New Year Customs Across Lands From Japan to Bulgaria
Read of festive New Year rites around the world. Japan presents toys, mochi, lions dances, and family feasts while France Scotland and Germany mark gifts and bells. Bulgaria hosts a waters and rings omen ceremony to choose a marriage fate.
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Father
Mother
Heaven
Maoseue
Japan
Frances
St. Silvestre
France
England
Scotlands
Germany
Black Forest
Munich
Jena
Wales
Scotland
United States
Dales
Westmoreland
Cevennes
Europe
Scandinavia
Holland
Italy
Bulgaria
Lot
Barber and restaurant clash over breakfast offer
A barber confronts a restaurant owner about being pressured into buying beef and beans when he only wanted two fried eggs. The exchange recalls a prior visit where a shave turned into multiple grooming services.
Awakening in cell block raises questions over flowers
Inmates exchange a cryptic dialogue about flowers and embezzlement. A reference to a murderer in a neighboring cell hints at life of crime and a perplexing sequence within the jail.
Not Difficult Says Gladys in Ennui Inspired Plan
Gladys Gloom voices boredom and Bella Blazes counters with a plan to return to her birthplace and smoke a cigarette on the pubita square, framing a lighthearted domestic vignette.
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Gladys Gloom
Gladys
Bella Blazes
Pubita
Democrats Eye Laws to Curb High Cost of Living
Washington report outlines Democratic plan to pass anti trust and tariff reforms in coming months. The piece notes focus on cost of living, potential Alaska railroad, rural credit, and Philippine independence, with internal battles over precedence and insular policy.
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George Clinton
Washington
Wilson
House
Senate
White House
Congress
Alaska
Mississippi River
Philippine Islands
Democratic Party
Alan
Mexico
House of Representatives
United State
United States
Porto Rico
Philippines
Taft Han
Dean C. Worcester
Philippine Commission
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Clarence R. Edwards
Taft
Frank McIntyre
United States Army
McIntyre