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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1912
Page
11
A New Year essay urges girls to drop worries and hurry, embrace courage, improve character, and seek joy. It compares a clean new dollar bill to a fresh year, calls for brave, true living, and urges sharing cheer, avoiding overburdened resolutions, and valuing humor and friendships.
A clipped poetic glance from the Columbian Magazine presents Clinton Scollard's verse welcoming the new year. Imagery of snow, wind, frost, and skating frames a hopeful refrain as winter yields to spring.
A devotional meditation opens a new year with the assurance that Jesus is the Way. The author reflects on an unknown journey ahead and the burdens and battles to come, urging believers to stay with Christ as He has prepared each step and marked the path.
Weather wisdom traditions claim January 26 foreshadows the year. Old sayings warn of luck or misfortune based on St Pauls day, with prophecies of fair weather bringing prosperity and storms or fog affecting cattle. The era and origins are obscure, tied to dies Egyphacus and ancient chroniclers.
The publisher calls for a terse hard hitting modern style. The writer answers that the material should resemble a high energy prose with a distinct chemical phrasing.
Fragments feature terse remarks about Soma women and dress as a fashion cue. The quoted lines show a perplexing, possibly misheard exchange with Mr Growober making pointed, unclear comparisons. The text appears as a garbled excerpt from a larger dialogue or transcription.
A fragment from Charlea John in Atlantic Monthly recounts Mem Sahib prompting a “good gray prince” to count his brothers and sisters. The prince humorously asserts he has not counted his sisters, claimed to have a hundred nineteen brothers, while the secretary defers the counting.
Personal testimonials from C. D. Tharrington of Creek North Carolina and Samuel Stern of Brooklyn New York praise Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for curing severe scalp eczema itching and hair loss. Both say doctors failed prior to using the products and recommend them to others. Free sample offer via Cuticura Dept 2 K Boston.
A young country merchant with a reputation for close figures sought favors from a village schoolmaam. She hinted for chocolates as a gift on visits, and on the third attempt the dispenser of sweets refused. He confessed she owed sixty cents for chocolates already.
A young New Haven man, returning from a Colorado health trip, tells his father of buying a live r mine for 3000. The father warns him he was misled to loop him in. The son claims he formed a company and sold half the stock for 7000 to a Connecticut map. The father realizes he bought the mine.
Ole Mammy Lize dusts a southern drawing room and studies a bronze boat. She asks who Shakespeare is and reflects that many people assume Shakespeare a white gentleman, noting she has heard a lot about him.
Fragmentary OCR reading mentions social topics and a quote about a man’s status and appearance, with unclear context or complete attribution. The readable text suggests a discussion on marriage, class, and acting, but lacks coherent narrative or identifiable entities.
A humorous line features a character nicknamed The Kid Honest addressing Mr Blackbird. The speaker insists he is not after eggs but pursuing apples and pineapple in a playful, folksy exchange.
A Sunday school teacher recalls a child's question about heaven. The youngster asks if heaven has "biny geats" with long whiskers, wishing for a goat despite Grandpa's rule. He declares doubt about wanting to go if such creatures exist there.
In Boston a Teacher Waldo, aged five, highlights well known fictional figures. Waldo lists Santa Claus and Puck as notable characters in a brief imaginative note.
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