TAPS ELL Old Year Go Bye As We Thank You
A Detroit Free Press verse reflects on the passing of the Old Year. It laments mistakes and losses, but celebrates learning and hope for the New Year. The poem speaks of effort, regret, and gratitude as Time moves from year to year.
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Tapa
Detroit
New Year’s in Manila A Manila Day Parade of Dress
New Year in Manila blends Christmas and Fourth of July in a vivid pageant. Mass begins at the cathedral with women in old faded clothes and poorer folk in bare feet, while the wealthy wear black mantillas and shawls. After breakfast, people preen for catechisms, with raven hair styled in elaborate coils adorned with cocoanut oil and bright blossoms.
Fleet Engdleh Coin Argument in Gold Conjecture
A fragment argues that the flat English coin was gold not copper and suggests it marked Bean’s victory and a southern Britain provisional regime against Saxon power, noting imperial leaders and recent conflicts.
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Fleet
Bean
Britain
Prayer, Love, and a Pocket Hammer in Campaign Time
A fragmentary verse laments daily needs and devotion while urging steadfast love across the year. A political jab closes with a zany line about a hammer at the next campaign. The tone混 remains quirky and historic in style.
Fragmentary prayer fragment lacks coherent headline
The readable portion presents a fragmented religious meditation seeking peace amid turmoil, invoking a distant light and purity. Names or clear events are absent, leaving uncertain context or attribution.
Hotel for Dogs and Cats Opens in London
A new hotel for dogs and cats has opened in London to care for pets while owners leave the city temporarily. Also noted is Buffon’s remark that 20 years of undisturbed herring breeding could produce fish equal in bulk to the Earth.
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London
M Buffon
Queer New Year Customs and Literature References
A fragmentary piece discusses New Year customs and literary links from Spencer and Herrick to modern magazines. It notes a poetical view of the day as a meeting of two oceans and mentions January practices and a scarce Washington letter cited in relation to oil and colonial trustees.
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Engilah
Spencer
Herrick
Milton
Shakespeare
Darien
Washington
George Washington
Virgicia
A New Year Poem Adrift in Old Verse
A fragmentary verse about welcoming the new year with cautious hope. It contrasts striving and thriving with divine blessing, urging patience and faith as the calendar turns. The language echoes archaic religious sentiment and seasonal reflection.
Plenty of Time. Teacher-What, Bobby, you dion't want to be president
A clipped sample of humorous 1920s newspaper chatter notes a child preferring to wait for elections. The lines reference a teacher, a boy named Bobby, and a quip about presidency. Other items mention Reggie traveling to the country for a weekend due to headaches.
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Bobby
The
United States
American Legion Weekly
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