New Year origins from ancient customs and calendar reforms
The article traces New Year origins from Saxon wassail to Roman reforms, Julius Caesar, Pope Gregory, and the 1792 French decimal calendar experiment. It notes shifts to January 1 in France, Scotland, and England, and explains why many cultures still vary in New Year timing.
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Hereward Carrington
Charles VI
France
Scotland
England
Julius Caesar
B. C
Sosigenes
Gregory
Notre Dame
Mme. Mointre
Little New Year A Portrait Of A Responsibility
Martha B. Thomass APPALE essay portrays the annual child like New Year as a prompt to consider parenting. The piece warns against procrastination and lax discipline, urging steady guidance to mold a sturdy year ahead while the old year slips away.
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Martha B. Thomas
Western Newspaper Union
How Japan Greets the New Year
The article describes Japanese New Year greetings with temple dances and imperial rituals. It highlights the Kagura sacred dance performed by young girls with priests as musicians, offering prayers for national happiness. It also notes the Shu-Sal Dance of the Ancestral Sanctuary given at the palace on January 3 to celebrate the imperial house.
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Japan
A New Year’s Card from Arthur Guitermian
A New Year’s Card wishes a cheer filled year free of blame and nobler aims. It hopes daily labors be stronger and joys brighter, making each year dearer than the last as read in Woman’s Home Companion.
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Arthur Guitermian
Woman's Home Companion
Judge Close Praised For Plain Slot Machine View
Akron judge Charles F. Close of Upper Sandusky is quoted in the Akron Times praising a legal principle that gambling hinges on chance. He declined to issue an order against police raids on mint vending slot machines, calling it judicial common sense and a clear summary of the issue.
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Charles FE
Akron
Akron ‘Times
Charles F. Close
Sandusky
Judge Close
Monument Struck by Lightning Damages Stan Dish Statue
Mister Speck of the Pemberville Leader reports a lightning bolt struck the Miles Stan dish monument during a fierce storm on a recent Saturday. It knocked off the head from the neck, shattered the left arm, damaged interior windows and stairs, and toppled sections. A Duxbury native guard was on duty. the monument is roped off and repairs will cost several thousand dollars.
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Mister Speck
Pemberville Leader
Miles Standish
Wes
Duxbury
Receives Specimens for Plant Pest Identification at Oho Station
Specimens of plant diseases weeds and pests are received in great numbers at the Oho Experient Station for free identification. A sample should include healthy and diseased tissue and may be examined to prescribe remedies. Include sender address and specimen type on wrap to prevent drying.
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Oho
Fre mont Clothier Albert R Childs Makes Assignment
Albert R Childs of Fremont files for assignment to treat creditors equally. Trustee reports personal property worth 7000 with no real estate and names Josiah Palmer and C N Babione as appraisers, assisted by Bob Pence. The Childs store is closed. Childs shows improving health after a period in Mt Vernon sanatorium.
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Albert R. Childs
Clothier
Fremont
Josiah Palmer
C. N. Babione
Bob Pence
Childs
Mt. Vernon
Green Springs Echo
Franciscan Sisters Observe Parish School Retreat
The Franciscan Sisters in charge of Our Lady of Consolation parish school are observing a retreat this week with Fr. Isadore Rafferty of Co. NM, C C., giving the instructions.
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Our Lady of Consolation
Isadore Rafferty
Co. NM
C C
Local Notices Highlight Dying Farmer and Court Delve
The Wyandot county page records the death of 73 year old farmer Frederick Bieri in Upper Sandusky, a compensation claims hearing on Eyestone ditch set for sale date January 20, and a series of local incidents including a broken leg from a bank fall, a Toledo auto crash fatality, and real estate transfers. It also notes jailings and court actions involving Sycamore Leader resident Forest Turner for selling stolen coal, a jail release for Chief Elias Walter, and a juvenile romance case in common pleas court with unusual details and ongoing mental health reviews.
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Forest Turner
Fenner
Lincoln ‘Highway
Charley. Bringman
Turner
Elias Walter
Wyandot County
Cottage Inn
Walter
East Hicks Street
Charles W. Bringman
A. K. Hail
Common Pleas
Lomboroso
Edgar Allen Poe
A. K Hall
Charles F. Close
Wyandot
Fire injures man in failed auto fueling incident
Clark Weininger tried to fill an auto tank by lantern light when gasoline spilled and exploded. Mrs. Weininger smothered the burning clothing to save him. his right hand and left leg were severely burned. Fire damaged the garage top and cushions but the car was moved to safety. He is improving and able to be up part of the time.
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Clark Weininger
Sycamore
Gossard Corsets Advertised in Upper Sandusky
Mrs Anna Gear promotes a corset line at the George Newhard residence with a full collection including corsets and brassieres. Prices start at $2.00 for corsets and 39 cents for brassieres. Event scheduled Wednesday and Thursday, January Sve" aha 4th at 108% E Johnson St.
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The
George
Newhard
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A. L. Walton
West Saffel Avenue
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T. W. Case
Ray Walton
C. F. Sutter
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