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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1913
Page
4
A newspaper column critiques the modern Christmas gift mania, urging gifts to match means and spirit. It warns against material excess, urges thoughtful giving, and notes how true value lies in love and personal giving, not status or credit.
The excerpt voices edgy sentiment on letting young men spend their fathers hard earned money. It hints at a pessimist viewpoint while railing against youth indulgence and commercialization.
Slow Christmas shopping attributed to poor roads this week as travel and commerce show weak activity. Officials expect improvement when roads clear and traffic resumes post holiday.
An eastern newspaper runs a poem titled The Lay of the Hen drawing attention from readers. Households amid hard times wish for relief as the verse circulates in local culture.
An observer notes that one in forty Americans rely on Edison’s inventions for livelihood while joking that the closest rival for employment honors is the man who invented politics.
A remark on intolerance within both parties for differing views in nonessential political matters. It argues no party is wholly right or wrong and urges individuals to express their own ideas rather than follow leaders blindly.
A Chicago teacher advocates a sex hygiene text book with views criticizing marriage and gender roles. She argues reproduction is the guiding law and questions wedding rings, claiming patriarchal control harms women's virtue and calling for reconsideration of matrimony rituals.
Department of Agriculture offers free bulletins on poultry cattle fruit vegetables bees farm buildings marketing farm products and household nutrition. Topics include food values eggs cereal foods bread nutrition and canning. Write Congressman Maguire in Washington DC to obtain a full list and request information.
A reflective piece equates the alarm clock with conscience, urging wakefulness to personal duty and social ills. It argues alarms prompt timely action, guard against temptation, and inspire effort amid labor, hunger, and corruption. It links inner warning to public responsibility and a new day.
The Agriculture Department chief justifies his appointment by examining women on the farm. The inquiry targets improving farm life for women to sustain the stay on the farm movement and boost its success.
If Attorney General Mc Reynolds inquiry into the methods of the cold storage trust develops nothing else it may acquit the lens of the charge of frivolity and inattention to business.
A columnist notes that earning three thousand dollars per year still subjects individuals to tax on the excess, urging gratitude for the opportunity to be taxed.
Enterprising Nebraska towns install electric lighting posts. Will Plattsmouth follow suit and join the trend?
Mr. Lind challenges the poet's broad claim that Mexican skies are bleak, arguing that Mexico has alternative uses for its silver. The remark frames a discussion on national resource priorities and cultural imagery.
A man in Pennsylvania staged a charitable ball then disappeared with the collected funds. The incident underscores alleged misuse of charity events for personal gain and financial loss to donors handling and accountability questions.
Questioning how many in Plattsmouth will miss Santa’s impact this Christmas, residents express hope that not a single child will be unable to feel his effects on Christmas morning.
An international council rescinds the world championship from boxer Jack Johnson by resolution. The piece laments why a cleaner method was not chosen years earlier.
A quoted observer declares that 30 anti woman suffragists are as organized as the suffragists and just as clever in plotting, noting their national cohesion and shrewd strategies.
Santa Claus is the most popular man extant now and it is cheerful to the old people to see how eagerly the little ones go down the street gazing into shop windows. Happy children.
Strikes sweep Indianapolis with thick and fast actions delaying holiday shopping plans. Public unrest and workforce protests disrupt business and threaten year end prosperity.
A statistician warns that in seventy-five years the average man will eat twelve thousand eyes. The quip notes prices will render such figures moot, as the present costs imply the average man will have consumed none.
A man in New York reportedly died by his own hand after blaming members of his club for hostile treatment. The report suggests his action reflects perceived utility and raises questions about club dynamics in communities.
The piece notes eggs at 14 cents in Australia and argues socialistic ideas influence the hens. It asserts men of all parties are honest and politics should not create ill will, stressing that being a good neighbor and patriotic citizen matters more than party labels.
The Bureau of Agriculture reports Nebraska's 1918 corn crop at 114,150,000 bushels valued at 65 cents a bushel or 874,198,000. In 1912 the state produced 867,568,000 from 182,816,000 bushels at 37 cents a bushel. The statewide figures seem fair but local farmers cannot reconcile them with bank balances or empty cribs.
Louisville December 21. Pastor Russell speaks on gifts from above as blessings to all, noting Christmas as a season to reflect on divine generosity. He argues sin dulls appreciation, urges daily acts of kindness, and explains spiritual gifts given to the church through apostles and teachers to perfect the saints and build the body of Christ.
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