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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1947
Page
3
A historical note describes New Year's Day gatherings where American belles hosted male guests with relaxed social forms. The piece highlights how barriers of etiquette lowered and formal introductions were unnecessary during these gala events of former years.
The text notes how women advised their unmarried daughters to find a good marriage among many suitors while the young women were described as fast workers. It also emphasizes that regardless of informality, a young man should not linger more than ten minutes on such New Year’s Day calls.
An editorial urges readers to start the new year with resolve and action. It quotes Longfellow on life’s earnestness and calls for a daily motto to smile save and serve, acknowledge failures as lessons, and plant seeds of kindness for future growth.
The article explains that New Year dates varied worldwide with large shifts between Julian and Gregorian calendars. It notes Pope Gregory III's 10 day removal, England not adopting until 1772, and Jewish New Year falling between September and October. It also mentions the Muslim calendar starting from A D 622 and trailing the Gregorian by about 600 years.
At the start of each year two paths appear one downward toward decline and one upward toward growth. Life greets those who choose wisely urging action today to shape tomorrow. The message encourages living fully now to create beauty in the year ahead.
The year begins with the only community on Chatham Island marking New Year annually. This British islet west of the International Date Line hosts a Polynesian fisher community and a few British residents who greet the new year in proper fashion. Chatham lies 40 miles east of New Zealand.
The article outlines diverse New Year dates from October 17 for Muslims, September for Hebrews, early February for Chinese, and autumn equinox September 21 for Egyptians Phoenicians and Persians. It notes Greek usage until 432 BC and Roman changes to January 1 under Caesar, plus medieval Anglo Saxon shifts from December 25 to March 25 before Gregorian adoption.
Poem fragment expresses renewal and resolve as the speaker shifts from past to future. The speaker claims to leave dead eras behind, having mined for value, and looks forward to new opportunities of wine and bread with energy and optimism.
On New Year's Day 1952 the first practical fire engine was tested. The timeline notes a cable across the Pacific completed January 1 1903 and the Social Security Administration inaugurated in 1937. Amerigo Vespucci and the Bay of Rio de Janeiro are also referenced with 1502.
Elgin Illinois features William H. Samelius director of Elgin watchmakers college with 50 years in the trade. He teaches precision tolerances of .0001 inches and discusses tiny components like 4 666 000 rolled jewels and 20 000 screws fitting a sewing thimble.
In St Louis Tolliver an 18 year old jailed for breaking into a building received a $5 reward for honesty. A Fontbonne college class inspected the jail and one student lost a watch mechanism. Tolliver found the mechanism in a trash box and turned it in to Warden Hensley earning the reward.
NEHALEM ORE Charles L Judd spent seven of his 73 summers rowing the Nehalem river in quest of a salmon. He finally hooked a 30 pound Chinook after a one hour and a half battle. Judd said his family doubted he could catch a salmon and wanted proof.
Fountain Street in Baltimore near the docks turns in and out its porch steps daily. Red brick row houses with two white wooden steps lead to the doors. Residents recall evening porch gatherings and debate the origin of the custom.
Audubon Iowa readers learn the rise of two row mechanical corn pickers, now common on nine million acres, threatening traditional husking contests. Elmer Carlson and his brother Varl, once national champions, say contests may return but machines dominate.
A lawsuit seeks to clear title to a two and a half inch wide by 140 foot long land strip between a theater and a store in Hamilton Montana. The case highlights a peculiar property boundary dispute on public record.
Lincoln Nebraska. Nebraska women who register to vote must state their exact age the state attorney general ruled. Lancaster county attorney Frederick Wagener had asked for the opinion after some women refused to give their precise ages.
Opal Gardemann, a Benton county farmer's wife and former teacher, started Hobby Harbor as a country mercantile from her farm home near Shellsburg. What began with 500 dollars in stock has grown to about 5000 dollars, with plans to remodel for more merchandise. The store offers radios, washing machines, and a variety of hard to find items to local families and passing motorists.
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