28 Dec 1928
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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1928
Page
1
The passage uses Janus as a symbol of beginnings and urges looking both backward and forward. It asks what 1929 will bring for individuals, families, and humanity, urging lessons from the past without regret and the resolve to begin anew with hope and strength. It compares progress to a child learning to walk, noting the value of slips as part of growth.
A frosty New Year scene features Grant Barker tempting fate with a gun and a street cat as a boyish neighbor misreads a tense moment. In a contrasting tale, Lucy Crane vows to marry for usefulness, placing an ad for a wife that leads to an unexpected match with Burton Miles and a planned honeymoon in a serialized tale.
In 1928 a New Year mix up sparks reconciliation between Mrs. Alton Murray and Mrs. Bartley Raines. Aunt Henrietta, preoccupied with holiday thoughts, accidentally sent a Christmas card to the wrong recipient, prompting a heartfelt gesture and the first step toward mending an old quarrel.
A son seeks a unique New Year resolution and finally finds one in a mother taught verse about kindness. He reasons that the world needs kindness more than any single new goal. The tale ends with Billy deciding to make kindness his guiding resolution.
The piece urges readers to set high goals at the start of the year and to recognize that personal measure governs achievement. It emphasizes self-imposed standards, ambition, and the constant pull of gravity as a metaphor for effort.
Sable fur, once common after the Russian revolt, has nearly vanished from Russia and Siberia. An American firm reports it took a year to gather enough pelts for a single woman's coat costing about 35000 dollars. Conservation is urged as alternatives like the protected marten rise in Alaska. Also described is a German project to generate electricity from river mud in Karnau using a new drying process with lignite-like heat value.
Bobby quoted his brother's claim that Uncle Jack served as the corporal punisher of soldiers in France. The piece notes circuses will soon be referred to in the past as tents, reflecting language changes for schools and travelers.
Western director Cliff Smith rushes a troupe to a location when the reading lady goes missing. A prop boy quips she lacks complexion and should come as is. The sulky leading lady protests as they pile into the car, while the Los Angeles Times notes the improvised plan.
The Commerce Department reports the United States is the third largest cheese importer. Britain, Germany and the US account for over three quarters of world cheese exports, while Italy, Switzerland and Canada are major suppliers to the US. In 1927 total imports exceeded 75 million pounds, with nearly half from Italy.
In Montreal, Ole Séebus, cook aboard the Norwegian freighter Songa, discovered a Canadian soldier’s identification disk in a cabbage he was preparing. The disk, numbered 3525, was issued to Joseph Lauter of Pittsburgh who enlisted in April 1918 according to Ottawa’s war records.
A real sign of prosperity shows in Tom who avoids diamonds to display wealth. Myron notes his manner, while Nom mentions Tom walking with a tax receipt in hand, signaling a cautious approach to wealth and public fineries.
A dialogue fragment notes a piano being turned rather than new, with a brief exchange about a learned piece and its unfamiliar origin. The text centers on a quirk of a musical instrument and a shifted performance.
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