New Year Promises and Unraveled Plans in a Tense Evening
A couple navigates lateness and misread signals at a New Year dinner, ending with a heartfelt pledge to be punctual. Helen forgives Grant after his rough evening, then dances into the night, while a mysterious masked suitor appears, leading to a bold kiss goodnight and a playful threat of return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Hlelen
Bennets
Helen
Bennet
Ike
Carson
Hing
Vic
New Year Mardi Gras in Far South Draws Crowd
Masked revelers from distant towns fill Ferkins Center square and streets for a festive Mardi Gras. A girl in gypsy gear and a youth in Robin Hood attire charm passersby as they join a lively dance, amid confetti and fiddlers contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferkins Center
Chamber of Commerce
Robin Flood
Ila
Mayin
Ries
Trey
Religious Rejoicing Across China and Japan at Year’s Start
Reports describe celebrations marking the first day of the new year in China and Japan. Observers note traditional ceremonies, widespread greeting rituals, and community gatherings reflecting cultural devotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Japan
Tina Immemors
Toast to the New Year from a Jubilant Dawn
A fragmented verse extols the dawn of a new year with lines about reaping what is sown and deeds reflecting on the passing time. The text resembles a ceremonial toast, mentioning mortals and a commercial telegraph or journal in a historic tone.
Parlor Tales and Humor From a Noisy Household
A jumble of small anecdotes and chatter from a busy home. A girl laments a kiss from Teddy Mason then slaps him, twins produce both cries and laughter as baths spark disputes, and old and young quips about milk and courting recur in a rowdy scene.
Excuse It Please A Comical Train Chase At Station
A weary business man chases a departing train with coat flying and grip banging. A porter asks if he missed his train and the man replies he was only chasing it out of the station.
Mistaken Identity at the Station with a Bishop
A bishop waiting in a quiet village meets a stranger who claims to have seen him in the papers. The exchange shifts to a joke about substitutes for gasoline as the stranger asks what the bishop was cured of and the bishop replies with a quip about shoe leather in place of fuel.
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Son
Also Mentioned on This Page
Blanche Tanner
Grant Bennet
Hency ” Uelen
Assen
Fia
Jane
Ralph Carson
Desr
Helen Garsford
Commercial Telegraphera Journal
Rama
Teddy Mason
Alexander
Allen’s
Alten
van Allens
Rainier
Strooth
Alabama
Pierca
Utah
Vernal
England
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