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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1926
Page
5
Grieving readers bid farewell to the year in a reflective verse that honors the life it lived. The poem notes joy and woe brought by time, acknowledging both praise and blame as the years pass, and ends with a hopeful greeting for the New Year.
In Quincy a wedding between Bob Weakins and Charlotte falters as Charlotte seeks excitement with Sam Peck and dons new makeup to test her allure. Bob, torn by jealousy and fear of whispers, confronts Charlotte about fidelity and the impending nuptials.
An artist on a snowbound immigrant train seeks inspiration from a child passenger. As dull travel and crowding clash with a sunset prairie glow, the artist finds a genuine muse in the girl, redefining the New Year’s promise amid a bleak journey. The piece blends reflection with a vivid landscape moment.
A fragmentary dated greeting year expresses hope for happiness and burden lightening. Words hint at wishes for care, freedom from injury, and joyful times under a benevolent rule, though many letters are garbled.
Congress pushed a $75,000,000 river and harbor bill through the Senate before adjournment for holidays, with large funding for projects from the Mississippi to the Atlantic. The measure includes $12,000,000 to improve the Missouri River, a Cape Cod canal purchase at $11,500,000, and $4,000,000 for the Intracoastal Waterway. A push to add long and short haul provisions failed amid bipartisan resistance. Senate leaders anticipate conference action in January.
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