New Year Customs Across Nations and Historic Dueling Pistols
The article surveys New Year celebrations from ancient Egypt to Japan noting contrasts in timing, ritual, and public festivity. It recounts a Geneva anecdote about Hamilton Burr dueling pistols, their use in multiple duels, and the chance fate of their current ownership through Richard Church and descendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Tokyo
Lbton Transcript
Hamilton
Burn
Geneva
N. Y
Richard Church
Church
Burr
Mr. Church
Damon
Hamillton
New Year's Eve With Mother
Jim Jenkins plots a social highlight at the Colonial while his mother lies ill at home. He weighs duty against a beloved party as his father plans a doctor visit and urges him to stay. The moment tests his budding sense of responsibility and family loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Colonial
Blair County
Jane Bendon
The
Colonial
Jenkins
Yvett
Jim
Mat
Blowsville
Christmas customs among Pawnees and Texan crime reports
The article describes Pawnee Oklahoma Christmas celebrations with a council house, gifts from toys to automobiles, feasting, dancing and a tree. It also mentions Eagle Eye and Anita helping with interpretive duties for the holiday. Separately, Texas reports include Otto Nami's 15 year sentence for the 1922 fatal shooting, a post office safe burglary near Panhandle, and a string of 1924 motor accidents across Austin and surrounding areas with weather-related slides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawnees
Pawnee
Okla
Eagle Eye
LaGrange
Texas
Otto Nami
Cuero
John K. Ross
Austin
Nami
San Marcos
Ceme
Tax Time Talk Sparks Wampus Quip
A speaker quotes a Wampus fellow remarking that many men act as if the government should pay them for the time spent figuring out their income tax returns. The remark riffs on frustration with complex tax duties and government help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wampus
A Happy New Year by H Lucius Cook
A New Year greeting encourages forgiving the past and starting anew with honest efforts to fulfill dreams. It urges perseverance beyond slips and suggests every day can be a fresh beginning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Lucius Cookew
Also Mentioned on This Page
New Year
Iowa
Western Newspaper Union
Greece
Russia
Egypt
China
Rome
Janus
Derbyshire
England
By Emily Burks Adams
Western Newsp
Eer Union
Nathan Yale
Carlisle
Miss Yale
Anita
Rachel
State News
Panhandle
Joe Compton
AustinAgaine
Puda Eary
Mor Tian
San Antonio
Dallas
Mallas
Bradstreet
Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits
Sterling Bros
Fredericksburg
Joe Schaetter & Son
Felix W. Maier
Machine and Blacksmith Shop
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