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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1895
Page
2
Tam resolves in ninety five a year of vigitation. On the track JD makes no rectny bets. With poker chips I play so more T'va had enough of that. The girl I love does not go back on me. Tom Masson.
A miserly moneylender known as Miser Jones faces a supernatural visitation that forces him to confront his life of avarice. A spectral accountant reveals his brutal profits from foreclosures and the lack of any charitable deeds, ending with his death at the year’s close and a prayer book scene.
A humorous 1890s style list advises on greeting reminders and social etiquette for New Year’s Day. It cautions against gloom, rash declarations about aging, excessive pessimism, slander, bitterness toward men, quick attachments, and overindulgence while urging kindness, civility, sending bonbon boxes, and warm greetings to far friends.
The passage describes New Year practices in Scotland including children calling on neighbors with playful songs and disguises, asking for cakes and water, and the belief in “the cream of the well” predicting the best husband. It notes variations between childlike games and adult begging customs.
Fragmentary notes reflect on year change and new faces at the door. It mentions new friends and improvements sparking wonder and questions about change, while old joys endure less.
Special correspondence from Washington surveys the opening of the short session, noting cautious Republican delays, Democratic hopes for party unity by 1896, and diverse views on finance. Four plans dominate talk including Baltimore style, Walker bill, free silver, and repeal of state bank tax.
The Ashantee king sought future fate from fetid diviners, using two goats one black and one spotted white. After ceremonies the white goat killed the black, signaling doom to defeat by the white man and prompting a peace embassy to Sir Garnet Wolseley. Rapid firing tests at Sandy Hook show temperatures near 600 degrees as guns fired repeatedly.
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