New Year's Eve Tryst Across Time
A brief poetic fragment evokes the old year and new year meeting. Frosty imagery and clasped hands mark their passage as time edges toward midnight. The lines personify time and seasons in a seasonal blend of verse.
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1904
Page
6
Red Signal Makes Old Wounds Fade on New Year
Desire Drummond and Delight Wetherill reconcile after four years of hurt on New Year’s day. A red signal flag, once a sign of trouble, becomes a beacon for renewal as they vow to mend their friendship. Roxy the cat witnesses the rekindling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desire Drummond
Roxy
Desire
Delight
Roky
Isobel
Ethelind
Jeannette
Maude Mathilde
New England
Deacon Blinn
Todd
Jeffy Rand
Chris
Jeffy
Tolly Wallace
Tolly
Delight Wetherill
Desired
Sory
New Year Do-Nots For Young Man and Maiden
Flo Field offers a list of cautions for men and women in the New Year urging self control. It cautions against gossip, vanity, and pretenses, and stresses kindness to women, responsible finances, ambition, and honest behavior, citing advice from the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Man
Flo Field
N. O. Times-Democrat
Year s Record of Petty Causes in Unlikely Fatalities
The Society for the Investigation of the Unexpected reports that minor, everyday happenings caused more deaths and accidents than major passions this year ending December 1, 1904. Examples include salt in ice cream provoking homicide in Dubuque, beans and grapes prompting fatal incidents, a broken pen delaying a note, and small mishaps from watermelons to a slippery spot on a streetcar leading to fatal or sensational outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Society For the
the Herald
Dubuque
Emma
Kentucky
New Madrid
Equine Hardships and a High-Born Start
A Chicago Record-Herald poem contrasts two horses. The first endures abuse as the old nag collapses beneath a cruel driver. The second horse bursts forward at the starter, then defers the wild energy to steady progress amid aging views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Record-Herald
Child Asks Storekeeper to Hide Drum for Santa
A small boy asks a shopkeeper to hide a large drum behind the counter for a few days for Santa Claus to fetch. The exchange, captured in a playful tone, centers on anticipation and a childlike plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Puck
Poems for the New Year by George Birdseye
The poem ponders each year's passage as a leaf in life's book. It asks how to glimpse the future and seeks divine guidance from the Holy Spirit for nobler paths, new opportunities, tests, and victories in the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Birdseye
New Year’s Greeting From Joe Lincoln
A poem reflecting on time’s passage and the New Year. The speaker hopes for shared sorrow and support, praying that as the old year ends and the bells ring, the loved one holds the speaker’s hand and a joyous new year arrives.
Greeting and Good-By Poem to the New Year
A short verse from J. M. Lewis in the Houston Post bids farewell to the Old Year and welcomes the New Year. The poem reflects on shared trials and joys, hoping for brighter skies and fresh blossoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Lewis
Houston Post
A Fresh Leaf on Virtue and Temptation
The Washington Star notes a seasonal pause for self examination amid feast and rhyme. It reflects on banishing small vices and confronting greater temptations, expressing a candid view that the struggle feels repetitive across years.
New Year Prayer From the Atlanta Constitution
A poetic New Year blessing from the Atlanta Constitution asks for light and kinship to guide the lonely path. It seeks grace to aid a world in need, comfort mourners, heal wounds, and bring the world closer to divine harmony.
Midnight blessing from Ruth Raymond on Old and New Year
A reflective verse from Ruth Raymond in Minneapolis urges faith as the Old Year fades and the New Year begins. It speaks of God’s wisdom guiding the circle of years, comforting weary hearts and blessing believers with brighter days ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Raymond
Minneapolis
Bells Ring Out as New Year Dawn Returns
A poetic reflection from J. B. M. Wright in the Boston Budget urges bells to toll for the old year and celebrate the quickening of hope and warmth with the New Year. It contrasts midnight sorrow with emerging joy and hints at blooming flowers and singing birds to mark brighter hours ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. M. Wright
Boston
Poetic tribute by Elizabeth Gibson in Argosy
A lyrical excerpt from Elizabeth Gibson published in Argosy extols striving beyond bliss and love, praising solitary strength and the winds of nature. It blends themes of hope, pain, dawn and storm, and cosmic wonder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Gibson
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Ohio Farmer
Nanie Hamilton, Donigll
Tolly’s
Society For the Investigation
Ist
S. E. Kiser
Earth
Joe Lincoln
Washington Star
Atlanta Constitution
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