Christmas Customs Across Balkans Preserve Ancient Pagan Roots
The Balkans retain Christmas rites tied to prehistoric beliefs. Demons called karkalanta prowl from Christmas to Epiphany, while Hyutshiri plays perform in villages. Serbian and Greek practices feature Yule logs, cakes, family gods, and gift rituals reflecting ancient sacred fire, animals, and celestial symbolism.
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Balkans
Thesaly
Thrace
Macedonia
Albania
Bulgaria
Christener
Nak Oaenes
Romania
Serbia
Christ
Hartford Times
Growth of U S Manufacturing From 1810 to 1914 Census
The New York World reports a century of change in U S manufacturing from 1810 to 1914, showing output rising from 173 million in estimated value to about 1.697 billion, while the population grew from roughly 7.25 million to near 92 million, reflecting closer federal-people relations over time.
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United States
New York World
Uncle Sam
Readymade styles offered by custom tailors at twenty dollars
The ad proclaims no exaggeration in tailor duplication costs with thirty-five ready to take home outfit styles, highlighting value and quick availability. It emphasizes affordable pricing and a broad selection for customers seeking ready-to-wear options.
NEW RECORDS FOR TALKING MACHINE HIGHLIGHT COLUMBIA RELEASES
Columbia records feature Lazaro the tenor with devotional allure and the bridal procession tone. Reviews praise the G refs and Arpeggios, plus a One-Step Medley and Lucy Gates Italian Street Song from Naughty Marietta. Includes Brutus Caesar Anthony Lee selections and Praising Cop per smith novelty.
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Columbia
Harry von Tilzer
Brutus Caesar
Anthony Lee
Tere
Atura
Maude Adams
Miss Gates
Temperature guides for butter making and reads on law notices
Temperature determines butter quality from cream storage to ripening at 70 degrees and churning between 52 and 62 degrees. Proper wash water temperature should closely match butter milk. The piece then shifts to a survey of legal notices practices, noting lawyers exploiting accidents, hospitals, and obituary columns for cases and fraud, with critiques of misused commissions.
Ambulance chasing and bar ratry in legal practice
A discussion of ambulance chasing as a modern form of bar ratry where lawyers solicit or stimulate clients during others' miseries. The piece describes large firms exploiting this niche, likening them to harpies preying on vulnerable individuals and highlighting the profession’s unusual quota of such practices.
Electric Cable Co Announces Bonus for Workers
The Electric Cable Co announces a ten percent bonus on all wages earned by its employees from December 15 last to March 15, 1917, and the same bonus will be paid on each quarter thereafter. The bonus is intended to retain workers and improve output.
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Electric Cable Co
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Ghesterfield
Sea- 10 Son
Main Street
Bridgeport
Congress
Ferdinand
Leonora
Lazaro
Grieg
Prince
Kentucky
Southern City
M. J. O'Connell
Tennessee
Cupid
Trust of
Alaska
Talking Machine
Columbia Company
Columbia Graphophone Company
Lucy Gates
Burton J. Hendrick
London
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