The Old Year’s Lament At Winter’s End
A mournful verse recounts the dying year as frost and snow descend. It asks if the year’s deeds deserve pity for sorrow caused by war and ruin, ending with the old year dying unseen as winds cry out.
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09 Jan 1867
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Freeport Journal in Freeport, Illinois
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1867
Page
1
History of Skating Traces Long Past Innovations
The history of skating shows early mentions in the Edda eight centuries ago and notes of skates in Holland and Norway by 1688. It cites Fitzstephen from the thirteenth century describing ice skating on frozen fen and moor with poles, rapid motion, and collisions, concluding that past fashions differ from today's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uler
Polsen
Holland
Norway
Carr
Murray
Groningen
Fitzstephen
Winter jokes in Skating and Winter Gris letter
Gris writes to the Cincinnati Times with light hearted remarks about winter. He mocks the season as the coldest year round and imagines skating barefoot in summer while joking about sleighs and snowball fights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gris
Cincinnati Times
Horrible Cruelty A Child Whipped to Death
The Zanesville Courier reports David Moore and his wife of New Lexington Perry County Ohio were jailed on charges of murdering a nine year old bound girl by brutal whipping. Neighbors intervened after twenty strokes were counted. Post mortem showed severe injuries including a jelly like back bruise and abdominal inflammation. A preliminary examination was held before Square Fagley amid local calls for lynching.
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Ohio
David Moore
New Lexington
Perry County
Moore
Square Fagley
Bill P. Apologizes After Dancing Rudeness Incident
A social scene unfolds as Bill P. seeks a dance, faces rebuffs, and offers a tepid apology for insinuations. The piece then shifts to household economy tips on coal usage and fuel efficiency, and ends with news that Pullman sleeping cars will feature built in kitchen ranges for on train meals.
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Bill
Tom
Boston
Miss I
Wrell
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