Thousands of Centuries Re Echo in Horn Blowing Today
An exploration of the horn blowing tradition across Jewish history and its echoes from Mount Sinai to modern celebrations. The piece traces the shofar from sacred signal at Sinai to its use in war, festival, and national rejoicing, noting its non musical tones and enduring symbolic power. It links biblical injunctions, temple rituals, and prophetic visions to the contemporary festive practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Sinai
Moses
God
Mogea
Earth
Maichioth
Zichronoth
Shepheroth
Berman
Isidore Myers
Montreal
Novekt
Ephraim
Israel
Moab
Ness Jn
Assyria
Ngyat
Holy Mount
Jerusaleim
Fragmentary verse excerpt keeps near Thy side
Fragmentary religious verse lines invoke God and divine guidance. The text seems an old prayer or devotional fragment with archaic spellings and scattered phrases about grace, care, and heed Thy call. Ambiguous author and context.
Hogmanay Traditions From Edinburgh and Highlands
A nostalgic account of Hogmanay customs across Scotland detailing the New Year’s toast, wassail, street revelry in Edinburgh, first footing with lucky or unlucky visitors, juniper water rites in the Highlands, and children’s door to door gifts with bawbees and bread. The piece ties these practices to Scottish identity and festive spirit for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinagh
Yyung
Ewaln
Bashe Jonde
Lquid
Olid
Jogmanay
Blanu
Shem
Hienig
Dom
Game to Toy Chinese New Year Greeting Traditions
The article describes Chinese New Year customs from late January to mid February. Families prepare elaborate offerings with incense, candles, and almanacs, share chrysanthemum desserts, hot wines, and fireworks, and exchange gifts while praying for health and prosperity. It notes age-old practices and contrasts them with American celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Important Chinese New Year Debt Beliefs
An Old World view notes that Chinese people aim to start the new year debt free, tied to moon-based celebrations in early February. Debts are paid as a creed, with extreme measures taken to wipe them out before feasts, ancestral sacrifices, and family reunions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
A New Year Foreword and Reflections
A New Year message invites readers to review the past with clarity, forgive and forget the wrongs, and hold fast the good. The writer urges a forward gaze toward improvement, likening the outlook to Moses surveying the Promised Land and setting a course for the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses
Pisgah’s Heights
Yeaterday
Ile
Aloubet
D.D
A Heavy Load to Carry and Dyspepsia Remedies
A promotional note extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for nervousness and digestive disorders, linking poor digestion to weak blood and susceptibility to illnesses. It touts the product’s natural roots, asserts safety, and promises free literature, with testimonials to its efficacy and claims about Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a liver remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jorce
Pieree
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
Pieres
Gaelden Medical Wigenverg
Orang Bulyba
Diareo
Humorous and Brave Skits and War Tales From The Front
In a London musical comedy a spectator mocks an author in the box, only to learn he is the author who had not heard the jokes. A coal-yard clerk learns nothing until told that seventeen hundred equals a ton in this shop. Russian Dragomiroff’s brigade in Khipka Pass endures a hail of Turkish fire until the general, bold as a professor, urges the troops to advance and they surge forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Clyda Fitch
Pitch
Witeh
Reight
Barney
Khipka Pass
Dragomiroff
Man credits Dodd's Kidney Pills for cure in Kansas
Washington Kansas Dee 25 Jesus Id Mitchell a telephone lineman and local resident recalls his early doubts about patent medicines. He says after suffering twelve years from kidney trouble and back pain he used four boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills and now feels like a new man with no back pain and renewed strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kans
Dee
Jesus
Mitchell
Dodd
Also Mentioned on This Page
Aeger Ahp
By George Sey Mur
AK Oy
Dave
Tork
Prance
United States
Txodus
Malehloth
Prine
Calvin Weies
Fostne
Confucius
Edgar
Joaquin Miller
Chicago
Sierras
Jamey Frise
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!