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Newspaper
Swarthmore News
Location
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1916
Page
2
Swarthmore New Era 1916 year end issue prints a New Year greeting and resolutions to lift community spirit. The issue lists local organizations and editors, notes subscriptions and rates, and includes humorous verse and reflections on church life and civic duties.
Two prominent journalists discuss the trajectory of newspapers. Col Herbert O Gunnison envisions a decade of sane sober sincere journalism with more discriminating readers and fewer catchpenny sheets. James Melville Lee argues papers must reflect reader moral standards to succeed and asks what Swarthmoreans want from their press.
A fragment expresses breathlessness and death when unable to breathe and questions why preachers and poll numbers matter. The speaker appeals to Sextant for relief and to empower the church, asking to increase air and hinder garbling by the preacher.
Dr. John W. Adams read an editor's note at the final performance of the Players' Club, with publication by request. The excerpt compares the audience's restlessness to wind on dry beans as a metaphor for effectual effort.
A fragment from a domestic scene shows a mother instructing her son to wash and wait for Uncle Ed, while the boy fears absence and contemplates consequences amid a tense and humorous exchange. The dialogue hints at revenge, late meals, and a quirky family dynamic.
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