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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1916
Page
8
A note on gift spending in the new year remarks that gifts often prove poor business investments as they frequently end up in receivers’ hands, highlighting a wary view of expenditure transforming into asset loss.
Poem recalls old fashioned New Year celebrations and dances, urging readers to forget the past and start fresh in 1917. It contrasts past joys with present habits, and suggests a gilt edged investment in good deeds, ending with a light New Year toast and humor about resolutions.
The piece argues that making good New Year’s resolutions has value even if many are broken. It suggests starting with a few high impact goals, as concentrating effort improves chances of success and discouragement from many failed aims can be avoided.
A brief dialogue from a newspaper page shows a departing year facing questions. An unnamed speaker hesitates then says if given a life redo they would do much differently. The exchange ends with a curt goodbye as the old year recedes.
A reflective piece urging optimism as the old year fades and the new year arrives. It speaks of milestones, life's journey, and the desire for 1917 to be a happy year with a hopeful outlook rather than pessimism.
Gucky muses on timing New Year wishes near Christmas and the ease of replying with a New Year greeting when Gill's family sends a Christmas word. The writer mocks resolutions and their fade like snowflakes melting in mud.
Local items narrate Christmas visits and family gatherings across Pittsburg Verona Duquesne and nearby towns with numerous names and places. Public notices include road fund statements from White Township 1916 administrative notices and bank election details for The Fist National Bank Indiana.
Sam advertises as a buyer of old newspapers and magazines along with rags rope rubber metal and iron offering high prices. Local telephone contact is 3838x for inquiries and pickup arrangements.
In a Kentucky feud over Sarah Ann's hand two suitors Mose and Pete held a New Year’s day calling contest from sunrise to 4 PM. Mose led early but Pete surged ahead after a log crossing and dye attack. Both arrived after 4, and the prize went to neither, as the ground rules favored the earlier arrival.
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