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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1901
Page
7
Mary Clarke Huntington offers a reflective verse about bidding farewell to the Old Year and welcoming the New. The speaker laments sorrow and sin, kneels in darkness, and prays for grace as church bells mark time and the moon waxes gently outside.
In a New York Ladies' World tale set around Christmas, Annie, a poor girl, sells her long curls to buy wine for her sick brother Teddy after their father dies and their mother hides tears. Uncle Luke reappears, bringing hope as Teddy’s condition improves with the medicine and care.
A New Year’s resolve suggests not speaking of mistakes that make no difference. Correct important errors but avoid quarrels over trivial details such as Aunt Jane’s visiting day or last week’s weather. For children, accuracy matters to prevent exaggeration, but adults should broadly adopt this principle.
A Manila Free correspondent reports in San Fernando La Union that locals oppose American land leasing for business despite a rich harbor and gold sands. He cites five Americans seeking sites, asserts natives fear Yankee domination, and urges mass Tagalog settlement to advance civility and progress.
The General Passenger Department of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway offers a six sheet calendar featuring Moran paintings. It measures 10 by 12 inches and comes in ten colors. Sent on receipt of twenty five cents to F A Miller General Passenger Agent Chicago.
A nervous telephone operator tells a doctor that constant use of the word Hello fatigues her nerves. She describes hearing Hello in her ears off duty, in sleep, and even at prayer, illustrating the strain of the monotony.
An advertisement promises universal relief by cleansing the bowels with Cascarets Candy Cathartic. It claims cures from headaches to cancer, easy natural movements, and a 10 cent start, warning against imitations and noting each tablet is stamped C. eC. in metal boxes.
A fragment from a Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph humor piece shows a kindergarten scene with Mabel four answering a question about striking Freddy because he is smaller. The excerpt includes a light anecdote about classroom discipline and a separate doorstop ad for cough medicine.
The Walter Baker & Co. cocoa packages bear the chocolate girl trademark and Dorchester Mass manufacture label. Housekeepers are urged to check for substitutions and ensure purchases are genuine after the firm earned three Pan-American exposition gold medals.
In the Ohio State Journal a brief exchange shows Mrs Fuss claiming she has kept her last hired girl for a month while Mrs Flip responds with a sharp remark about locking her up. The dialogue reflects domestic humor typical of the period.
A digitised collage of ads and quips notes Putnam Faceless Dyes as a DIY alternative to professional dyeing. It contrasts beauty with sense, mocks vanity, and cheekily highlights the dime museum ethic about exposing hidden flaws. Prominent quotes reference Minneapolis, New York, Harlem, and Chicago outlets.
John D. Rockefeller Jr spoke at the annual Young Men's Bible Class dinner and told a popular mother-in-law joke. He, newly married, joked about wives and mothers-in-law to widespread applause, recounting a tale of a coffin, a trance, and a warning to the pallbearer Sam to avoid slipping again.
A lighthearted note from the Washington Star about children writing letters to Santa Claus and grownups replying to advertisements for green goods. The Atchison Globe adds a remark that a third person always tells.
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