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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1908
Page
4
A dated verse recounts a boyish Christmas outing at a park pond with a risky ice plunge. The narrator describes friends Stubbe Fatty and Billy, gifts, feigned bravado, a fall through ice, and a troubled mood about missing turkey and feast. The piece blends humor and remorse with rustic spellings and dialect.
The piece argues that consequences reflect causes and that trust issues and Roosevelt policies illustrate accountability. It insists on honest foundations as essential for lasting success, comparing a flawed base to a beautiful house built on sand and warning that ends must justify means.
A distressed speaker laments mounting charges and debt pressures around Christmas. Bills arrive relentlessly for items and gifts, with pawned watch and diamond pin cited. The narrator frets about insolvency, fearing jail or ruin, and rejects the burden of holiday spending.
Nat's wife Annett wins acceptance from the Strang clan after a plan to restore her father-in-law's lost voice with a portrait succeeds. A traveling doctor warned that Mr. Strang would speak no more on September 22. the Thanksgiving gathering and a birthday gift reveal revive his voice, ending years of silence.
A lyrical piece contrasts winter beauty with a dream of pastoral farming. It evokes sparkling snow, bridal moonlight, and cozy hearths, then shifts to a narrator professing love for farming life, simple pleasures, and rural abundance over city living. The tone blends poetic imagery with a wistful, humorous longing for bucolic days.
In a Kansas town a careful young man mailed two letters with swapped addresses. The washerwoman received an invitation to ride tomorrow while the sweetheart read a sharp reply about her shirt bosom, leading to tears and vow of silence.
Society notes report a Sunday wedding for R. L. Powell’s eldest daughter Miss May to Russell Duncan at Brown's Chapel. The road was crowded with rigs and the reception extended from the house to the barn. Rev. Coffelt officiated. E. F. Hudson and wife attended and followed scripture by eating and asking no questions.
Washingtons birthday Memorial day and the Fourth of July all land on Saturday creating three double holidays. By February 29 this year Washingtons birthday falls fourteen weeks before Memorial day which itself is normally five weeks before the Fourth of July.
Pr Shoop of Racine Wisconsin introduces Health Coffee Imitation claiming a minute preparation and no real coffee in the blend. Made from toasted cereals with malt nuts and other ingredients it reportedly fools experts as a coffee substitute. Sold by local dealers.
Advertising notice seeks girls to fold and stuff circulars in Attica Indiana. Eight hours daily from noon to 5 pm with a one hour break, wage three dollars per week paid each Saturday. Applications accepted until January 1 1908 when Mailing Department resumes operations. written applications to W M Allen Attica Indiana.
W. A. Cramer assumes full charge of the Prudential Insurance Clinton office in the Bogart building effective Monday morning January 6, 1908. All matters in connection with the work must be referred to him personally hereafter. Clinton, Ind.
The administrator of Joseph S. Clark's estate will offer property for public sale at the decedent's Clinton area residence on January 31 1908. Included are horses cattle hogs wagons buggies a carriage harnesses farming tools hay wheat corn oats furniture and other items. Cash for amounts five dollars and under. over five dollars on a ten month credit with note and interest six percent. sale starts at 10 am and continues until sold.
Consumers can buy 2.70 ets of Sanitol preparations for 1.00 dollar at the Bonner Bence Drug Co. This promotional offer highlights a value deal on health products available locally.
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