Overland Convention Boosts Iowa Dealers in Toledo
Nearly 200 Iowa dealers from 109 towns joined a Des Moines hosted Overland convention in Toledo. The Iowa contingent toured the 103 acre plant, observed a 1000 cars daily assembly, and attended banquets and shows. Dealers placed orders totaling 9 million dollars for spring delivery amid praise for Overland's scale and hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Thelemens Auto Co
Des Moines
McKnight
Overland
Mwe
Dee Moines
Cedar Rapids
Aiaenport
Burlington
Ineapolis
Duluth
Overland Company
Toledo
Ioca
Overland Band
Julia N. Willys
Hal Ray
A. W. Eberhart
E. C. Fisher
Rock Island
A.C. Burrows
New York Central
A New Year's Meditation TRE earth and year’s end
A reflective meditation on a year ending and a new one beginning. The earth is brown cold and somber as the year’s disappointments fade, snow covers the desolation, and a fresh year dawns with hope and mercy. The poem speaks to renewal and human possibility.
New Years Calls and Social Morality Theme
The piece notes New Year’s Day calls among gentlemen and ladies, counting visits and social expectations. It cites Harv and Jack Ballard’s plan for twenty-fifth and fifty calls, plus Grandmother’s view that alcohol at such visits sets a poor example for the new year. It mentions Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Helt visiting Grand River with daughter Mrs. Will Ree.
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United States
Jack Ballard
Charles Batte
Loomis
W. H. Helt
Will Ree
Grand River
I Will Sell My Idle Ways
A Kansas City Star article describes Chinese New Year customs as a time for atonement and new fortunes. It notes debt payments, family rituals, lavish greetings, ancestor blessings, and two weeks of feasting, with the calendar’s complex timing and the first day marked by a sun position rule.
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Kansas City
China
Ciana
New Year Customs From Scotland And Devonshire Wassailing
New Year customs are described from Scotland via the Tossuen Herald noting first footing and warming kegs of spiced ale shared among neighbors. Devonshire survives wassailing the orchard with carols around fruit trees while sprinking salt and breadcrumbs and invoking bearing fruit. Also listed are Hasbrouck's sale items for December 29 featuring high quality mules and mares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Tostun
Devonshire
England
Hasbrouck’s
The Best Resolution for the New Year
A self-help essay urging personal mastery belief and continual improvement. Written by Mrs. S. V. Deaton of Cassile Wantingdon County Pa. winner of the Philadelphia Press prize for What Is the Best Resolution To Make For the New Year.
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Imus
V. Deaton
Cassile
Wantingdon County
New Year's Morning Reflection by Rev Ralph Welles Neeler
A Houston era notification-style meditation on fresh beginnings. The passage notes a changed outlook as the old year passes, a gentler mood, and renewed purpose to pursue better human conduct. It frames the dawn of the new year as a chance for personal reform and aiding others.
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Ralph Welles Neeler
New Year Bible Dipping Customs in Old England
A reader recalls the old New Year ritual in parts of England where a Bible was dipped open on two pages before breakfast. The chosen chapter was interpreted to foretell the year ahead, with Leviticus and Numbers noted as potential sources for divination.
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England
New Year Gifts in Old New England
Old New England customs show gifts at New Year rather than Christmas. Gloves and pins were common when scarce items appeared, oranges studded with cloves and apples on tripod sticks entertained, and monetary gifts along with books and other small tokens circulated among friends in colonial times.
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New England
The New Year Vision by Frank Walcott Hutt
The poem speaks in the voice of Mary G Brmrard in Youths Companion praising a new year. It declares peace with foes, hope for the future, and freedom from past sorrows as the old year ends. The speaker proclaims triumph, forgiveness, and a tranquil dawn with songs of morning and peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brichten
Mary G
Inghways
Frank Walcott Hutt
Henry Hasbrouck Comes Home for Christmas Visit
Henry Hasbrouck of Battle Lake Minnesota arrived Wednesday to spend Christmas with home folks. He has rented his farm in Minnesota and will spend at least a year in University vicinity.
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P. Il, McKnight
Henry Hasbrouck
Battle Lake
Minn
Minnesota
Unis
Hut Ab on New Year’s Eve A German Hat Demolition Custom
The article describes St Sylvester’s day street customs in Germany including the demolition of silk hats worn by strangers. Crowds chant Hut ab shouting and strike hats from wearers head, a practice dating to 1848 linked to bourgeoisie hostility, with police intervention and a brief note on a Rhenish custom of declaring Prosit Neujahr and making a captive paying ransom.
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Berlin
St. Syl
St. Sylvester's Day
Jis
Ranson
Why New Year’s Day Now and the Ancient Timereckoning
Oswald notes in the Cincinnati Enquirer that New Year’s timing is historically arbitrary and tied to calendar quirks. He contrasts modern month-based beginnings with ancient systems from Arabs, Saxons, and Celts, arguing December could be shifted to align seasons and reduce confusion about winter and summer months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldur
Oswald
Cincinnati Enquirer
Fisher to Sell Belgians and Normans at Hasbrook’s sale
WeiNavi C W Fisher plans a December 20 sale at Hasbrook’s featuring two stal lions Belgian and Norman quality breeding stock. Fisher departs for Montana and will sell the horses regardless of price to buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.W. Fisher
Hasbrouck
Sele
Mr. Fisher
Montana
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