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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1932
Page
1
A compendium of New Year superstitions from ancient Druids to Romans, detailing beliefs that actions on January 1 predict the months ahead. Highlights include gifts, first entries, weather omens, and customs across nations, with emphasis on luck and renewal in historical England.
A compact survey of New Year celebrations from antiquity to early America and beyond. It notes pagan feasts where boars fought, Scotland’s wassail bowls, glove and pin money gifts, American stagecoach era gatherings, and the Chinese debt payoff tradition, illustrated by a snapshot from the Indianapolis News.
The Boston Herald notes the shift from traditional New Year’s Eve watchnight observances to modern fasts and carnivalesque celebrations. It traces the decline of calle exchanges as cities expanded and social circles grew, leaving older observers lamenting the change and the loss of sober, formal year end rituals.
A poetic toast recalling waves of yesteryear returning to the beach and the birth of a new year. The text credits A. & CLAPP and invokes Father Time as a symbol of renewal and cheer.
A note on New Year celebrations notes little changes in customs, referencing a New Year Woman's Home Companion event as a focal point, with emphasis on tradition over novelty and a light social tone.
Lawmakers approved Chairman Collier's beer bill by 230 to 185 after defeating all amendments. The measure sets 8.2 percent alcohol by weight and 4 percent by volume, allows sale over bars and in eateries, and imposes a $1000 brewer tax plus existing taxes. It bars shipments from wet to dry states and carries up to $1000 fine or six months jail for violations.
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