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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1922
Page
7
A fragmentary New Year greeting evokes a festive scene with mentions of a tree, laurel, and a playful, old style blessing. The text reads as a seasonal benediction amid rustic imagery without a clear actor or event.
This piece reflects on the border between 1922 and 1923 and urges readers to resolve to be better in the coming year. It emphasizes that even modest improvement by all will increase goodness, kindness, success, and love when 1923 arrives, and sees the new year as a chance to learn from past failures.
The speaker reflects on a hard past year and urges letting go of sorrow while focusing on good memories. The new year is hoped to bring busy, productive days that promote happiness, with work seen as the best cure for trouble. A call to ring out bad thoughts and ring in goodness as snow bells sound.
A correspondent describes St Sylvester's Eve ceremonies in Italy Spain and France where churches bless animals. An acolyte sprinkles holy water on oxen cows sheep and pigs while a priest intones a benediction and the crowd kneels as bells and candles light the snowy mountains. The scene ends with a chorus of praise to the merciful Lord and a renewed sense of joyous New Year hope.
A lighthearted piece presents the Little New Year as an eager child arriving overnight. It warns parents they must guide and discipline this single-year figure to avoid procrastination and irregular meals, noting once the year ends he becomes a different person.
A palace ceremony on January 3 marks the founding of the imperial house, an event celebrated by the imperial family with traditional rites and honors reflecting centuries of heritage.
A brief verse wishing a fresh year free of blame and filled with nobler aims. It hopes each year’s labors be content, efforts a little better than before, joys wider than hope, and the future a bit dearer than the last. From Woman's Home Companion.
A historical note on the decline of New Year day calls in the United States as a social custom of the 1800s. It contrasts past prevalence with modern decline, reflecting shifts in social etiquette and etiquette practices.
A historical note describes Japanese New Year ceremonies with ritual dances such as the Kagura Sacred Dance With Music performed in temples and shrines. It also mentions the Shu Sai dance of the ancestral sage and prayers for national happiness in the coming year.
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