Notable New Year Events From History Across Centuries
The piece surveys January 1 events including Juan Diaz de Solis's river discovery, his death, Bartholomew Murillo's birth and death, Hobson’s option origin, Norfolk 1776 fire, Morristown 1781 revolt, Ceres discovery, East Haddam 1810 marriages, 1914 London fog, 1818 White House reopening, 1825 Britain recognizing Latin America, and Lincoln's emancipation proclamation, noting numerous historic ties to New Year’s Day.
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Juan ‘Diaz de Solis
Ex‘plorer
South America
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Bartholomew Esteban Murillo
Seville
Cadiz
Catherine
Jesus
Thomas Hoon
Cambridge
England
Hobson
Norfolk
Lord Dunmore
Liverpool
Morristown
N. J
Pennsylvania
Piazzi
Palermo
Ceres
East Haddam
Conn
London
Thames
White House
Monroe
Great Britain
Paul Reveré
Ride
Mason and
Sildell
Fort Warren
Lincoln
Rome
Greece
When New Year's Calls Were Made in Cartoons Magazine
Paul T. Gilbert reflects on bygone New Year customs with formal revelry and social grace. He contrasts ancient wassail gatherings and punch bowls with modern manners, noting waning chivalry and warmer social ceremonials of earlier days.
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Wassail
Nectah
Paul T. Gilbert
Cartoons Magazine
New Year Hint Misquotes Philosophers
A Philadelphia reader cites a quip about good resolutions, attributing it to Confucius or Lao-Tse, and notes it as a caution about ambitious, fainting: carried out. The brief reflects a humorous misattribution in a city column.
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Confucius
Red Cross Aids French Refugees Amid War Devastation
Reports from Evian and Paris detail American Red Cross efforts to aid repatriates from France and Belgium including 680 Belgian children arriving at Evian. Doctors, nurses, ambulances, and a tuberculosis program support nutrition, housing, and medical care as Pershing and Petain coordinate family welfare and home service.
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France
United
Red Cross
War Council of the
American Red Cross
Paris
Hvian
Belgium
Evian
Lake Geneva
Ain Ambulance Service
William Allen
Kansas
Ife
Pershing
General Petain
Krétch
M.P. Murphy
Mr. White
Wishard
California
Wilson
M. G. Ae
Amercan Red Cross
Wiliam Allen
Wolte
General Pershing
Bomb Raid by Shell Light in World War I Frontline Action
A Cornhill Magazine illustration by Boyd Cable depicts a dusk raid by English troops on a German trench in France. Infantry breach wire, seize dugouts, and capture or evacuate wounded and prisoners as shells and machine gun fire taper off.
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France
Cornhill
Boyd Cable
Writing implement blends wax and pumice for ink supply
The device by William C. Geer of Akron uses a wax and pumice stone mix with ink to replace pens and pencils. Heated and cooled to form a cellular, ink-filled body, it allegedly wears smoothly on paper and delivers a uniform ink supply.
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William C. Geer
Akron
Popular Science Monthly
Sammies Scrapbook Idea Notes From England Observed
A casual fragment notes Kipling started scrapbooks in England for TM the wounded family, praising the idea and marking it as a good one.
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Sammie
Kipling
Ingland
New York Artist Refuses to Joke as Fame Grows
In New York a once humorous artist known for his wit now basks in vogue and treats his work seriously. Owen Johnson noted seeing him alone in a restaurant and remarked on his severed jocular veil, expressing pity for Arthur.
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New York
Owen Johnson
Arthur
Point of View Dialogue From Irish Labor Tale
A fragmented dialogue depicts a contractor and Mike conversing about family, faith, and fate. An Irishman on a ladder questions dual duties, while the other deflects with a weary, folk wisdom tone reflecting life’s contradictions and loyalties.
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Mike
Enya
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