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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1919
Page
8
A collection of hopeful vignettes on New Year wishes ranges from charitable wishes for the hungry and cold to reflections on love, wealth, freedom, education, and a global call for a peaceful distribution of resources. Read as a period-page feature, it surveys personal desires and social ideals through humorous and earnest voices.
The piece explores vows against vice and the tradition of New Year resolutions. It cites examples from Vohrieed and Swearing Off, notes early origins in twelfth century France, and surveys ancient practices from Japanese, Egyptians, Persians, and Phoenicians. It concludes that modern resolutions reflect individual effort more than formal ritual.
The piece reflects on the fading custom of New Year’s calls by society members in large cities, noting its once flourishing humor for practical jokers like for laundry workers and temperance lectures. It laments the loss of the tradition, stating it is now as dead as a door nail among the elite who once upheld it.
Residents react with mixed delight as the phrase old-fashioned gains renewed attention. The public discourse highlights nostalgia, community identity, and how language reflects local culture across neighborhoods.
A nostalgic note recalls how New Year social etiquette faded from earlier courtly gatherings with chivalry and refined manners. The piece contrasts past sociability with present scenes, highlighting formal calls and festive goodwill.
Advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as fast acting cold relief taken every two hours with three doses, opening nostrils, stopping runny nose, easing headache and feverish symptoms. It claims no quinine, inexpensive, tastes pleasant, and requires no medical assistance.
An advertisement asserts Bayer is the genuine aspirin brand for headaches neuralgia and related pains. It touts Bayer tablets in a Bayer package with directions and notes a nineteen year physician endorsement. The ad mentions a handy tin of 12 tablets costing a few cents and identifies aspirin as the Bayer trademark for acetylated salicylic acid.
An advertisement critiques misleading cures and promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root. It argues real remedies sell themselves through proven benefits for kidney, liver and bladder ailments. The ad claims thousands endorse Swamp Root and offers sample bottles by mail for ten cents.
A dialogue snippet shows Mrs Peterson explaining her husband’s outburst as a misdirected urge to go to church while searching for his prayerbook. The scene portrays household tension over religious obligation and everyday frustration.
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