A Cozy Little Den A New Years Evening
A reflective piece set in a home den on New Year’s Eve recounting a couple’s quiet night in. The narrator recalls past club life, family bonds, and upcoming changes as the couple contemplates their roles and future with their children. Dorothy offers warmth and humor as they consider slowing down and valuing home life.
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Walla
Lorethy
Johnnie
Dorothy
The
Ollapodrida
Pht
Longfellow
George Augustus
Johanie
Oliapodrida Club
Tin Box
New Year’s Farewell Reflections From Alice Jean Cleator
A reflective piece ends a year with poems and lines about clubs family and friends. Dorothy is noted for sketches and painting while Alice Jean Cleator bids old year goodbye and looks toward future lands with memories kept and calm resolve.
Tragic Christmas Verse Noted With New Year Line
A short dramatic quatrain shifts from sorrow to irony as a wagered farewell, noting it occurred on the thirty first day of December in New York Truth. The poem contrasts a fickle maid with a departing speaker, ending in a wry tone about the year’s start.
None to Turn Over
A brief Chicago Post quip about a man failing to change. A playful exchange shows he plans to turn over a new leaf but cites spring as the delaying reason.
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Chicago Post
Typesetting Machines Abroad Stir Interest and Hesitation
U S officials report mixed adoption of typesetting machines in Europe. Brussels shows several machines with foreign origin, France has extensive potential, Berlin notes about 170 machines, Liverpool has around 56 all in one city, Rome cites seven in major outlets, while Italy hesitates due to worker resistance and low pay.
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State Department
Massachusetts
Europe
Roosevelt
Brussels
Marseilles
Skinner
France
Tourgee
Bourdeaux
Consular
Mason
Berlin
Germany
Boyle
Liverpool
England
United States
de Castro
Rome
Tribuna
Messenggero
Voghera
Italy
Cuba's Helen Gould Rival in Charity and War Relief
The Cuban heiress Maria Abreu De Estevez owns Santa Clara sugar estates and a theater. She funded schools for women and children, sent large sums to Cuban insurgents during the war, and helped raise 100000 with others. She gave 120000 personally, lost 200000 to 300000 due to wartime orders, and total gifts reached 150000 including Porto Rico relief. She returned to Cuba and continues relief work.
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Cuba
Helen Gould
Island
Maria Abreu de Estevez
Santa Clara
Paris
Maceo
New York
Porto Rico
Life Span Extends As Medical Advances Grow
An authority notes life expectancy is lengthening due to living standards and medical progress. Ancient times pegged middle age at 35, Dante and Montaigne saw aging differently, while 50 is now common as middle age. future longevity is seen rising with medical and hygienic advances.
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Dante
Nic’s Arch
Montaigne
London Pioneers Fuel From Mud and Sewage
London plans to manufacture fuel from mud, street refuse, and sewage for the poor. A chemical process creates briquettes with high calorific value, low smoke, and minimal ash. Production to begin at Barking riverbanks under new licenses.
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London
Thames
Millwall
Barking
Princess Buried as Pauper in Budapest
The Princess Ludmilla Gorecseszlow once famed in Russia died in Budapest as a pauper at age forty after eloping with a Hungarian adventurer who maltreated her. She aged from beauty to street beggar and died from hunger and neglect with no one at her funeral.
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Ludmilla Gorecseszlow
Budapest
Russia
Bernhardt Supports Her Relatives in Family Care
The London Chronicle reports Sarah Bernhardt is devoted to her family and that about half of her millions earned has gone to support her relatives.
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