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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1913
Page
3
A reflective meditation on aging and society, portraying wore worn sentiments toward time, fashion, and vows. The narrator longs for a fresh start away from fashion’s caprice and old morality, seeking hope in renewal.
A collection of aphorisms warns against habits and mistakes to avoid in the new year. It urges not to rely on luck, avoid snoring in church, resist envy, and keep a clear objective rather than aimless living. It frames practical advice with disapproving humor.
The solitary record of New Year observance in New England describes a prosaic event as colonists went to work. Puritan ministers frowned on celebration, while settlers hailed the day as a continuation of English custom marked by Singing E’en in many counties.
Poem-like note declares a risen day to guide readers through time with calm patience and morning gentleness. It urges turning to dawn and spreading kindness along life’s path so that joy remains even if storms come.
A satirical tale depicts the Old Year dead and the New Year turning one, with the Feast of the Days hosted by the Feasts as guardians. 865 guests sit at the principal table while all the Days, in vivid garb, celebrate and mingle under festive light and lanterns.
A humorous exchange features a man confessing he kept many resolutions from last year and did not use them this year. A woman remarks on the idea of making new resolutions while he jokes about existing ones.
Fragmentary OCR presents Alfred Lord Tennyson style verse calling to ring out old faults and fears and ring in truth peace and virtue. It stresses ending feuds and greed while welcoming justice and a hopeful future.
The piece contrasts England and Denmark New Year rites with England relying mainly on bells today after former feasts and revelry. It notes Denmark celebrates with cannon fire greeting January 1, while rural Denmark still fires muskets at farmhouses to announce the new year, a practice deemed rough.
A Women’s Home Companion note urges kindness and finding good in others, promising to carry sunshine into dark places and to try to make someone happy each day.
A reflective exhortation urges leaving the past behind and entering the future with pure attire of thoughts and aspirations. It likens modern conduct to ancient rites of cleansing and white robes before a grand temple, urging renewal at year’s start.
Prof J R Davidson of Agricultural College urges surface drainage on roads and a moderate crown to shed water. He notes a steep crown concentrates wear at the center, promotes wheel grinding at gutters, and can cause water to run down the track, quickening gullying if allowed.
Earth roads will be widely used in rural areas because of low upfront costs. The split log drag offers a simple, cheap upkeep solution, costing four or five dollars for labor and materials. Metal drags are available, but the wooden version effectively prevents ruts and mud holes when used on decent roads.
The writer argues that road upkeep by farmers improves travel for all locomotion and aids year round market access. Cement roads are the future, and counties should continue investing to pave principal routes nationwide.
A Pall Mall Gazette tale recounts a Buddhist ruler who grants each visitor a wish. The Catholic asks for glory, the Protestant for money, and the Jewish man requests the Protestant’s address, highlighting a humorous fable about desire and perception.
An old testimonial from 1913 describes a five year old girl with a disfiguring facial eruption blamed on ringworm. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment as directed, her condition improved and she was completely cured in months.
A fragment from Stray Stories presents a quip about memory after death and the joking idea that a man lives on through his widow. The line plays on language and mispronunciation for comic effect and reflects a Victorian or early twentieth century humor tone.
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