Old Year and January's Flight to Time Mountain
A wizened Old Year bids farewell as New Year approaches. January visits in disguise, guiding Old Year to an ice palace on Time Mountain where the Months celebrate with a grand ball. The story ends with New Year’s Spirit kissing Old Year as Time resumes, and a nod to better work in the new year.
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New Year's Greeting to All Our Friends
A playful poem wishes friends a warm greeting for the year. It notes superstition and charms like a swastika rabbit foot four leaf clover and horse shoe are outdated and will be replaced by genuine good wishes and enduring friendship throughout the year.
New Year Resolve Prompting Fresh Ambition
Readers are urged to seize the new calendar with renewed vigor. The verse encourages shedding past failures and embracing daily, minute by minute progress toward personal goals, urging ambition and persistent effort as the path to a happier year.
Historic New Year events span empires and eras
On January 1 many pivotal moments shaped world history. Explorers, painters, and politicians met fate or fame from Solis to Lincoln, with revolts, discoveries, and state acts recorded across centuries and continents.
New Year Resolutions Intriguing for All Including Women
Alem Year's Resolutions by Kin Mubbard urges readers to audit not only common vices but also lesser faults. He jokes that saving every penny or delaying generosity harms society and notes many women might resolve to tackle egg collecting and other small habits. He urges a fresh start with original, lasting self improvement.
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Livi
Peter
Paul
Adams Mewnspaper Service
New Year Calls and Olden Social Grace
A nostalgic reflection on New Year’s calls and festive hospitality. The speaker recalls chivalry and sociable gatherings, praising earlier days of wassail and round punch bowls, while lamenting modern declines in cordial social custom. Paul T. Gilbert in Cartoons Magazine.
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Wien
Nectah
Paul T. Gilbert
Cartoons Magazine
New Year Resolution Quote Question in Philadelphia Ledger
The Philadelphia Ledger asks which ancient thinker coined a version of a famous New Year resolution remark. The note references Confucius or Lao-Tse and questions the attribution to carry out good resolutions.
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Lao-Tse
Philadelphia Ledger
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