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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1900
Page
1
A lightning strike converts sap to steam inside a tree causing a violent explosion that scatters wood fragments. The remark notes broader minds are surpassed by shallowness, reflecting a critical view of some men.
A narrator in a home on New Year’s Eve recalls a love of books and a club life with his wife Dorothy and their son Johnnie. He contemplates balancing family loyalty with social ties, vows to renew partnership, and seeks faith and resilience as the new year begins.
A reflective poem bids goodbye to the old year and speaks of future journeys and memories. It includes a dedication to a loved one, Alice Jean Cleator, and references themes of friendship, hope, and farewell as darkness approaches. The piece weaves personal loss with anticipation of a new year.
A fragment recalls a tragic lay spoken on the thirty first day of December as a fickle maid laughs at death in a publication attributed to the New York Truth, noting the line Ty shall not see you till another year dawned.
Witty exchange centers on turning over a new leaf as spring delays. A woman chides John for not changing, and he concedes the lack of new leaves until spring, as cited by the Chicago Post.
Poem fragment notes love harmonies guiding him toward a new era. Sinful cries are cast away as he steps forward with a brave but reluctant heart into the wider world.
Edward A. Cudahy paid 25000 in gold to ransom his son Edward Cudahy Jr after a Tuesday night kidnapping in Omaha. A trust messenger delivered the money and the boy was returned near his home about 1 am. Police report no solid suspects yet, while rewards totalling 25000 are offered for the abductors.
Washington reports the army post site in Des Moines approved with General Miles backing a cavalry post beginning as a four company squadron and expected to grow into a regimental post. Also notes social anecdotes and a widow’s tale of spirits and suitors.
Mrs P A Passmore of Flushing Michigan a leading Temperance and Social Reform worker credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing her three year kidney and bladder troubles after four physicians and many home remedies failed Less than one box provided remarkable relief and she recommends the remedy widely The ad extols Morley's Honey Pectoral for coughs and notes England's postal service profits while detailing Stanton County Nebraska farming data including land prices yields cattle hogs and proximity to Omaha
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