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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1910
Page
20
A man on a streetcar, boasting of a $60,000 bank loss and a $45,000 compromise, triggers tension as another passenger calls him out and warns of trouble over the convicts’ dinners remark. Joe Kerr is noted in the account.
A dialogue notes a press agent claim that promoting the race issue gives the negro substantial publicity, prompting the other agent to question the tactic. The exchange highlights media exploitation of social tensions for attention.
A fragment reflects on New Year's Eve rituals with Mollie Bessie Clara or Sue. The speaker muses that the old year ends with goodbyes and the world continues, suggesting future flames and unchanged traditions each year.
Fragmentary notes describe a person named Hickson Street making progress and memories of farming days. A figure named Dickson recalls learning to water stock, reflecting local rural history and everyday life.
The poem laments high prices for coal pork lamb and groceries while households struggle with frayed coats and rising costs. It ends with a brisk New Year resolve to face the year boldly and keep simple resolutions.
An odd New Year scene unfolds as a man asks a stranger to verify the year. After a cryptic chat about a lump and memory, the man asserts it is 1911 and jokes about proving the date to his wife, ending with a lighthearted shake and farewell.
A boy records a chaotic New Year diary with meals, oaths, fights, a sold dog returning, family remarks, and hopeful but humorous scenes. The entry hints at a year full of mistakes and small lessons as Pa swears off and Ma comments on life.
A humorous collage imagines New Year predictions from Roosevelt Cannon John D Rockefeller Standard Oil Steel Trust Uncle Sam and others. It playfully portrays hopes and ironies for 1906 including business profits rents freight rates and everyday desires.
A clipped comic vignette shows Mrs Wise at 3 A M on January 3 laughing off New Year’s resolutions. Mr Wise, drunk, laments financial ruin while hiccuping through mispronounced excuses. A bill collector warns Mr Harduppe about a bill due next month as the scene ends with a plan to “hit it away.”
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