The Courier Wishes You Health, Prosperity, Peace for 1920

From the front page of the Forest City Courier, Thursday, Dec. 25, 1919

The Courier’s New Year Wish

This strikes us as being a very appropriate time for us to express the hope that every man, woman and child in this county will in the year 1920 enjoy the best of health, abundant prosperity and all of the peace and comfort and happiness it is possible for them to have.

We are quite sure none of us are dissatisfied with the year which has just gone by, if we will look at it in a sensible light. It is true that trouble has come into many hearts, but there has always been enough sunshine and happiness following to balance. We look back upon things that would be done in a different manner if we had known at the time what the outcome would be. And yet each mistake was worth something to us in that we learned not to make the same mistake again. And we go into the New Year that much stronger than we were in the old. So, all in all, we have no just reason to complain with the old year, nor the way it treated us.

We have but one thought now, and that is of the future. We have but one duty, and that lies before us. We owe it to ourselves to make this year a happier and a more prosperous one than last, and we can do so if we will. We can be a little more considerate of those about us; we can be a little more helpful and a little more liberal with our kind words and neighborly suggestions. And all of this will serve to brighten the whole year, not alone for ourselves bur for all those with whom we come in touch.

And, as we stand on the threshold of the New Year, here is the sincere wish of your friend, the editor of this paper, that the year 1920 will bring to you and all yours the best of health, abundant prosperity and all the peace and comfort it is possible for you to have.