New Year in the South Fifty Years Ago
A chilling reminiscence of New Year’s Day in the antebellum South when hiring slaves, public sales, and auctions marked a busy day in county seats. Planters rented out enslaved labor for the year, while spectators, both white and black, bought apple jacks and gingerbread as whiskey shops thrived. The piece notes the mixed scenes of commerce, debt settlement, and festive indulgence, with families torn apart by sales yet slaves sometimes choosing humane employers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Allegrees
Plantions
Southland
Turning a New Leaf at Shelly Farms New Year Dinner
Mrs Marcia Berrie hosts a grand New Year dinner at Shelly Farms prompting envy among the “firsts” who planned luxe gowns while a planned philanthropic turnabout vis a vis the “new leaf” ends in a note from the Berries inviting all neighbors to celebrate instead. The note reveals the charity plan was a ruse to test the reception from the community, leaving the organization of the philanthropic society unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcia Berrie
Shelly Farms
John Berrie
Berritt
Goldwaite
Mrs. Goldwaite
Mrs. Wilton
Meigs
Wilton
Husband
Luke
Jack
Baltimore Herald
New Year Resolutions and Yuletide Humor from Old Papers
A collage of light humor and anecdotes on New Year resolutions from older papers. It includes reflections on royal family manners, a child’s retort to a sailor, weathering the year with puns, and brief jokes about pledge prices, lazy productivity, and family plans for the coming year. Brooklyn and Chicago outlets feature the pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Princess of
Wales
Alexandra
Princess of Wales
Chicago Post
Hubby
Chicago Record-Herald
Bill
Jill
Yonkers Statesman
Two Resolutions That Failed
A humorous tale about a bride attempting a New Year surprise by cooking a full dinner for her husband, dreaming of model housekeeping. She overreaches with a six course plan, burns dishes, and ends with her fiancé declaring the cook must be dismissed, while she learns a harsh lesson on resolutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aew
Angel
Harry
Thadain
Philippi Mission Lesson Text in Acts 16
A condensed religious study recounts Paul and Silas in Philippi. They face beating, imprisonment, and a midnight earthquake, leading to the jailer’s conversion and baptism for him and his household. The piece frames the event as a teaching on salvation through belief in Jesus Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Silas
Lord Jesus Christ
Acta
Philippi
Timothy
Luke
Europe
Tessonal
Rge
Nce
Ronan
Christ
Southern Superstitions
Folkloric rules assign luck and misfortune to actions such as killing frogs, harming pups, combing hair, or touching dead bodies. The list notes dreams of live or dead snakes, unbroken or broken eggs, and nail cutting as omens. some warnings include stuttering, illness, or deformity.
Bargain farm lots and properties for sale in multiple states
A scattered list of farm tracts and houses with prices per acre or total sums, ranging from 10 to 180 acres. Locations include Paulding County, Oregon county, Nebraska, Missouri, and Tennessee, with farm features such as improved land, frame houses, barns, orchards, and vicinity to cities or schools. Several exchanges or city-property trades offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Toledo
Toledo Court
Paulding County
Inkani Jummer
City
Oregon County
Honda
Missouri
Nebraska
Ohio
Ney
D. E. Dozer
Tennessee
Good Pike
Sandy Kentucky
Fram Rouse
Smeres
Newaygo County
Elena
Ardaan
Deane
Paulding
Sofia
Aden
Jolacrais
Imogonas
Panea Reek
Fae
Slehaneh Pisa Bakero
Defiance
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The
Jedge
Chicago Tribune
Mr. Gotrocks
Eagle. Brooklyn
Dels
Pol Poe
Piente
Johnny Jones
Willie Boerum
Brooklyn
Paul and
Phil
Chichester
Laxakola
NEW York Tribune Farmer
NEW York Weekly Tribune
New-York Tribune
Department of Agricultural Industry
Tribune
Express
Taz Express
Fun Limo
Cox
Hlace
Malom
Rankin Drug CO
Drown Bros
Chicago
E. N. Lewis
Mangas
Clinton
Chas. Torrence
Benjamin B. Kingsbury
Lgegeriesiina Moa
Bamroesonr
DR. Moreau
Defiance, Ohio
Sporting Lite
Dande Bidz
Phila
New York
A. N. Kellogg Newspaper CO
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