Advertising Weeks Multiply in a Crowded Calendar of Observances
Elmo Scott Watso notes a trade article by Guy E. Marion showing 135 observed weeks in 1928 as advertisers create days and weeks to capture public interest. Governors receive numerous requests for official endorsement of initiatives like Eat More Pecans Week and Wash Your Windows Week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Watters
Eliza
Guy E. Marlon
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
John Cotton Dana
New Jersey Public Mbrary
United States Chamber of Commerce
Bureau of Business Standards
Shidw
Chicago Daily News
The
New York Times
Ansar
Marion
Anti-Hog Thief Association
Marlon
Blithe and Bold Poe Se Hight a Sy Frances Morgan Entry
The excerpt praises youthful optimism and self belief as key to future success. It reflects on the value of faith in one's abilities and the balance needed between optimism and restraint while urging readers to pursue higher hopes. It emphasizes hope for spiritual and material advancement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sy-Frances- Morgan
Aoetti
New Year Blessings From 1927 Western Newspaper Union
A garbled New Year message from the crown prince of time promises peace and prosperity for the nation and community. It speaks of progress toward goals, profitable investment, harvest rewards, and health and wealth under divine mercy attributed to Gadtoall, attributed to William Lo Gaston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gadtoall Manhlod
William Lo Gaston
A Day of Kindness Plans For Every Remaining Day
Gloria Jamison resolves after New Year’s morn to spread cheer beyond Christmas by giving kind words smiles notes and calls. She lists sixty four names in an old tablet to record good deeds for the rest of the year and imagines a year needing a thousand days to complete all acts of kindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloria Jamison
Gloria
Nam
Weaten Newspaper Union
A Wish for a Bright Opening Year
A greeting wishing the addressee a bright opening year and steady life filled with light through the days ahead, expressing hope for improvement and happiness as time passes.
No clear topic in readable text to form a headline
The fragment discusses signing and delegating to draft resolutions for everyone to sign, but lacks identifiable people, places, or events to anchor a proper news item.
Passing of the Old Year Reflections and New Year Hope
In a Kansas City Star piece the writer recalls New Year’s Eve as a moment of quiet reflection. Memories of 1927 mix with hopeful gaze toward 1928, noting joys, losses, and renewed resolutions as lights rise and a grand march begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulirk
Europe
Daby
Withir Pang
Kansas
Star
Fragmentary year notes and whispered omens hint at change
Fragmented lines hint at a passing year and stubborn curfews. The text evokes old year rituals and omens, suggesting reflection on time and renewal through scattered phrases and broken imagery.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elmo Scott Watso
Chamber of Commerce
Wesky
American Legion
New York State
Near East
Efficiency
Ontario
New England
Omaha
Pennsylvania
Red Cross
Rotary
Oakland
Calif
Virginia
Visual Education
Washington-Lincoln
AK Nees
Western Newspaper Union
Smeth
G. B. Lyons
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