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Newspaper
The Jansen News
Location
Jansen, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1925
Page
5
The John P. Thiessen family gathers at Mrs John P Thiessen's home for Christmas dinner, a long standing custom maintained by the surviving partner. The extended family, all residing locally, shares gifts while one grandchild Mrs H C Janzen of Shafter California visits.
A series of tangled unions creates unusual kinship links. Corsican girl becomes her own grand-niece through a path of marriages. An American grandfather marries his mother-in-law after divorcing his first wife. A widower marries seven sisters in sequence. In a German village a father and son both marry the same woman, making the son his own grandfather. The baby born from the village belle complicates relations further.
A writer describes temple swings with two tall stone pillars and a crossbar from which iron chains hang. Swinging on the sacred structure blends pleasure with worship and becomes in demand during harvest season as priests perform rites. Earthen chattels shelter sacred pigeons on the top bar, and swings often block mid street traffic despite authorities’ wishes to remove them.
Auto tops and curtains made and repaired. Any auto curtain made to open with the door for 1.75 dollars each. Ford tops at 8.50 tailored to fit any model. Harness and shoe repair at prices lower than any body else. Harness made to order for 35.00 and up to 52.50 best grade possible. At H. F. Wiebe, pdi3 2 miles west of Jansen.
A fragmented humor piece cites oddball observations on family life manners and society. The writer jests about divorce cases spankings by husbands, lazy thoughts, fashion barbs, and cartoons like Andy Gump. The tone is light and satirical with plenty of quirky asides.
The report describes riantarthen tanks containing crude oil stored in North Louisiana. Wild ducks encounter the oil mistaking it for water and perish as the oil clogs their feathers. Mr. R. R. Rohnke, ill at Christmas, has recovered enough to resume his business and duties.
The store offers a large coaster wagon best made Scooter a large talking sleeping doll four beautiful aprons and a Kodak camera among free items. The annual stock inventory is in progress and expected to wrap up before week’s end at P. M. Friesen.
Rev Eckels of Nazares church told the News office Tuesday he has accepted the pastorate in Glendale Arizona and plans to depart Jansen with his family within about a week The town will hold an auction sale next week with bill notices detailing the sale Arrangements are being finalized for the move and sale notices will be published.
No progress report until Tuesday when Amarilla Texas informed they had encountered no bad reads and were making satisfactory progress since leaving Meade Kansas after Christmas with relatives. A cold wave gripping the midwest raises fear for the Friesens fate as they continue toward California by auto.
The Egyptian system of writing likely the oldest known script, formed as pictures. The oldest surviving papyrus records the reign of King Assa from 3550 to 3536 B C. The Prisse Papyrus in Paris is the earliest literary papyrus, linked to a king of a dynasty, and dates from ancient times.
A golfer at Muirfield angrily tosses his putter into a potato field after missing a short putt. Caddy known as Fiery, walking toward the tee, is asked to retrieve it but replies that he is paid only to carry not to fetch.
George Snow proposes trading his Greless cooker for an old fashioned cookstove claiming the fireless machine cannot warm his feet. He seeks a firm exchange with potential buyers or traders.
Fragmentary line questions why a shirt might fall and why a man named Art Brown believes galluses could help. The text suggests belt use and trouser fit issues but lacks coherent context or full facts.
The comment notes that 90 percent of girls are working, provoking a Harvard critic who retorts that 100 percent of married women are working men. The exchange highlights gender roles and labor expectations with a satirical tone.
The Nebraska Farmer announces a new sales department offering prizes for top performers. Several editors are named as favorites and could win all prizes if not ruled out by officials.
Cecil Matthews notes writers of biting paragraphs often react with soreness when similar attacks come to them, and the same pattern applies to mean letters.
A reader suggests diversifying praise by using words like astonishing marvelous or wondrous to avoid overusing wonderful. The advice aims for richer tone without repetitive emphasis.
The passage notes a brother editor who preaches on the move, alongside others who pursue livelihoods through varied means such as gambling and running stores.
A humorous note mocks cooks for overreaching in the kitchen. The speaker jokes that women keep to salads and try unlikely recipes like buckwheat crust biscuits, imbuing the scene with period voice and playful irony.
The speaker notes that in public with The Boss it draws questions about how a so-called fine working man ended up with her. He reflects on why other husbands’ partners complain or gossip about their marriages.
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