New Year Brightens Dillon Prosperity and Local Drill
A Dillon newspaper notes a bright new year with better times after two difficult years. Merchants, labor, and press celebrate holiday trade as the Tribune marks its sixteenth year, praising local industry and a thriving printing house. The issue also features details on Company E of the Montana National Guard, its history, officers, and drill, plus reflective quotes on time and aging.
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Dillon
the Tribune
Montana
New Year Traditions From Old European Beliefs
January known by old Celtic and Saxon names. Wolf Month in Saxon lore and Aefer Yule. Pin money began as pin making in Gloucester in the sixteenth century. Dark haired visitors bring luck, black cats deemed unlucky but in some tales lucky. Wales burns fires on New Year to purify homes and preserve sacred ashes for medicinal uses against fits.
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Cornwall
England
Gloucester
Wales
Massachusetts suffrage defeat cited by Mrs Livermore
Mrs Livermore compares Massachusetts to skimmed milk to explain why the suffrage amendment failed. She claims New England’s best have moved west to states like Colorado, Kansas and Wyoming, leaving fewer supporters at home.
Egyptian girls school to open in Cairo led by Miss Forbes
A small elementary government school for Egyptian girls will be opened in Cairo with an English teacher at its head. The head is Miss Alice Forbes trained at Cambridge Teachers' College and formerly a successful teacher at a girls' school in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
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Cairo
Alice Forbes
Cambridge Teachers’ College
Port Elizabeth
South Africa
New Year superstitions and customs from England Scotland and US
The article links the year 1896 to the digit 3 and various numerological tests of divisibility by 3 and 8. It notes customs on New Year's Eve in England and Scotland including bell ringing, midnight services, and mummers plays, with descriptions of folk songs, costumes, and ritual door openings accompanied by small payments.
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England
Scotland
United States
Guisera
The Road to Riches and Advertising Wit
Quotes from period newspapers praise advertising as a path to wealth and note newspapers stir trade. They contrast poverty and riches and advise clever self promotion along the journey. It reflects early belief in ads driving economic success and media influence.
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Salem Gazette
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Tempus
New York Herald
Walter J. Crowell
Harlan J. Thompson
Fred J. Bird
Monroe Mann
W. F. Cashmore
Geo. Clark
A. D. Harding
Raymond Conger
Lorenzo Cushing
Leslie Thompson
Chas. Virden
Francis Johnson
ST. James Episcopal Church
Presbyterian Church
ST. James Parish House
E. Timer & CO
Albert P. Southwick
A. & Rife
West Sebree Street
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