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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1911
Page
3
A man and a boy endure a three day blizzard in a log shanty on a rising ground. They battle wind driven snow to fetch water from a distant well as cattle thirst and the boy recalls a life in the East. The ordeal tests endurance and memory, leading to a quiet reflection on New Year.
Fragmentary verse recalls a fading year and winter hush as a friend dies. The speaker laments the old year’s passing, recalling shared joys and dangers, while a crowing cock and snow frame a solemn vigil. A new year approaches with somber, hopeful notes.
A collage of unsigned lines from Shakespeare and other poets showing mottoes for the new year. Phrases urge peace patience courage and steadfastness and evoke royalty or classic drama to frame aspirations for the year ahead.
Dr Jean Williams urges self improvement through health focused resolutions. Highlights include seeking pure air, gentle digestion, ample sleep, balanced work, daily exercise, brain care, and moral support for public health efforts.
A fragmentary verse scene shows a cheerful figures entering Old Year’s place with gifts. Salad speaks of bringing a lax of Dave and rainbow Raya tissue, offering joy and thanks for gifts that echo gladness.
A survey of centuries old New Year practices from Germany England Scotland and Rome. It traces shifts from Martinmas to January 1, discusses decorations gifts and the wassail bowl, and notes lively regimental scenes with Father Time and the oldest soldier leading a parade.
A devotional prayer seeks God’s guidance for the new year. It asks for divine presence strength, clear vision, patient endurance, and growth in wisdom and service through Jesus Christ. It requests protection from temptations and reassurance in daily labor joys and sorrows.
The article traces New Year gift origins from Strenia the goddess to Roman practices. It notes grove shrines in Rome for fresh twigs, emperors’ gift exchanges with Augualuga and Tiberius attempts to curb it, Caligula’s revival, and the persistence of gifts through Christian Europe. The custom shifted from January to Easter then back to January.
A reflective verse echoing on time and its gifts. The speaker notes that years bring age and sorrow yet also bestow irreplaceable treasures like friendship patience faith and love enduring beyond youth and beauty.
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