Story of H Tenderfoot and a Denver New Year Adventure
A traveling tale set in Lincoln and Denver follows a young man who helps a distraught woman stranded at Lincoln depot after her brother borrows her trunk check. He funds her fare to Denver, sparking a romantic thread as they plan a New Year together, amid a Canadian vignolee custom narrative.
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Scott
Lincoln
Neb
Burlington Road
Denver
Cheyenne
Colorado
Montreal
Vignoleux
New Year’s Cake Delicate or Silver Cake Instructions
A New Year cake is popular and relies on egg whites for lightness. Use no baking powder. lemon juice can prevent dryness. Beat whites to stiff peaks, fold in last, bake slowly, and ice with white or chocolate icing as described by the New York Tribune.
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New York Tribune
New Year Resolutions and the Tides of Fall
A meditation on resolutions and the inevitability of falling as a principle of progress. It argues that steady effort despite slips preserves ideals, with lines from New York Press and musings on the New Year’s dawn and loneliness before reunion. The verse by Louise Chandler Moulton concludes the excerpt.
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New York Press
The Chinese New Year in New York City
The 1900 era piece describes Chinese New Year celebrations in New York City. It notes greeting customs, drinking rituals, midnight firecrackers, the joss house band, and wealth-based variations in the length of the jubilee as observed by residents and the New York World.
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New York
Confucius
Chinatown
Joss House
New York World
New Year Superstitions with Old World Beliefs
Old World New Year omens include tea and coffee tests in Hagland and Germany, animal signs from dogs to snakes, and seeing a pig in southern Europe. A Scotch custom has a Bible opened at random to reveal a fortune for the year ahead.
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Hagland
Germany
Europe
First Caller Legend Shapes New Year in Scotland
In Scotland a New Year superstition links fortune to the first visitor after midnight. Eighteenth century lovers waited outside doors to gain entry at the hour, while Edinburgh streets buzzed with merriment as the night gave way to morning.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
New Year Resolve of Pinus and Schemes
In a playful verse Pinus vows to strive anew and win more than he ever has. His wife applauds and contemplates showcasing new didos to the town if Lobby's schemes succeed.
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Pinus
Lobby
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George Keating
Leavenworth
E. A. King
Washington
L. W. Bloom
A. A. Tholin
Postoffice Building
D. M. Thomas & Co
H Tenderfoot
Louise Chandler
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