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Newspaper
Moulton Advertiser
Location
Moulton, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1920
Page
3
A simple New Year watch party plan with informal games and costumes. Includes fanning contests, Pierrot costumes, square dances, Virginia reel, and ample refreshments. Emphasizes modest plans, natural hosting, and timing to end with a solemn clock moment and festive toasts.
The Detroit Free Press reflects on the passing year with mixed pride and regret. It thanks Old Year for lessons, acknowledges mistakes, and looks to the New Year with cautious optimism, saying life unfolds as time moves from night to morning.
A survey of historical New Year kissing customs from Lancashire parish legends to Basque churchyard rites. It notes nocturnal keyhole kisses for luck, porch reunions in Wensleydale, kissing the church bell and coffin wood, and how mayoral duties or taxes led to kisses with market women and public-house fines.
A reflective statement advocates reform akin to a New Year’s pledge of virtue. It argues any credible step toward moral improvement would qualify as reform, emphasizing broad societal change over minor fixes. The tone calls for practical, reachable progress.
A heartfelt verse asks for blessings in the new year and beyond. It pleads for daily grace and enduring affection, hoping for continued closeness and protection from love that remains strong through life and sleep.
New Year's in Manila blends Christmas Easter and Independence Day traditions. Early mass at the cathedral draws women in old clothes, poorer folk barefoot, and the wealthy in black mantillas. After breakfast, people primp for callers, with raven hair oiled and adorned with red or yellow blossoms.
A prayerful reflection in old style language asking for guidance and presence of God through looming dangers and world troubles. It expresses trust in divine protection, health, joy, and strength to face unknown threats, ending with a plea for God to bless and sustain.
The State of Alabama Lawrence County notifies Mrs Ida Douglas Miles Texas that on December 29 1920 a paper purporting to be the will of A L Windham was filed for probate by O L Judgend and January 14 1921 was set for hearing. She may appear and contest the will. Judge J Kump is the probate judge. We do all kinds of job printing.
A New Year wishes joy for dear friends and ten months of happiness for others who care less. The speaker hopes good luck til the year ends for those not as close, while embracing closer friends with lasting cheer.
A Northern wind carries the Old Year away like a discrowned Lear, while holly glows on the bier and stars look down. Midnight light flickers over wintry snows as Time passes toward night, then a glad hail announces Twenty-One arrives with bells and cheer. Sudhuth, in N.World.
A survey of New Year customs across nations describes Belgian door keys pranksters, French revelry and gifts, German Prost Neujahr toasts, Russian peas to ward off bad luck, Madrid gift exchange, and Chinese rites with Buddha images and door gods, noting family reunions and religious observances.
A poetic fragment describes a tree labeled as a resolution tree. It features a straight, backward-leaning trunk with new leaves and glittering gloom. The poem notes a lack of cheerful glean and invites no light tasks, with branches hung with things to do.
In a festive restaurant scene Eleanor and Fred Richardson discuss marriage and Beth’s future, and soon confront a surprise infant found in their car. The couple wrestles with duty and desire as they drive to the police station, while Beth faces decisions about Jim Goddard and family plans.
In Probate Court Dec Term 1920 Lawrence County Alabama Byars administrator of the estate of E E Byars deceased files accounts and vouches for settlement. Parties interested may appear at the term of the court to contest. Given December 20 1920 office.
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