Hidden Ties in Glen caid Bachelor Ball
Naida Hernon confesses her secret meeting with Bob Hampton a miner and her past with Gillis. Lieut Brant wrestles with trust as Naida reveals she is Gillis’s daughter and plans to see Hampton again while navigating danger and social tensions in Glen caid.
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Fort Bethune
Hampton
Gillis
Pesrity
Seventh Cavalry
Lieut. T.in
Lencaid
Red Slavin
Glencaid
Phoebe Spencer
Miss Meet
Naida
Rev. Wynkoop
Brant
Silent Murphy
Custer
Miss Spencer
Lieut
Lieut. Brant
Bob Hampton
Black Range
Naida Hernon
Cat
Naida Gillis
Old Gillis
Brant and Hampton clash over Naida Gillis in tense scene
Lieutenant Brant confronts Hampton about influence over Naida Gillis after a night of shared events. Hampton calmly rebukes Brant, denying coercive intent and warning him to cease pursuing Miss Gillis, as Brant weighs the moral clash and the mystery surrounding Silent Murphy.
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Brant
Hampton
Naida
Naida Gillis
Gillis
Silent Murphy
Murphy
Watson
Leutenant
Bane
Red Slavin
Glencaid
Moonlit road scene of a pursuing stride
A vivid line depicts a figure striding along a moonlit road while two others, warmed by pressure, stand behind and watch him move forward.
New Year Day The World Around by Daniel Cleverton
New Year customs differ by country and era. In early New England Pilgrims rejected the day as pagan while Father Time symbolized renewal. Watch night rituals and church services mark the transition and social customs from Dutch settlers persisted with old habits and superstitions.
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Daniel Cleverton
United States
New England
Janus
New Year Gift Traditions in France Stand Out
The article notes New Year customs differ by region with France showing a unique emphasis on gift giving. It describes how France treats New Year as the year's chief festival, linking the observance to ancient Druids Romans and Christians, highlighting homage to women and playful freedom for children.
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Oliver Cromwell
France
Hogmanay and Village Gifts Across Scotland and Russia
The article describes Scottish New Year customs with Daft Days Hogmanay cries and oat cake offerings for children. It contrasts Russia’s New Year, where peas and wheat are tossed at foes and guests, a horse is paraded to a nobleman, then livestock and fowls arrive as gifts to the lord.
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France
Scotland
Russia
Wassail Traditions in England and Scotland
Customs in England and Scotland share a wassail tradition with singing and toasts. The article notes wassail greetings, the midnight wassail drink, doors opened to let in good spirits, and the disposal of peacock feathers and year’s luck tokens on doorsteps.
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England
Scotland
German New Year Custom of Hat Ransom on Sylvester Nacht
The article describes a Berlin New Year custom on Sylvester Nacht where crowds batter tall silk hats with cheers of Hut ab. Victims become captives and must answer Meister after paying a ransom, reflecting riots of 1848 when the bourgeoisie faced hostility for wearing high hats.
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Berlin
St Basil’s Eve Customs In Caesarea Turkish City
Quaint New Year customs mark St Basil’s eve in Caesarea where Greek subjects of the sultan live. The city is adorned shops fill with toys sweets and festoons. Women bake St Basil’s cake in preparation for the celebration and Rajah boys go door to door receiving money fruit and cake while singing blessings.
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Caesarea
New Year Customs in Japan and China
N Japan observes New Year on the Gregorian calendar with debts settled and an old custom of gifting awabi shells to symbolize frugality. In China people greet each other in the streets, saying Kung-h Kung-hi and Sin-hi, while cities glow with lanterns and red mottoes. blue paper signals a death in the year.
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Japan
China
The Happy Man and his Silent Pledge
A brief reflection on a man who has nothing to swear off and therefore pledges to abstain from nothing. The piece notes he will not need to invent reasons to break a pledge at dawn.
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Ay Randell Parrish
MSG
Ealioy
Bob
Wright A. Patterson
Germany
Turkey
the Far East
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