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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1908
Page
9
In a frosty mythic tale Master New Year, crowned in the year’s final hours, journeys from the Northern cave toward the throne. Jack Frost challenges him with playful counsel and warnings about the heavy task ahead as the clock to the new year nears.
A faded tale blends a New Year anthem with a fable of Jack Frost and Master New Year. The dialogue covers music, peace on earth, and a contest between renewal and mischief as the old year yields to the new with hopeful resolve.
A compact, humorous piece from a boy’s perspective listing five resolutions. It parodies self improvement pledges and notes staunch refusals to fight, overeat, nag, or mock others. The voice hints at parental or teacher guidance and marks a yearly end ritual to close the book until next year.
Minnie labors to build a large snow man while her puppy Puggie resists helping. After Minnie leaves him outside, Puggie destroys the snow figure, Minnie punishes him, and he vows to mend his ways. The tale ends with a gentle lesson on obedience.
On a dark stormy New Year's Eve Buddy Weatherby sits alone by the Weatherby home’s fire. The scene contrasts a warm kitchen with the anxious wait for his father and the hopeful thought of his return as snow piles outside.
In a stormy New Year tale Buddy hides from a would be intruder revealed to be his father in disguise. The boy, brave and resourceful, grips a weapon and awaits danger before his mother returns to reveal the pirate was real family.
A humor piece recounts scenes of children and their mothers in comic vignettes. Johnny wants sturdy knickerbockers to resist teachers switches while Freddy learns kindness to animals, and Tom endures a playful day that ends with eggs smashed after a mis-step at home.
A fragment shows a small girl in a frock upset as a cart throws mud high and she cries in distress. The piece is titled Jack Juglets and reflects playful nursery rhythm.
A small boy sits in a corner with a very large book in his lap. He lifts a cover, his face showing a curious look as New Year’s comes and he begins to turn the pages.
A puzzling verse from a historical page presents letter clues and phrases like The bull In the china shop and The wolf at the door. It weaves misprinted lines and stray terms into a riddle pointing to a hidden word linked to a game or season.
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