New Year Reflections at Home With the Ollapodrida Club
A Detroit Free Press note chronicles a cozy New Year’s Eve at home with George Augustus, Dorothy, and the Ollapodrida club. A quiet, reflective tableau of family, books, and a shifting balance between club life and domestic warmth, ending with a resolve to renew trust and forego excessive social mixing. The piece links personal growth to New Year hope, urging faith in God and in self as the year turns.
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Dorothy
Johnnie
Siettle Shaver
George Augustus
Ollapodrida Club
The
Tin Box
Dorothy Andy
Boston Watchman
Goodbye to the Old Year in a Tragic Verse
A fragment from a New York Truth piece dated December 31 recalls bidding farewell to the old year. Poem lines by Alice Jean Cleator reflect gratitude and sorrow as a loved one dies, with a dramatic exchange illustrating fate and memory in the silent land of passing time.
None to turn Over
A brief Chicago Post quip features a dialogue where a woman accuses John of not turning over a new leaf. He concedes the intention but asserts he cannot, humorously noting there will be no new leaves until spring.
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Dorothy
The
Ollapodrida
Rte
Dorothy J
Laftere
Longfellow
Beam
Chicago Post
Harvey
Gladys
Pheba
Threshold of the World Steps Forward in Quiet Resolve
Fragmentary verse traces a figure moving toward life with mixed emotion. The speaker notes harmonious reception and harsh cries fade, as a brave yet reluctant stride takes the first steps beyond familiar bounds.
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Sin
Forsaking all Others in the Harvey Household
Gladys confronts disruption from Helen and the new wife’s family staff reshuffle. Harvey defends Helen while Gladys insists on reclaiming her private parlor and maid Annette. Phebe orders decisive action to restore order as Gladys plans to reassert control during recovery.
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Gladys
Helen
Nell
Harvey
Phebe
Saunders
Blakes
Brother Harvey
Annette
Lander
Perveratty
Tomlinson
Pheba
Gladya
Shay
Britain’s Growth Across the British Empire in the 1800s
An English writer notes rapid imperial expansion from 1800 to 1900. The empire’s colonial area rose from 2,000,000 to 12,000,000 square miles, and population grew from 125,000,000 to 390,000,000. Outside the U K, the empire’s population climbed from 100,000,000 to 49,000,000 with 12,000,000 whites. The United Kingdom, France, and Germany show relative colonial sizes in comparison.
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Great Britain
British
United Kingdom
Orange River
Transvaal
France
Germany
British Empire
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Detroit Free Press
Alice Jean Cleator
Amelia Dughemin
Mr. Harvey
Britain
Ada
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