New Year Customs Across Ancient Cultures
The piece surveys New Year rituals from diverse peoples. It details Maqui sun dances in the southwest and snake effigies, Aztec rites with pyramids and blood sacrifices, Jomon era bear feasts of the Ainu in Japan, and the sun god reverence tied to seasonal change, highlighting ritual drama and communal feasting.
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American Southwest
Mexico
Central America
Yucatan
Pacific Ocean
Japan
Kamu
New Year Period In Peking
The New Year period in Peking recalls three Sundays in a week with three celebrations within a month. The first, familiar to Americans, Britons, and continental Europeans, begins in the usual global fashion but gains an oriental setting that becomes a vivid, picturesque scene.
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Peking
England
New Year Traditions Among Native Americans
The piece describes how some Indian reservations still mark New Year by weather, with the old year ending after last snows vanish and green shoots reappear. It recalls dances and feasts, the end of famine danger, and the return of game, roots, and fish trapping. It notes varied New Year dates in Tibet and the September 22 cycle.
Mohammedans' New Year Observed in Turkey
The Mohammedans in Turkey lift their hands to Allah on January 28 to seek a year of blessings marking their New Year. similar observances occur in Persia and parts of Egypt.
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Turkey
Persis
Egypt
New Year Child Brought In From The Snow
A poem depicts a childlike figure dancing over snow with rosy bare feet. The speaker invites the child inside despite the wind and windward cold to make him cozy and safe, calling him the wonderful New Year.
Chicago Art Mystery Surrounds Emma Field Drawings
Chicago researchers investigate Emma Mabel Field whose ten years of Egyptian symbol drawings began in 1910 without training. The University of Chicago psychologists will study her sudden artistic turn and the meaning behind her striking imagery.
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Chicago
Emma Mabel Field
Navy Seaman Plans Extended Service After Inheritance
Abraham Schneider, a seaman on the U S destroyer Wadsworth at the Philadelphia navy yard, recently inherited $60 000 from his uncle and says he will remain in the navy. He will receive income until his twenty first birthday on October 4 1921 and then obtain the principal. He is the son of Mrs Annie Schneider of Boston Massachusetts.
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Lhough
Abraham Schneider
U. S
Embarrassing Christmas Gift Moment Revealed
An amusing tale recalls a Christmas when the speaker mocked a vanity bag gift only to learn later a friend had delivered the exact same item. The coincidence sparked self awareness and humor about social gifting.
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Griffin Wheel Company
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