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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1906
Page
8
A Denver Post excerpt humorously records Little Johnny planning New Year resolutions. He vows to quit cutting wood and Sunday school, hopes to get a goat, and seeks revenge on Tommy Hunt, then concludes that’s enough for now as New Year begins.
The article notes Italian American households preparing New Year dishes and gifts. Black eyed children anticipate strenna from relatives while elders receive advance remittances, with bankers on Mulberry Street thriving on capo d anno remittances as a festive custom.
On New Year's Eve Italians greet the stroke of midnight with rustling laughter as maidens kiss as many young men as possible. After the kiss, couples walk and the first person of the opposite sex a roisterer meets is thought to be their future partner in life.
The New Year customs begin with a 5 AM religious festival where the Mikado, in traditional dress, leads deputies and diplomats to a temple to pray for the nation. A ceremonial breakfast follows, then a three hour reception with the emperor and empress. Souvenirs pass, rice offerings abound, red paper doors bring luck, blue if a death occurred. The day ends with visits and theater performances.
Professor John William Burgess, Theodore Roosevelt professor at the University of Berlin, addressed the emperor on peace and civilization. He cited the German emperor’s New Year wish for exchange of American and German professors to teach across universities as part of broader academic diplomacy.
Mackenzie recalls New Year 1880s Hawaii in the Louis Republic describing a poker night at the king's library. Kalakaua entertains with card tables and gives a royal gift of forty ten dollar pieces, noting the old shillings spent on missionaries have come back many times over.
An East Side Italian community on Mulberry Street marks the turn of the year with the capodanno gift tradition. Relatives bestow cash and small personal items to children and elders, speaking greetings of Buon capo d anno and extending wishes for many years. Vermicelli is served as part of the New Year meal.
The Columbia trustees nominated John William Burgess a Rug gles professor and dean of political science for a professorship funded by the German government. The ministry of education appointed him, and Germany will establish at Columbia a German history and institutions chair. Similar posts are expected at Paris and London.
A story from a north Germany hunting trip claims Emperor William breakfasted at a young couple’s castle. He asked a servant for milk and sugar for his tea but was served soup. He drank the cup with milk and sugar after realizing the mistake to spare the hostess embarrassment.
Viscount Sinzo Aoki, Japan's ambassador to Washington, heads the diplomatic response after protests over excluding Japanese children from San Francisco schools. The incident tests US Japan relations, with Aoki noted for long service in diplomacy and ties to Germany through marriage.
A young farmer elected to the state legislature faces party discipline over voting. A city hireling misinterprets orders in a pasture, plowing in a rambling path while trying to follow the cue to plow toward the red cow. The tale underscores political instruction and rural work ethic with gentle humor.
Visitors asked how staff control inmates leaving the asylum. The guide explains a trough of water kept running and inmates must bail it out. Those who are not idiots turn off the tap, proving the method.
District Court in Jefferson County Nebraska orders sale of multiple parcels in the village of Diller for partition in a case with John F. E. Clark as plaintiff and George H. Clark et al as defendants. Referees set sale for January 18, 1907 at 8:00 PM at the south front door of the Fairbury courthouse. Sale will be to the highest cash bidder of described lands including sections 21 23 26 in Town 1 2 and ranges 3 4 with Clark addition lands.
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