Timekeeping Master Tells Of Half Century In Watchmaking
Elgin Illinois features William H Samelius director of Elgin School and dean of American fine watchmakers who has worked over fifty years. He notes modern watches demand tight tolerances and precision with tiny parts and intricate screws while teaching students to maintain accuracy within .0001 inch and master all manufacturing steps. He arrived in America in 1881 and learned from a royal Swedish watchmaker father.
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Samelius
Elgin School
Royal
Sweden
America
Honesty Rewarded as Jail Contender Finds Heirloom
In St Louis a jailed youth, 18 year old Robert Tolliver, recovered a family heirloom watch mechanism found in a jail trash box. Fontbonne College students noted the loss and left a $5 reward for the finder. Warden E. E. Hensley stated honesty earned Tolliver five dollars.
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ST. Louis
Robert Tolliver
Fontbonne College
E. E. Hensley
Tolliver
Hensley
It Took Seven Years to Catch a 30-Pound Chinook
In Nehalem Oregon L Judd finally landed a 30 pound Chinook after an hour and a half struggle on the Nehalem River. He spent seven of his 79 summers hoping for the big fish and told reporters his family doubted he could catch a salmon.
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Ore
A L. Judd
Judd
Fountain Street Remains Quiet As Steps Vanish At Night
In Baltimore Maryland Fountain Street near the docks withdraws its front steps each night. The red brick row houses feature two white wooden steps when visible. Residents sit outside on porches during the day sharing gossip as passers by observe the missing steps.
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Baltimore
Fountain Street
Baltimore Docks
Mechanical pickers push husking bee romance into past
Audubon Iowa residents witness the rise of mechanical corn pickers as two row machines replace hand husking. Experts say the old husking contests remain popular in spirit, though champions now work with machines in their fields.
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Audubon
Iowa
Elmer G. Carlson
Carlson
Varl
Space Is Relative
A lawsuit seeks to clear title to a narrow land strip two and a half inches wide and 140 feet long lying between a theater and a store in Hamilton Montana. The action names the involved parties and claims ownership of the elusive property.
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Hamilton
Mont
Montana
Women Can Vote If They Tell Exact Age
Nebraska voters who are women must state their exact age when registering. The state attorney general has ruled that saying legal age is insufficient. Lancaster County Attorney Frederick Wagener requested the opinion after some women refused to provide their precise ages.
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Lincoln
Neb
Frederick Wagener
Lancaster County
Wife Opens Country Store With 5000 Stock Inventory
A wife launches a country store and reports stock inventory around 5000 dollars. She has plans to remodel the farm home to add more merchandise for sale.
New Year Resolve to Smile Save and Serve
A reflective New Year message urges recording a clean page with life and nation in mind. Quoting Longfellow, it calls to be up and doing, learn to labor and wait, and to smile save and serve for a morning of life and growth.
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Longfellow
Day's mixup of New Year dates across calendars
A brief essay explains how New Year dates varied from 1552 to 1772 as Europe and England shifted calendars at different times. It notes Gregorian reform, Jewish New Year variability, and Islamic dating, then offers a moral reflection on choosing a constructive path into the new year.
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Europe
England
Gregory III
Mecca
New Year Call Etiquette Among 19th Century American Ladies
The article describes Christmas and New Year hospitality customs where young women of socially active families hosted male friends. Social barriers eased, invitations informal, and conversations more relaxed. Mothers urged daughters to find suitable suitors, while men faced a ten minute limit for visits to preserve propriety.
New Year's Day Across Cultures and Calendars
The article traces how New Year's Day has varied by culture and era. It notes Islamic October 17 Hebrews September Chinese early February Egyptian Phoenician Persian autumn equinox September 21 Greek winter solstice December 21 then June 21 from 432 B C due to the Greeks. It covers Caesar's Julian reform January 1 and medieval Christian dates March 25. It also cites Anglo Saxon shifts from December 25 to January 1 and later to March 25 under English changes before Gregorian adoption.
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Caesar
Angl
Eng
New Year Reunion Breaks Jessie’s Quiet Night
Jessie wanders a snowy park haunted by memories of Jerry as New Year’s Eve echoes with past dances. A knock brings Jerry to her door and a bittersweet moment as music resumes and old feelings surge, testing whether love can be revived.
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Jessie
Jerry
Ruth
Jess
Edwin Markham Exhorts Readers to Welcome a New Era
The quotation declares farewell to the old years and dead, claiming the speaker has mined the past and saved its grain. It announces readiness to embrace the future with wine and bread and a call to move forward with hands to the years ahead.
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Edwin Markham
Progress on New Year milestones across history
A dated recap notes the first practical fire engine tested on New Year’s Day 1852 and mentions a Pacific cable completion and a Vespucci voyage discovery among other historically referenced events. The text includes mixed, uncertain dates and fragmented phrases.
Pagan New Year Roots Traced Amid Medieval Calendar Debates
Origin of January 1 as new year traced to pagan times with medieval clashes over dates. A small faction proposed March 25 as year start, while others argued for different days, reflecting the era’s calendar confusion and religious reform debates.
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New York
Moscow
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L. D. Stearns
IL Wyes
Me Janeiro
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Scott's
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St. Louis, Me
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