28 Dec 1901
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Newspaper
Ironwood Times
Location
Ironwood, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1901
Page
1
Charles H. Allen writes in Frank L eslie s Popular Monthly on fate and time. The poem laments aging lives and asks whether pain and wounds heal at the last shore. It ends with a quiet note on eventual understanding beyond mortal strife.
On a western prairie a lonely bachelor Jack Walworth finds Nellie in a snowstorm after a failed New Year dinner. A minister uncle and a neighbor witness a spur-of-the-moment marriage at daybreak in a sod house, solidifying a holiday of love over hardship.
The Chicago Journal urges New Year resolutions be more than vows. It counsels temperance, truthfulness, and unselfish acts, urging individuals to curb anger, avoid deceit, eschew trivial worries, and strive for kindness to others as a path to happiness and communal improvement.
In a terse plea, Deadbroke LUO asks for a dollar, insisting no joke or delay as he admits he has yet to pay for his wife’s New Year gift. The note hints at financial strain and urgency.
A beguiled buyer claims discovering the key to success. The fakir explains the buyer paid for the key rather than selling it, a twist that yields no personal gain. The tale, set in Chicago Rostov style, underscores misdirected effort and ironic judgment by the con artist.
On New Year’s Day in the Greek church, gift exchange replaces Christmas. The head of the family gives to his wife and children presents of money, which are carefully stored away.
Public concern over accommodating the Roosevelts in the executive mansion prompted calls for a grand residential White House. President Roosevelt resisted alterations while Miss Isabella Hagner's appointment as social secretary signals a shift in etiquette and social handling at the White House for future administrations. The article notes delivery of social order to diplomats, officials, and military members. A closing tip adds a kitchen hygiene aside about removing onion odors.
Practical notes from Good Housekeeping on using attic space for drawers and wardrobes, benefiting ventilation and organization. Describes sliding glass cabinet doors, makeshift curtains, corner closets, arched openings, and cheap brass hooks to display and protect belongings from dust, with attention to light and accessibility.
The piece urges nightly hair brushing and vigorous scalp rubbing to restore vitality and color, notes combing and circulation as key, recommends loose hair at night and braiding twice weekly, warns curling irons harm health, and offers a kitchen tip to keep food hot without drying.
Fragmentary text describes lower class women performing arduous labor including wheeling carts sweeping streets boat duties and assisting in loading ships. Mentions camphor gum used to deter moths and mice and to keep odor away in homes.
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