Auld Lang Syne Origins and Burns Immortality
The article traces Auld Lang Syne from its obscure origins to Burns who popularized it. It notes the tune appeared in 17th and 18th century printings and credits earlier collectors like Watson and Aytoun. It ends by linking the song to New Year nostalgia and the British cultural tradition of drinking a cup of kindness.
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Rober Burns
Robert Burns
Burns
Hic
George Tomson
Thomson
Watson
Francis Sempill
Sir Robert Aytoun
Aytoun
Consider Your Bathroom First in Any Remodeling Plans
A 1940s home advisory stresses planning a single bathroom impacts the whole family and offers practical tips. It urges sufficient space for at least five and a half feet to avoid crowding, safe shower arrangements, proper window placement, sturdy shower rods anchored to studs, and decorative color choices to prevent a jarring look while maximizing ease of cleaning and storage options.
Bathroom Design Tips for Safety and Storage Efficiency
Practical guidance on wiring safety with bathroom layouts, color schemes, and maximizing storage. Highlights include placing rooms over each other to share waste pipes, keeping switches away from wet hands, wall and ceiling lighting, color palettes for different skin tones, and numerous storage ideas like medicine chests, built-in cupboards, and towel-hanging options.
Truth and Tenderness Guide Family Life in 1951
Kathleen Norris urges a mutual shift in 1951 with a focus on truth and tenderness at home. She cites replies from over 100 women about New Year resolutions for dads and mothers, urging fathers to engage with children and mothers to welcome and involve them, strengthening home happiness.
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Dad
Tokyo Transforms Into Green Forest for New Year
For six days each year Tokyo is turned into a green forest with pine trees and bamboo flanking gateways and rice straw decorations along lintels. The tradition, dating back about nine centuries, uses the pine for eternity and bamboo for truth and courage, with plum blossoms indoors signifying virtue.
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Tokyo
Japan
How Year Evokes Many Superstitions
A concise survey notes many New Year customs from England and Scotland. It cites wearing new clothes for luck, entering a house by outsiders for avoid bad fortune, and placing stockings in a specific order to aid love. Omens of luck hinge on appeasing a higher power, with cautions about giving gifts before receiving them.
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England
Scotland
Timber Tales of a Tree Surgeon and the Bill
A humorous account of two mature trees toppled by winds and the comic chase for tree repair. A rambling visit from a self important tree surgeon and a ludicrous bill reveal the ordeal and lesson about relying on a fickle services market.
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Nodice
Timber Division
National Red Cross
Federal Tree Security Administration
Fire Department
Paradise Special at UN Bar Deafening Two Drinks
Phillips recalls a six to one bet and a mutuel line quarrel while New York humor highlights a NO PARKING HERE sign. The piece notes a new drink at the United Nations bar called the Paradise Special and jokes about Vishinsky voices amid Korea talks.
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Shadda Haddim
United Nations
Vishinsky
Buried Treasure Legend Tied to Penobscot Village
In Penobscot Maine a century‑old tale of buried loot resurfaces. A resident reportedly found about 2000 coins along a hillside near the Bagaduce River dating to 1652, chiefly French origin, suggesting a cache possibly tied to historic raiding loot.
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Penobscot
Maine
America
Bagaduce River
Parental Ties Require Study at White House Conference
At the White House conference on children and youth Dr. Benjamin Spock urged broad public health inquiry into why many parents cannot enjoy their children. He called for studies from nursery school through college to keep delight in children alive and ensure adults value parenting. Oscar Ewing added that every child must have a fair chance for a healthy personality and character.
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Washington, D. C
Benjamin Spock
Rochester (Minn
Child Health Institute
White House
Spock
America
Great Britain
Russia
Oscar Ewing
Winter Tire Tests Favor Chains Over Special Winter Tires
The National Safety Council reports on two week pine lake tests comparing 22 tire designs for snow and ice. Chains on ordinary tires vastly outperform specialized winter tires in stopping and traction especially on glare ice, with chains showing about 286 percent better stopping and 475 percent better traction in some cases.
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National Safety Council
Pine Lake
Clintonville
Wis
Ross G. Wilcox
Wilcox
Smart Motorists Feel Road Conditions In Winter
A winter driving hint urges motorists to slow on wet snowy or icy roads and to test brakes only when safe and isolated. It warns that stopping distance increases three to twelve times without chains and stresses keeping a safe distance behind other vehicles.
Braking Advice Warns Against Skid Risk
The article warns drivers to avoid rapid brake pumps which can lock wheels and cause a skid. It emphasizes controlled braking and steady pedal pressure to maintain steering control in slippery conditions.
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Kathleen Norris
Tony
Beverley
Mummy
Daddy
H. J. Phillips
Dr. Widgeon
Widgeon
Phillips
New York
Devil
Automotive Safety Foundations
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