Facts and Fancies of New Year's Day
A compact history of New Year customs from ancient gift exchange to modern ecards. Notes include Persian and Roman traditions, strenae gifts, English glove and pin money customs, notable figures like Henry III, Queen Elizabeth I, Thomas More, Cromwell, and the shift to present-day greetings and resolutions.
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Tatius
Strenia
Claudius
Populi
Henry III
England
Charles I
Henry VIII
Old Latimer
Bess
Oliver Cromwell
Merrie Olde
Thomas More
Thomas
America
Scrambled figures and Communist critique in labor politics
George S. Benson of Harding College argues plain logic should guide management labor dialogue. He praises CIO’s anti Communist resolution while warning about Communist influence infiltrating labor councils and politics. He contends profits and production, not ideology, drive wages and national prosperity.
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CIO
Labor
Lincoln Issued Emancipation Proclamation Jan 1 1863
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by Abraham Lincoln on New Year's Day, 1863. It proclaimed the abolition of slavery in the states in rebellion on that date and established January 1 as the day most widely observed as Emancipation Day.
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Abraham Lincoln
Ten Children Die in Bus Train Collision Near Silverstreet
Ten school students and a bus driver were killed when their bus collided with a Southern railway passenger train near Silverstreet, seven miles southwest of Newberry, S C. Eleven more students were injured and admitted to Newberry County Hospital, with most in critical condition.
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Newberry
S. C
Southern Railway
Silverstreet
Here
Newberry County Hospital
French Celebrate New Year Day In French Canadian Calendar
New Year’s Day is described as the gayest day in the calendar for French Canadian families with celebrations family reunions and gift exchanges marking Jour de l An.
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George S. Benson
Harding College
Searcy, Arkansas
U. S. Army Engineers
Engineer Corps
Regular
New Armed Forces
U. S. Army Recruiting Service
East Main Street
Bozeman
Big Timber
Fowell-Niemi Market
Gamble Store
H. A. Anderson
Glenn Cain
Lincoln
Professional Directory
DR. D. Claiborn
Montana
B. Olness
J. D. Herries
Masonic Temple
L. H. Townsend
Osteopathic
Masonic
John N. Macfarlane
L. W. Baskett
Big Timber, Mont
R. J
plannKer Supreme
Sam Cohn
J. S. Solberg Company
Clark
McLean Clark
Ernest Ueland
O. J. Ellingson
Motor Inn
Chico Hot Springs
Pray
N. P
Chico
R. C. Knowles
G. A. Townsend
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