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Newspaper
The Jansen News
Location
Jansen, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1921
Page
7
Archaeologists linked to the Palestine Exploration Fund report Ascalon yields important remains. Excavations reveal structures and statues connected to Herod the Great, ancient temples, and artifacts tied to Astarte, with broader history from Philistine era to Crusades.
Advertisement copy extols Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product to keep snow white clothes. Promotes trusted grocers carrying the brand and urges customers to try it.
Senator Sorghum mocks a colleague who used questionable language in the Congressional Record. He jokes the peer should pursue writing dialogue for musical shows instead of politics.
The editor praises the newcomer at the Chiggersville Clarion noting his snappy birth notes while deeming him weaker on deaths and funerals. A plan is proposed to send him to the cemetery to study epitaphs for stronger obituaries.
Five year old Bobby meets new neighbors and echoes a children’s rhyme with a twist. His slang influenced speech shocks his mother as he recites a version of Now I lay me down to sleep that ends with If I should die before I wake I should worry.
An American traveler warns dangers beyond landslides in the Alps. A newlywed American couple hiking in Switzerland encounter a bear. The wife urges a escape to the valley, but the husband believes they must stay where they are to avoid the hotel keepers.
A Philadelphia Ledger quote argues that criminals rely on drugs to steady nerves for daylight robberies and thefts. The piece notes drug use provides false courage that fades after the high, leaving the burglar cringing and fearful.
An actuary told life underwriters in Chicago that life expectancy has risen by ten years in fifty years. He wonders why the trend should stop at one hundred, comparing it to Mark Twain's idea of the Mississippi straightening out.
An itinerant lifter talks with a mountaineer about parenting and discipline. The mountaineer admits he avoids moral lectures, prefers a bullwhip threat only when children are hungry or upset, and说 he is not the man he once was.
Quotation reflects a hopeful idea that joy endures as it moves between people, touching many lives without diminishing its light. The line emphasizes resilience and universal warmth conveyed through a simple metaphor of sunshine.
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