avoiding hollow optimism as it reflects on human folly and misfortune.
Pilgrims Observe New Year In Early Record
The sole record of New Year observance by Pilgrims in the new world notes a boisterous roost as men began work early while Puritan ministers frowned on the day. In England New Year’s Eve was celebrated with carols and songs, often called Singing Hen, reflecting Christmas customs.
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New World
New Hnguind
Waa Roost
Grosate
Mont Briefs
Janud
New Day's Dawn Brings Quiet Hope and Gentle Path
A reflective verse exhorts readers to welcome the New Day with calm patience and fresh morning light. It urges kindness in daily dealings and steady pace through life, suggesting that even amid potential storms the morning’s brightness remains in one’s smile and actions.
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Croft
The Days New Year Party in a Medieval Mock Feast
A satirical tale describes a New Year party where the old year dies and a city of personified days hosts a grand feast. Vertiginous guests arrive from Shrove Tuesday to May Day, with Valentine courting May and the vigil-keepers guiding the revels through Epiphany to Ash Wednesday.
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Pahla Atewarda
Romo
Appestansa
Guekta
Tacey
Christman Day
Teraitis Tay
Tanl
Haing
Bhrovet
Lord Mayor
Tay
April
Kent
Pretty May
Tim
St. Christopher
Valentine
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Tory
Tepesenurt
Gruniy
Firth
Maude DeVersy Newton
Nan
Enoe
Acla
Misary
Lippincott’s
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