New Year's Visit Reveals A Dr Spud’s Secret
Mrs Spud endures a year of quiet strain as her husband Dr Spud hides a study door routine and a New Year’s gift from his wife. On New Year’s Eve a dying patient brings truth to light, and a safe reveals letters of love to be read in time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finneh Jack
John
Jolo Byagbed Alul
Mary
Dr. Spud
Tito
Joba
Spud
Weseculis
Mary Anne
HNC
Dack
Louis
Spitewood
Loeuly
Jack
Wouil
Bat Tie
Spewing
Spude
Neornend Liev
Mr. Brown
Mrs. Spud
White and Clean Is the New Year
A reflective poem by I A Edgerton Hite urging moral renewal as a yearly ideal. It contrasts a spotless, sunrise washed world with a tainted human life and calls for a pure, virtuous view of the world and self, envisioning a year ending as glorified as its dawn.
Birthday of Adam as ancient New Year across cultures
The article surveys New Year’s origins as the birthday of Adam and traces its celebration from Persian and Roman rites to Chinese Japanese and Celtic practices. It notes the modern adoption of the Gregorian calendar and comments on changing festive customs, including traditional toasts and midnight lore in Brittany where legends claim animals speak and stones move at midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic
Janus
China
Japan
Athenian
Republc
England
Russia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alice Louise Lee
Alice
Mary Aline
Christ
I. A. Edgerton
J. A. Edgerton
Earth
Adam
Scandinavia
Brittany
Ethel