Series of Gospel Meetings Planned In Anary Japan
A description of Toshikoshi New Year customs in Japan. Pine branches hung for luck, straw rings with sardines and seaweed, offerings to gods, and family feasts mark the year end. The December child gains a year, January first brings many New Year calls, and dreams are believed to influence the coming year. A paper grace under the bed bears a printed Japanese junk.
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Japan
America
God of Fortune
First Christian church to host a helpful meeting series
The Pastor and workers outline a series of meetings at First Christian church starting Sunday with Pastor Hartley preaching. A trained choir led by Jerry Higgins will provide prominent music, and Rev Bl Tartolby invites everyone to attend, aiming for great spiritual results.
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Brother Hartley
Jerry Higgins
BL. A. Tartolby
Churches Advertise in Hustler Ad Space Sparking Debate
The Hustler praises church advertising while noting rural and small town churches aggressively buying ad space. It recalls returning cigarette ads worth $60 twice in the past year and urges readers to watch for tobacco ads in local papers. A Japanese poem translation evokes sailing imagery tied to this discussion.
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Jamestown
Fire Destroys Empty Farmhouse on Lon Bratton Property
An empty house on Lon Bratton's farm burned early Monday. Eli Martin and Mr Sparks saw flames and alerted others but the blaze gutted the building. Clair Bratton had moved out weeks earlier. the insured structure valued at 2000 dollars carried no occupants at the time.
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Lon Bratton
Eli Martin
Mr. Sparks
Clair Bratton
New Year Resolutions Suggested By The Advance Hustler
New Year greetings urge selflessness and helpful influence in daily life. The message calls for pride in work, happiness in tomorrow's labor, and spreading joy in business and neighborly relations toward better homes and a stronger community.
New Year Blessings and Resolve in 1923 Wishing
A 1923 wish piece notes Time marks the year twenty three and urges optimism with caution toward resolutions. It warns against overreliance on willpower, comparing hopes to rainbows and thin ice, and emphasizes inner discipline to conquer self and attain duty.
Happy Though Older
A meditation on aging, arguing that life gains beauty with time and seasons move forward not backward. It extols patience and growth, noting wisdom and new possibilities arrive with age, like time for books, friends, and quiet contemplation. The piece likens youth to fading, urging acceptance and forward motion.
Church Attendance Dip Prompts Sunday School Year Change
Church services were under attended due to weather or post holiday routines. Next Sunday services will be in New Ross with plans by Grace Bean and Neva Airhart. Sunday School Board met and voted to shift the Sunday School year start to October 1, electing officers and class heads for the new year.
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New Ross
Grace Bean
Neva Airhart
Household Resolutions for Father
A humorous vow list where a father commits to tidying towels and socks, resisting cigars and misused bath items, staying quiet about bills, and obeying household rules for the coming year, ending with an amen.
New Year Resolutions Reformulated For Clear Purposes
The request asks for a concise rewrite of New Year resolutions by replacing the phrase then new among with clear aims. It suggests transforming them into direct, actionable purposes suitable for focus and progress, using plain language and concrete goals.
The Calendar By Martha B Thomas
The calendar is a curious human document guiding daily life and planning. It functions as a conductor of affairs from dinners to business, appointments, and travel, serving as a silent reference book with twelve sections and much reader respect.
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Martha B. Thomas
Western Newspaper Union
Christian Church Sunday School Notes
Attendance at Sunday school Sunday reached 116 despite bad weather. The offering totaled 4.53 dollars with near 500 dollars passing through the Sunday school treasury last year. Finances are strong for the new year as a piano is placed in the basement for school use. A list of officers for the coming year includes W. N. Johnson superintendent adult department and Linnie Billingsly, Ruby Cunningham, and others. Prayer services precede revival meetings with the pastor leading starting next Sunday morning.
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Sunday School
T He School
Same
W. N. Johnson
Emma McClain
Carl de Rard
Rush Billingsly
Linnie Billingsly
Ruby Cunningham
Cradle Ray
Jennie Morrison
Temperance
Edgar Caplinger
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