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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1915
Page
3
A fanciful old year dies and the New Year hosts a grand feast for 365 guests with the Days as stewards. Christmas Day leads, Ash Wednesday drinks, and Valentine courts May while various Days mingle in a year end revelry. The narrative ends with a moral: delight others to brighten the New Year.
Philadelphia's quiet reputation gives way to a one day revelry the New Year shooters parade. Elaborate robes kings and pages crowd Broad Street while revelers mock public figures and current events in a night parade brighter than Mardi Gras.
Bells mark New Year across many countries with origins in Christian rites led by Bishop Paulinus. From Moscow’s great bell to Philadelphia’s Christ Church chimes, the tradition evolved from exorcising spirits to a modern electrically played sequence.
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