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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1912
Page
4
A historical sketch describes New York New Year calling from Dutch settlers to English rulers. It notes the custom’s social role, festive feasts, and fashion among young women, with calling practices expanding as the city grew. It contrasts upper class country-house traditions with commoners continuing the tradition as fashion faded.
A historical sketch of New Year customs from ancient Rome to Elizabethan England and early American practice. It notes Janus attribution, royal gifts to monarchs, and the rise of New Year calls, with New York state origins and expansion by settlers.
Alfred Tennyson calls for ringing out the old year's grief and false pride and ringing in truth, peace, and the Christ to be. The poem urges release of hunger and war while praising fuller humanity and shared good in the coming year.
A child asks why he cries as his father, a millionaire philanthropist, promises five dollars to spend at Christmas only if the boy raises an equal amount. The dialogue highlights social class and generosity in a compact, period tone.
The article notes that New Year’s Day customs in France center on gifts of candy and that Paris alone spent about $200000 on candies for New Year’s presents in 1912.
A reader describes how his bedridden father used Chamberlain's 8 Tablets after seeing an ad six years ago and recovered. The sister also benefited from the remedy. Advertises for sale by dealers. Also requests butter wrappers at Echo office.
On New Year’s morning 1864 in Martinsburg West Virginia Union troops under General Averill returned from the Salem raid in worn, ragged condition. They had marched twenty four days and endured extreme cold, losses, and pursuit. Uncle Sam later gave a full outfit on January 10 boosting their morale. An Egyptian New Year greeting notes scarabs linked with renewal and good wishes for the year.
The ad proclaims pneumonia as winter’s chief killer and touts Dr King’s New Discovery as the best cure for coughs colds and bronchial affections. A Vermont testimonial claims it prevented pneumonia several times and notes prices 50 cents and 1.00 with a free trial bottle at druggists.
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