Old and New Year Reflections in Bloomsbury Boarding House
Fragmentary verse and stray lines describe a woman staying in a Bloomsbury boarding house with a lodger. She seeks improved education and sings at a nearby music school while reflecting on the old year’s gifts of health, wealth, and love, and her reluctance to welcome the New Year with cheer.
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Bloomsbury
Loiger
School of Music
LonDoner Levin's Lonely New Year at Duke Street
Alter Carson, a solitary Englishman, sits before a fire in Duke Street chambers as Big Ben tolls midnight. He recalls a ruined romance with his former lover and a daughter’s mother, fears loneliness, and is interrupted by a mysterious mourning figure entering his room as the new year begins.
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New Year Brings Back Lost Love and a Quiet Wedding
A veiled visitor reunites Herbert Wilton with Della, revealing a past love and a widow’s pursuit. After a year’s journeys and revelations, Carson and Della wed, their lives renewed as the New Year tolls. Their tale closes with a vow and a hopeful future as midnight bells mark a fresh start.
New Year Reflections On Knowledge and Human Progress
A dated bulletin reflects on the New Year as a moment to celebrate human progress and the rise of knowledge. It muses on discoveries, the conquest of nature, and the enduring power of thought shaping civilization, religion, art, and industry.
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Tennynon
Puzzling To Men And The Wisdom Of Women
A Chicago Chronicle essay argues men misread women and never truly know themselves. It warns youths that confidence, sweet talk, and luck cannot reveal a woman’s mind before marriage. The piece urges patience, realistic views of aging, and choosing a partner who will endure with love and commitment.
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Chicago
Trouble with the Cashier in Busy Downtown Shops
A New York Times report notes chronic cashier shortages in fast service spots where rapid change during lunch rushes leads to frequent mismatches between cash on hand and register totals. Stores tested many replacements, but shortages persisted, blamed on the pressure of rapid daily totals rather than individual incompetence.
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Bames
New York Times
Ranger Exploit at Green Lake Water Hole Showdown
In a Green Lake water hole ambush Rangers pursued fence cutters who rode up to green lake and cut fences to drive cattle. A sergeant and private offered grim resistance from entrenched positions as gunfire raged for hours. The sergeant killed one attacker and wounded another before fending off the last with a decisive rifle shot. The encounter ended with the wrecked fence and a fallen adversary.
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Pronunciation Clashes For Professor Virchow
The New York Post notes that Virchow, a tireless scientist and statesman, abandoned fighting his name’s pronunciation years ago. He reported that Eng lish French Italian and Russian speakers mispronounce him, Germans often call him Wircho, while his intended pronunciation is Firebo with a German style ch.
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le Firebo
New York Post
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