The New Year On January First Through Ages
A compact, period tone summary tracing how New Year’s Day shifted from various old calendars to January 1. It notes Numa Pompilius fixing a January start, adoption across cultures, and later legal changes in Britain 1752 and France, Holland, Germany, Russia, and Sweden across centuries. It mentions Wolf Moon and festive customs like bonfires and gift wrapping.
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Weis
Numa Pompilus
Janus
Scotland
France
Holland
Germany
Russia
Sweden
Union New Year Service At The Lyric Theatre
Four city Congregational churches stage a New Year service at the Lyric Theatre on Sunday night at 7:30 for a cantata Holy Night with a 200-voice chorus. Dr Beard speaks on What Shall We Do With the Old Year? and Mr Gallaudet on What Shall We Do With the New Year? Doors open 6:30. service 7 to 8 45 with an informal song period 7 to 7:30.
Pictorial Review Collars For Season Frocks
Gary and Fractical Froomé Dress Making presents a Pictorial Review guide to versatile collars trimmed with hand embroidery. The designs emphasize simplicity, with No. 1 needing 1 yard of 27 inch material and others using mostly less than a yard of organdy or lawn, some with lace jabots optional. Embroidery colors vary with trend, and patterns feature fold-cut construction for minimal seams.
Modish Three in One Fashion Note
A stylish sailor banded with beaver to match fur on collar and cuffs features. The illustration highlights washable capeskin gloves with combined stitching. Capes skins not immersed like doeskins. clean by hand with a soft cloth and pure soap, rub gently in one direction.
Brown overcoat sparks family exchange in lilting tale
In a home setting Mr. Lewis defends wearing a brown striped overcoat as his wife and son debate fashion and propriety. The mother mocks the idea of a gambler’s look while the father insists the coat suits him, sparking playful banter about respectability and taste. The exchange ends with the mother leaving, and Mr. Lewis joking the joke will continue.
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Mr. Lewis
What Sum Can a Young Married Couple Live On
A reader asks how little a newly married couple can live on. The article argues success depends on prudence, not income, citing couples living on twenty five a week or eighteen. It stresses pre marriage planning, frugality, homemaking, and budgeting to avoid debt while maintaining happiness.
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Jack
Out of Sight Out of Mind Dear Miss Libbey
A 16 year old writes about an engagement to a two year older man who wanders with another girl in her presence. She asks if he truly cares while noting he visits regularly and claims only to like her. The writer argues that a young person has no right to be with others.
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Municipal PS
F. B.C
Miss Libbey
Brief notes on oil, storms, and world events
Pennsylvania crude oil rose ten cents a barrel to 2.25 as other grades firmed. The Sayville wireless station was knocked out by a heavy Atlantic coast storm. President Wilson plans to extend his honeymoon at Hot Springs Virginia through next Wednesday. Swiss hotel proprietors to receive a million invalid soldiers. Lackawanna railroad to place orders for 17 locomotives including 10 Mikados and seven Pacifics. Lloyds of London set insurance rates for through cargoes via the Suez Canal. Twenty two steamers carrying 4 200 000 bushels of wheat to Europe left Portland Maine in December. No word on the Manila uprising from War Department. Boston longshore wages to rise two to five cents per hour January 1. JOHN RICK & SON.
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Sayville, L. 1
Wilson
Hot Springs
Making Up With Her Dear Miss Libbey Advice
A young man of 18 asks how to reconcile with a 17 year old girl after a quarrel sparked by dancing with another girl. The reply counsels an understanding with her and suggests refraining from dancing with others to avoid offense.
Disregarding Proposal to Her Dear Misg't Libbey
A young woman writes about accepting a suitor’s marriage proposal then receiving his later letter asking to disregard their talk. She asks how to handle future encounters, seeking guidance on whether to treat him as discarded or as a friend. The author notes she was influenced by youth and suggests patience and possible rekindling later with a better suitor.
