When the New Year Came and a Plump Pudding Gift
Amid a Christmas Eve of longing and duty Maggie MacKenzie wrestles with homesickness as the old year ends. A child orphan arrives from the farm seeking his father during a humble family gathering, inspiring Maggie to welcome a future bright with hope.
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Blylyn
Bobbie
Santa Claus
Maggie
Propos
Orpha
Jule
Janie
Maggie Mac-Kenate
Jamie
Ehricks
Maggie MacKennzie
Pigs Propose New Year Resolutions In Fable
In a playful fable, Pinky Pig questions the idea of good and bad resolutions as animals debate what they will or won t do in the new year. Rooster, Peacocks, Pigeons and others claim plans, while Pinky argues nature matters more than vows. The tale ends with a puzzled note on genuine intent.
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Furlern
Jase Mae Kensie
Megele
Todd
Wren
Deel
Somme
Lowe
Bern
Ermiito
Maria
Eich
Daddy
Pinky Pig
Mrs. Peacock
Pinky
Mra
Mr. Rooster
Rooster
Ais
Plnky
New Year Greeting From Alexander Does
A poetic greeting marks a New Year with hopeful lines about snow and winter nights yielding to joy and new courage. The verse celebrates friendship, spring, solace, and happiness, inviting commemorative goodwill as the year begins.
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Alexander
Russia to reclaim desert lands in Astrakhan province
A Scientific American note summarizes J. G. Pirstov’s memoir on Astrakhan where ten million acres are being transformed from shifting sands into cultivated land. Overgrazing and poor farming have caused vast desertification. reforms since 1900 have led to soil binding and herbaceous crops with mixed progress on forestry viability.
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Astrakhan
J. G. Pirstov
Petrograd
Scientific American
Foresta
Gladstone, Leo XII and Ranke Examples of Enduring Vitality
The passage praises Gladstone as a tireless worker who found recreation in Greek studies, compares him to Pope Leo XII who relaxed with Latin poetry, and recalls Ranke who aimed to write a world history in 12 volumes at age ninety one. It notes these figures faced world burdens without fearing exhaustion, living beyond ninety.
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Gladstone
Leo XII
Ranke
Gigantic Park Chair Draws Attention in Gardner
Gardner Mass claims the world’s largest chair in a park, 12 feet tall with a six foot high seat. Weighing 1200 pounds, it was presented to the city and draws visitors who climb up to sit. The item originates from Harper’s Monthly feature and includes Civil War reminiscence about retreat with a humorous anecdote.
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Giant
Gardner
Mass
Ike
Early Man and Cliff Dwellers Told Through Hollowed Caves
A writer describes early humans as fighting animals living in caves and cliff dwellings. Dwellings served safety and shelter. caves formed in cliffs and hills with natural and artificial hollows. In southern Colorado the Lances river region preserves prehistoric cliff homes and tools, likely abandoned about 10,000 years ago.
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Lances River
Colorado
Half Way Work and the Call for Better Architecture
A Ruskin critique urges higher standards in modern architecture. He argues that current designs show deliberate limitations, not insufficient means, and condemns half done detailing. He calls for moving beyond copied medieval forms to honor human intellect and genuine prototyping.
Burials on Hilltops Across the World
The piece notes notable burials on hilltops or high points including Cecil Rhodes and Robert Louis Stevenson. It mentions the Rhodesian kopje, Samoa, and the Saxton churchyard legend of Lord Dacre buried on horseback, illustrating a curiosity about elevated graves.
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Buffalo Bill
Cecil Rhodes
Robert Louis Stevenson
Empire Builder
Ies
Rhodesia
Samoa
Lord Dacre
Saxton
To Save Shoe Soles and Linseed Oil Trick
A cobbler shares a monthly tip to extend shoe life by applying linseed oil to the soles, claiming it keeps them from wearing down faster than the uppers.
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Carleteias
Magpie MacKenzie
Mary Graham Bonner
Mrs. Hen
Russia
Chattanooga
Cap’n
Harper's Monthly
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Randall-Dodd Auto Co
Wm. HA. Child & Co
PRED
Lurexa Irence
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