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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1909
Page
8
A humorous dialogue on New Year's resolutions between a bill clerk and cashier. They compare willpower to quitting smoking and swearing, noting most resolutions fail quickly. The piece segues into a brief note on the Chinese New Year customs and a light exchange about naming a mule.
This diary fragment depicts a newborn's day by day impressions of family, manners, and early outings. The child notes a proud father and a thrilled mother, with visits to theater, dining, and a Water Ways restaurant, and hints at health concerns and emotional responses.
The article describes New Year activities at the White House with diplomats arriving for the reception. It explains the order of precedence, led by the dean of the diplomatic corps, introduced by the secretary of state Mr Knox at 11:15. The dean, his wife, and subordinates follow in ceremonial procession.
A collage of notes on proverbs and sayings from daily life, folklore origins like clean as a whistle and overflows after floods. It includes quips from an office boy misquoting a meeting notice and a doctor’s remark about angina translated through dialogue.
In a London Telegraph brief, a police inspector questions a detective for reporting after 12 o'clock, insisting the time was 10 as instructed. The detective replies the fact is he did not know the time and cites a pickpocket shadowing him and stealing his watch.
Fragmentary OCR presents a speech on Napoleon Bonaparte and military authority. It references a prison, a dike for Naples, and a wish to bury an enemy alive. The text is garbled with unclear attributions and names.
Outside the palace gate a hundred yards the Gordon statue gazes south toward a desert scene. The writing notes the statue as a marvelous piece of work, center of a city planned like an onion with the statue at its heart and the work interrupted by troubling events.
A collage of brief notes discusses a legend about a peach from Japan and a fanciful perpetual motion clock idea. It mentions the sun, a hill climb to avoid drowning, and a playful comment on wind, harp, and honey. It cites the San Francisco Argonaut via the Atlanta Constitution.
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