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Misg't Libbey
Dr Greil Survivor Returns Home from Ancona Torpedoing
Dr Cecile S Greil the New York Red Cross physician who was aboard the Italian steamer Ancona when torpedoed off Tunis on November 7 arrived in New York aboard the French liner Bordeaux. She praised the captain and officers for their efforts to save lives and noted Carlo Lombardi the third officer showed bravery by rescuing two women and a child under fire.
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Cecile S. Greil
New York Red Cross
Ancona
Tunis
New York
Bordeaux
Greil
Carlo Lombardi
The Unexpected Poem on Death by M E Buhler
A poem contrasts two men facing death and their reactions. One defies death with bravado until death overcomes him in twilight shadow. The other fears death from youth but meets it in sunlight with no fear, as quoted from M E Buhler in the New York Times.
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M. E. Buhler
The
New York Times
Miss Libbey Answers Readers Letters
Miss Laura Jean Libbey offers replies to reader letters from readers, with instructions to address correct name and address for attention. Initials printed. Write short letters on one side of paper only. Personal letters cannot be answered.
Modish skating set described for high school girls
A white angora skating outfit features a tilted close fitting cap with a wide scarf. The cap bun uses seals with a coral bead center.
Escorting a Girl What Words Suit an Evening Out
A reader asks proper phrasing for escorting a girl home from a party and whether thanks are appropriate. Answer advises simply asking to see her home and notes no need for thanks on either side. If well acquainted, suggest adding a church invitation with a light caveat about prior engagements.
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Miss Libbey
Permiss
Automobile license receipts rise in December report
Hartford reports December automobile license receipts of 20011050 dollars, up from 14206396 the prior year. The state notes 1350 Spanish army officers will be discharged as part of a broader army reorganization.
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Hartford
Jan
Automobile Department of the State
Line Secretary
Italian Apple Pie and Boiled Icing Recipes in 1918 Note
A fragment from a historical newspaper describes kitchen recipes for Italian apple pie and boiled icing, including ingredients like tart apples citron and current jelly, plus steps to make paste and paste-like sweets. The text also mentions a $100,000,000 Italian war loan syndicate and a pension plan by Western Maryland, with an income tax approved by the French Senate.
Young Man Seeks Advice After Jealousy Sparks Rift
A young man aged 18 writes he is handsome and in love with a young woman. After an argument sparked by a male acquaintance she grew angry and has since refused to speak to him despite frequent apologies. He seeks guidance on how to mend the relationship.
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Miss Libbey
Feel Young Again CERTILAX The Certified Laxative
Mock patent medicine ad touts CERTILAX as a gentle bowel stimulant prescribed by a New York physician elite selection. Claims ease of relief with no griping, promising overnight action and nationwide drugstore availability with price options 19c 25c 60c.
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New York City
Chertilax
Curts Chemical So
New York
Nigat
Seymour deB Kelm Succeeds Plummer At Locomobile NY Branch
Seymour deB Kelm, formerly of the city and now in Philadelphia, was named manager of Locomobile Co. New York branch replacing John F. Plummer who resigned. Kelm had prior Locomobile service in this city and later ran the Philadelphia branch. He married Roslin Laughan, a member of local society, and they live in a Philadelphia suburb. The disabled Greek steamship Thessaloniki is expected to reach New York tomorrow.
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Seymour Deb. Kelm
City
Philadelphia
New York
The
Locomobile Co
John F. Plummer
Kelm
Roslind Laughan
Thessaloniki
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Pennsylvania
Lackawanna Railroad
Suezanal
Lloyd’s of London
Portland
Manila
War Department
Boston
John Rick & Son
Charles M. Penny
Main Street
Bridgeport
Conn
With Her
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Dr. Greil
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Avuto
Maryland
John «Hem
Andrew M. Ewing
Fairfield Ave
Plummer
Warner Bros. Co
C. Bullard
Broad St.and Railroad Av
Max Ams Machine Co
Scofield AV
Bridgepor
Pequonnesk Wharf
Union Street
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East 22Nd Street
M. J. H. Cosgriff
New Engliend
Ate
Connecticut
Strict
Isabella Abbott Dickson
San Tae
District of Bridgeport
Alexander W. Smith
Atlant
Canfield, Atlay
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Mary C. Bonne Administratrix
Liberty St
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