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Newspaper
North Judson News
Location
North Judson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1908
Page
3
A nostalgic verse evokes a winter scene with frost on windows and crackling embers. The speaker finds home warm and comforting as the wind rages outside and a cricket’s note flickers in the quiet. Ernest Warburton Shurtleff is cited.
Noel Clayton, a mature short story writer, recalls a past marriage and loss of his child as Christmas Eve memories surface. Pearl returns to Noel with their child, and they reunite in a silent, emotional scene as bells ring Peace on Earth. A later New Year party vignette follows with young couples seeking future partners.
In a quiet moment five years after a writer’s peak memory, Pearl’s imagined presence and a real child named Eric intrude on Noel as he toils at his desk. A Christmas Eve scene unfolds with a family party nearby and a touching gesture from a rosy cheeked boy seeking a kiss.
The passage notes how the closing of the year and welcome of the new one brings signs of rejoicing. It suggests that such celebration might appear to indicate a general weariness of life, though it reflects customary observances rather than a universal mood.
Collects traditions from Germany Montenegro Hungary Scandinavia Sicily and other regions about Christmas eve customs. Observances include water turning to wine belief in midnight dreams and dangers in burning candles and moving pillows. Also notes hopes for newborns born at midnight and other festive beliefs.
A brief note imagines being Italian for New Year as bells ring at midnight and celebrations begin. The text hints at cultural customs and mood during Italy’s transition to the new year.
The piece describes the New Year’s Eve watch across faiths, noting midnight masses in Catholic areas and Greek Catholic observance, revival among dissenters, and the Methodists adapting the watch night. It contrasts devotion with convivial practice in different denominations.
A dialogue shows Emerson doubting Santa while Jimmy insists on belief and earning rewards from a game. The exchange highlights childhood graft and the lure of promised rewards in a playful confrontation.
In Town Topics a young man Poore offers to give himself as a Christmas present to Miss Rocks but she replies that her father will not allow expensive gifts from suitors. The exchange highlights social constraints on courtship.
Mrs Newnpop Charley asks what gift for baby and Mr Newpop jokes about giving a sleeping potion if behavior continues as in past nights.
A humorous exchange features a mother to her daughter Da vie and a judge remarking on stockings and stomach. The rustic dialogue hints at quirky household dynamics and a playful courtroom moment.
A census inquiry shows railroads own over one fourth of express company stock while express firms hold more than 22 million in railroad shares. Six top firms Adams American Pacific Southern United States Wells Fargo controlled about 67 percent of mileage in 1907, with Texas Illinois Iowa Ohio New York and Pennsylvania leading in mileage.
The 1908 U S apple harvest yields 25 million barrels worth 62.5 million bushels from 15 000 growers across belts. Despite droughts rains and pests the crop matches 1907 in size and distribution with higher prices and strong export demand.
In a recent interview Dr Landone outlines plant theories on child rearing and human betterment. He argues that the body, a chemical substance, is affected by emotions with anger and sorrow harming bodily fluids while love and cheerfulness cleanse fatigue poisons.
A table in Roosevelt’s message ranks the nation’s problems by words devoted to each topic. The excerpt shows the relative importance assigned to issues, highlighting how the President frames priority areas.
A Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin tally shows October fire losses in the United States and Canada at 22,722,850 dollars. The report notes an unusually heavy fire waste in recent months with 304 fires in October alone causing losses of 10,000 dollars or more each.
Prof Kennedy of Harvard argues modern athletics should target records rather than defeating specific competitors. The report notes a farm train from Cornell's agriculture college touring New York, while lectures aimed at regional products. Refractory children are discussed at a Brussels congress with calls to treat nervous disorders rather than punish. The Weld Memorial library gift to Harvard, Wesleyan presidency appointment, and a new New York chapter for industrial education are reported.
C Vail of Colby Kansas sent a draft for 11 90 to Laporte County Circuit Court clerk George Link with a letter claiming he wrongly took bounty money as a lad forty years ago and now seeks to restore his eternal welfare. The draft was credited to the bounty fund as conscience money.
Alonzo Fulp, a Columbus butcher, lost a purse containing 32 dollars and papers in Bartholomew County. The next day the purse was found in a furrow with 48 dollars, a gain of 16 dollars he cannot explain.
Ira Marsh of Oglesby Illinois writes Sheriff Smutzer claiming he found Mrs Belle Gunness and Jennie Olson the foster daughter and a reported victim at the Gunness farm. He says Gunness arrived in Oglesby last May and joined a man believed to be the Gunness farm companion who accompanied her on July 9. The supposed Jennie Olson is said to be married to that companion.
William Good proprietor of the Good Hotel at Switz City returned home early and found his wife with William Dwyer, a railroad worker. He drew a revolver and fired four shots, killing Dwyer instantly. Mrs. Good says she was in Dwyer’s room as housekeeper and that the husband’s suspicions were unfounded.
Joseph Totten 19 of Princeton was injured when a horse ran away after assailants cut the harness in front of Miss Alta Montgomery's Owensville home. Totten was thrown and dragged. three ribs were broken and internal injuries reported. No culprits named. Earlier, Totten’s buggy tires were cut on a separate visit.
Andrew Lucas aged two to fourteen was convicted by a Noblesville jury of assault and battery with intent to kill. He faces two to fourteen years in the Michigan City prison after a street confrontation with lifelong friend Henry Hizer, who was struck by a brick and left blind with permanent brain injury.
Harry Geeting 26, despondent, fatally shot himself in Peru. In White County the Andrewses own two pale ring tailed monkeys from Venezuela. A Warrick County barn owned by W Gossar burned, tobacco inside valued at about 3000 dollars. J Smith Talley coal operator died of dropsy at his Terre Haute home. born Wilmington Delaware May 23 1840. former Indiana Operators Association president for 15 years. A widow and four children survived as Albert Brizius at Fivansville found a pearl worth 200 dollars. Wilson Todd Hartford City banker saved from death by lightning after sleeping on a feather bed. he awoke to a hole in the roof.
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