New Year's Old Time Rituals and Customs Across Lands
The piece recalls old New Year traditions from Britain and Ireland, noting how families celebrated at home with games and gifts, contrasts with modern expensive restaurant outings, and discusses historical views on New Year gifts, calls, and superstitions. It covers mumming, Hogmanay, first footing, and regional practices in Scotland, England, Guernsey, and Morayshire, plus traditional foods like German New Year cakes and Ireland’s eye cake lore.
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Henry Bourne
All Sainte
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Stillingflest
Chus Wormlus
Scheffer
Snorro Studenen
Porthin
St. Austin
Bourne
Hespinian
Philadelphia
London
Newranthon-Tyne
England
Scotland
France
Edinburgh
Guernsey
Burghhead
Morayshire
Shropshire
Broadway
America
Germany
Ireland
Complete in Him The New Year Call to a Lordward Life
A Christian man sits in the Masters presence contemplating the new year. He seeks what kind of man and work he should be and do, guided by old words made new in the year ahead. The message centers on being complete in him and doing all through Christ.
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Christ
Hishop McDowell
Cauion
Z. J T
New Year Whimsical View From Talia Ward Howe
Talia Ward Howe dismisses New Year resolutions as hollow, urging year round good intentions. She recalls Oliver Wendell Holmes’s ironic tobacco vow and notes Holmes’ quip about turning over a new leaf with each cigar after meals.
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Talia Ward Howe
Boston
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Observation on culture and readers at the newsstand
A narrator notes an era of exceptional culture while Farmer Corntessel remarks that people flock to the newsstand for light reading yet a skilled book agent is needed to sell a set of Shakespeare. The dialogue highlights contrasts between popular fluff and classic literature through two distinct voices.
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Farmer Corntessel
Thieving Geese Swim River and Return with Stolen Hens
A Brewerton dispatch reports that geese from the Binn farm swam across the river with hens on their necks, aiding the disappearance of ten prized hens. Investigators traced 40 unfamiliar hens joining the Binn flock, aiding the farmer Cage in recovering his birds. The incident ends with the geese kept in a pen as the owner resumes his poultry.
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Bagg
Binn
Explaining the Mystery to Soldiers in a Comic Tale
A Ninth Cavalry unit aboard a Pacific bound troopship puzzled by the missing Sunday after crossing the 180th meridian. An old sergeant offers a humorous, folksy explanation about poles and time as the soldiers listen. Also referenced is Marie Cassova the violinist and a reception mishap where a pianist must improvise with violin only, lacking a piano.
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Pacific
Philippines
Ninth Cavalry
180Th
Mail Order Debacle Promotes Home Buying Reform
An insider recalls a mail order empire from its humbler days to million dollar capitalization, revealing cash-only orders, large stock grants, and lavish profits enjoyed by principals Y and Z while customers buy illusions. The narrator critiques widespread reliance on distant catalogs and urges communities to unite, invest locally, and defend domestic commerce.
Ethics Queries in New York County Bar on Lawyer Conduct
A New York County Lawyers Association ethics committee examined a case where a firm’s ex judge member wrote a court opinion cited against his clients. The committee ruled that referencing the judge’s current view in the firm’s brief was improper and outside allowable argument. It also condemned an advertisement offering advisory and fiduciary services with bank references, deeming it improper professional conduct.
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New York County Lawyers’ Association
Fim
Bia
A& Follows
Messages on Cannon Balla and the tale of Anadnagar
A historical note recounts messages sent on shells and cannon balls. In a Calcutta museum a silver cannon ball bears engraved characters from Anadnagar’s siege. Princess Cande resisted Mogul invasions by molding treasury gold and silver into bullets inscribed to curse the oppressor.
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Calcutta
Anadnagar
Cande
India
Town Council Cancels Dog Tax Notice in Local Paper
A small southwestern town council cancels a notice to appear in the focal newspaper about a proposed dog tax. The outdated levy was to be one dollar per dog tale and three dollars vice versa, as cited in Harper's Magazine.
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Focal
Harper's Magazine
Hogs to Peanuts and Pinochle Origins Highlight 1900s Youth Life
In southern Virginia farmers turn hogs to peanuts with profits from food and feed plus hay. Government advice backs peanut efforts and peanut butter prize offers appear. The Youth's Companion cites a sermon on ambition and a note that pinochle originated in the United States around 1850 among German settlers, quickly becoming a popular card game.
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Virginia
Cas
United States
Another Generation and the Judges Era
The piece surveys Israelite history from Joshua through the Judges, noting repeated apostasy, God’s wrath and mercy, and the rise of judges who delivered the people. It links idolatry to national ruin, cites missteps after Joshua, and frames the period as preparation for monarchy with emphasis on obedience to God.
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Therm
Saul
David
Solomon
Elijah
Amos
Hosea
Jonah
Daniel
Joshua Jareel
Jehovah
Rver
Anon
God
Joshua
Jesus
Haal
Egypt
R. V
Baal
Ashtaroth
Israel
Professor Beecher
Tsrail
God's
Ruth
Hannah
Samuel
Scattered Odds and Gossip From Cape Cod to New York
A fragmentary column blends tales of an English humorist in America and social quips. The piece cites George Coban on improvised shifting manners, then moves through brief quips about fashion and advice, including stray remarks on Castoria ads, Mrs. Austin’s Bank, and a few wry one liners.
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America
Cape Cod
Tralley
Manchester-by
George Coban
New York
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