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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1949
Page
3
The article traces how New Year dates varied among ancient cultures from September 22 to December 21 and March 22 for Jews. It notes Pope Gregory's 1582 calendar reform and Britain's 1752 adoption of January 1 as New Year. It concludes with the enduring joyful theme of New Year customs.
An examination notes Americans work about 52 days yearly due to the absence of a universal national holiday. It highlights that public holidays vary by state legislatures and identifies Thanksgiving as a presidentially proclaimed day. The article contrasts U S practice with other nations and mentions England and Northern Ireland in holiday contexts.
A brief note recalls early limits on celebrations marking New Year’s Day and how leaders influenced the observance into a restrained modern tradition with formalities and public order.
The article surveys film buzz with Jimmy Durante in The Great Rupert and dual roles for Mary Jane Higby and Joan Davis. It notes Hitchcock’s cameo in Stage Fright, Jack Webb’s Men role, Julie London baby news, Bette Davis in The Story of a Divorce, and Terry Frost as a cop in The Threat.
A Raleigh man argues the Busy Bee poem is out of date while others call for a retired type of bee. The discussion twists into misquotations and a jab at progressivism, with critiques of labor, government, and Shakespearean imagery.
A rambled column recalls Notre Dame Army Oklahoma and California glory, contrasts historic programs like Harvard Holy Cross Colgate Indiana and Columbia, and critiques the 1949 MVP voting timing for Ted Williams and the Mets. It also cites Grantland Rice and football legends amid a broad sports obituary of era.
A dated dialogue sequence explores enduring love and regret in a two year marriage. The speakers reveal memories both spoken and unspoken, questioning permanence and eternity in a reflective exchange about rekindling feelings and the depth of emotional history.
A fragmented note suggests feeding birds at a window may help keep birds from going south for winter and may aid them through the summer, urging readers to save their feeders and continue nourishment.
The badminton object is the shuttlecock. The pen name of Samuel L. Clemens is Mark Twain. Lieutenant General Arthur E. Percival surrendered Singapore to the Japanese. The first story serialized in a newspaper was The Pickwick Papers. The U.S. Army captain who killed 116 Japanese in Bataan was Captain Charles J. Sledge.
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