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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1919
Page
3
New Year’s Resolutions Through History and Hope
A Somerville Journal piece traces the origins of New Year’s vows from Louis IX to ancient Japan and Pharaohs, noting rituals of cleansing and atonement. It concludes that modern vows have shifted to individual renewal and suggest relying less on resolutions to change a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis IX
France
Best Wishes and Shared Desires Across the Hearth
A collection of New Year wishes contrasts charitable hopes for mankind with personal desires for happiness, health, and prosperity. Readers share thoughts on money, freedom, education, and the ideal of a peaceful, cooperative world, plus quips from a newlywed and a self described thinker.
New Year's Calls Fade From Society Circles
The article notes the disappearance of New Year's calls among urban society circles and the related decline in social rituals. It laments the loss of a cherished source of humorous situations for joke writers and the temperance speaker’s supply of examples.
Old-Time Observance Sparks Quiet Contention Across Regions
Observers note a mix of high regard and personal adherence. Some communities react with surprise to the revival of traditions labeled old-fashioned. The discourse highlights enduring respect alongside recollection of past practices.
The Good Old Days and New Year's Social Graces
Poem reminisces about bygone sociability and chivalry on New Year's Day with mock regional dialect and nostalgic tone. It contrasts past grace of gatherings with present social chill, noting formal manners and feathery finery once common.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yeah
Indiana Coal and Rail News Across Cities
Reports from the Indiana Bituminous Coal Operators' association show rapid coal production increases with the north field yielding 34 225 tons and the south field 24 054 tons amid a general return to work after a dispute. Other items note wheat and rye acreage changes, new social centers, a stock pavilion, traffic safety rules, and legal decisions affecting taxes and liens.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Indiana Bituminous Coal Operators’ Association
We Greene
Sullivan Counties
Ming
Clinton
Cnd
Fayette
Fayette Township
Napolis
Harry B. Smith
Adyeeneral
Winnapolis
Co-Operative Crop Report Service
Canton
Evansville
Young Men's
Christian Relation
Young Women's
Learning a Dangerous Lesson
A farmer and a philosopher debate harvest wisdom and rising prices. The philosopher reflects on scarcity driving costs while the farmer questions if more hay lowers value, illustrating a wary view of market logic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corntessel
Public servants and a dated phrase in a Senate exchange
Senator Soreham jokes about removing a line claiming public servant status. He remarks that the phrase has had its day, comparing it to a household relationship and noting it sounds “bessy” in modern terms. The dialogue reflects shifting views on public duty and status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teuess
Soreham
No Disloyalty Aloud. Wedding Trip Sparks Jealousy Riddle
Dialogue style item shows Grace and her husband on a wedding trip with quiet tension about admiring scenery. The quip implies Grace resists letting him enjoy views, hinting at underlying jealousy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace
Imitation Aversions Among Youth
Aversive notes on youths who imitate comic supplements, causing discontent among peers and observers. The verse outlines discomfort with mimicry and its social friction, reflecting on identity and influence in childhood.
Maude Blindsided by Blue Book Clue in Green Family Hunt
In a quirky tale, Maude wonders if she is color blind as she searches for the Green family. She recalls looking in the Blue Book, hinting at a misdirection or coded clue in a quirky investigative scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude
Fragmented Quote Reflects Food Grievance and Family Memory
A clipped, incoherent fragment shows a character lamenting bread and recalling his father and mother. The exchange hints at hunger and memory, with a hint of pity for the father who endured the previous bread. The source presents a distressed domestic moment in truncated dialogue.
Beyond Him Linguist Masters All But His Wife
Witty exchange highlights a linguist famed for mastering many tongues while humorously noting he has yet to conquer his wife's language. The quip underscores domestic banter about language prowess.
His Drawback and The New Writer’s Polite Literature Challenge
A reflective pairing examines a blunt new author whose fearless, forceful style clashes with refined literary expectations. The dialogue questions whether audacity can coexist with polish, suggesting a tension between raw energy and conventional taste in writing.
The Cook Demands More Crash in the Kitchen
A dialogue centers on a cook asking for more noise while another character resists, claiming to hear dishes being washed outside. The line captures domestic tension over kitchen activity and household boundaries.
Don’t you realize how much your life means to me
A terse dialogue reveals a fatal exchange of threats as one character quips about life insurance should the other die, implying danger and possible motive in a tense scene.
Cheap Sympathy Sparks Joke on Close Friendships
A brief quip notes that one man shows sympathy toward friends’ misfortunes while refusing to let them return the same courtesy, highlighting a one sided courtesy dynamic.
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Closeman
Lost Experiences
A fragment reflects on sensory recall and curiosity about cotton gin flavor and the lingering woolly taste left in the mouth, suggesting a memory or metaphor tied to textile labor and historical craft.
Sympathy and protest spark talk of a standing army
The exchange shows Mr. Smart-I urging support for a permanent standing army while Mrs. Dulim questions denying seating for the poor, highlighting social tensions in public debate.
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Mr. Smart
Mrs. Dulim
Quiet exchange over a disputed congo claim
A brief dialogue shows Afa and Tam arguing over returning a congo to Mr. Smith, with one insisting it was not rightfully taken and the other agreeing to hand it over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Smith
Congo
Still at His Trade Jack Tar Hello Jinks
Comic exchanges stage a nautical pun battle as Jack Tar and Jinks spar over daily life and craft, contrasting a sailor’s trade with a landlubber’s building schemes in playful dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Tar
Jinks
It Was a Silk Umbrella with a Rose Wood Handle
A hotel boarder recalls an umbrella with a long hooked rose wood handle. The hotel clerk counters that a prior umbrella had a gold handle and a hooked end as well.
There is no use splitting hairs over bald facts
A brief exchange contrasts hair splitting with focusing on bald facts, underscoring a blunt stance in argument. The dialogue highlights a preference for clear, essential points over minor technicalities.
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