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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1914
Page
3
The Festi vals plan a New Year dinner for 365 guests with all the Days invited. Masters of the feast, the Festi vals, weigh admitting Fasts while Christmas Day curtails Lent. Hours carry invitations, as Cupid-like lovers and holidays mingle in a merry, symbolic feast.
A collection of admonitions from a Lippincott’s page advising against salt on temptations snoring in church and paying as you go urging saving for the journey not to marry for misery company or follow beaten tracks. It counsels against trusting luck envying rivals and buying friends while stressing purpose and preparedness for war and life goals.
A collection of hopeful vows from a Woman's Home Companion page. The speaker commits to kindness and seeking the good in others, carrying sunshine into dark places, and aiming to make someone happy each day.
A poetic fragment urges casting aside old habits and making a fresh start. The speaker vows to end tardiness and broken vows, resist pleasures, and frame a new, righteous path for the year ahead.
The sole record of Pilgrim New Year observance in New England is brief and practical, stating "We went to work the times." Puritan ministers viewed celebrating the day as improper, yet settlers hailed New Year’s Eve and Day as second in importance only to Christmas in England.
The piece notes England marks New Year with ring bells and limited formal celebration while Denmark greets the new year with cannon fire in the capital and muskets fired at farmhouses in rural areas. It contrasts festive revelry with stricter modern observances and mentions pastly lavish feasts in England.
The passage presents a New Year greeting urging purification of conduct and renewal of aims. It likens modern behavior to ancient ritual cleanliness before entering a temple, urging readers to shed transgressions and clothe themselves with noble aspirations as they enter the new year.
A humorous exchange shows a man joking that he kept last year’s resolutions and never used them while a woman notes his unchanged habits. The line captures a playful tone about self-improvement and procrastination.
George W. Perkins, Progressive party chair, denounces Republican leaders for the nation’s low mood and business troubles. He accuses the Taft wing of rigging the 1912 nomination, denying Roosevelt, and blames Republican bosses for current economic distress while urging continued political fight.
Edward Morgan, late cashier of the First National Bank of Jamestown New York, remains unfound after absconding with 14500 from the bank. Reports indicate possible further defalcations including as much as 90000 in trust funds and up to 30000 in additional indebtedness from endorsed notes. A nationwide description has been issued with no lead yet.
The article notes fifteen deaths on the baseball diamond last year and predicts calls from some quarters for the debrutalization of baseball to prevent such tragedies.
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