Tahosa Valley Snowbound Scene in Rocky Mountain Park
A poetic fragment from a 1930s or earlier Rocky Mountain National Park page evokes Twin Sisters slope and Tahosa Valley. The December moon lights the old year out and the new year in as snow-clad peaks glow, framing a vivid alpine tableau.
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Deer
Meadow
Meeker
Lady Washington
Battle
Lilp
Estes
Tahosa Valley
New Year Reflections On Faith And American Destiny
The author blends a New Year poem with musings on Christian ethics and national progress. It argues that practical Christianity can reform society and solve industrial and economic ills by changing hearts, not systems, citing Washington’s Thanksgiving, the call for Christian business codes, and a looming federation convention with clubs across major cities.
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George Bernard Shaw
George Washington
America
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Globe
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Europe
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Russia
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Wheeling
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Rochester
N. Y
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Columbus
St Paul, Minn
Jacksonville, Fla
Columbia, Mo
Detroit
New Year's Dream of a Far Future City
A grandmother narrator awakens to a vision of tomorrow imagined in 1893 Boston Globe prose. Her son guides her through advances like electric cars, flying devices, lunar landscapes, a sub Atlantic tunnel, and in home holographic theater while noting social changes and a dream of a connected, gadget driven world that reshapes daily life.
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Boston Globe
Globe
Bee
Paris
Africa
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United ‘States
China
Odd contrasts in China and a writer at work
A report contrasts traditional Chinese farming with modern urban industry and notes a confrontation between a company president and a visiting author. The piece cites China’s paradox as it adopted arts and crafts once introduced by the nation.
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China
The Year and the Days Poem by Frank Walcott Hunt
A reflective poem contrasts the unstoppable year with the lively Days marching to duty. The speaker urges steadiness with the Days as each day arrives, urging readers to salute the New Year and keep pace with time’s passing. The verses compare the year to a grand ride while the Days are smaller, constant companions.
Tim Barry Reflections on Time and Fellowship
A brief meditation on time and fortune, noting daily gains and losses. The speaker values enduring friendship, counting joys that rise and pass while the fellowship of hearts remains constant. Timothy Barry expresses gratitude for lasting companionship.
Straw Demon Out, New Year’s Luck Shown Away
A Korean belief holds that on the eve of the new year each head of family crafts a rough straw image and carries it to the door to cast away misfortune and sins with decisive vigor, symbolically tossing out bad luck for the coming year.
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Korea
New Year Beginnings Across Ancient Civilizations
The article notes that ancient Egyptians Phoenicians and Persians started their year at the autumnal solstice September 21 while Greeks until the fifth century B C began at the winter solstice December 21. In 482 B C Greeks shifted the festival to June 21 start of summer.
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B. C
New Year Gift Tradition Traces Back to Rome
The custom of giving and receiving gifts on New Year’s Day originated in Rome and survives in France and Scotland though many countries favor Christmas gift exchanges.
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Rome
France
Scotland
1928 Fair Page: Youths and Deeds in Golden Days
A reflective column asks what to inscribe on a new page for 1928, proposing a record of bright youth and lasting deeds. It celebrates the idea of marking the year with wholesome achievements and community progress.
Idyll of a Tug Boat by Christopher G Hazard
The piece portrays Andrews as indecisive, chasing varied careers from brick making to chicken farming and mining. It likens steady perseverance to a tug boat named Patience moving along a fixed course toward a goal, arguing gradual specialization beats risky leaps. The tale concludes that patient effort leads to progress and the ship’s bay must precede tomorrow’s captain.
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Andrews
Ike Andrews
Anlack
Trimes
New Year's Petition for Bread and Peace
Poem closing the New Year prayer by Minna Irving printed in the New York Herald asks for aid to the poor, steadfast friendships, compassionate hearts, clear vision, wisdom, faith, health, and a century of a reconstructed world in harmony and peace.
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Minna Irving
New York Herald
New Year Visiting Customs in Early American Cities
The passage describes New Year’s Day from Dutch origins to mid-1800s America as a time for universal visiting. Doors were opened, and etiquette required greeting all acquaintances to renew friendships and settle family differences amicably.
Removing grease from wallpaper with blotting paper and chalk
Instructions describe using blotting paper folded to hold chalk or French chalk to lift grease from wallpaper. Apply hot iron gently, changing paper as it absorbs grease, and repeat as needed to remove stains.
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Tate
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Isaac
Marcoason
Frank Walcott
Howe
Fellowship of Hearts
Timothy Barry
Christopher G. Hazard
Western Newspaper Union
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