New Year’s Eve farce of a bachelor and Dan Cupid
In the living room of a wealthy bachelor, a New Year’s Eve encounter unfolds with Dan Cupid. A sharp dialogue traces romantic denials and regrets across January to November as the bachelor pleads for Cupid to cease his arrows next year before burning a memory-filled book and toasting the Old and New Years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Cupid
James
Gjames
Eleanor
Dan
Jessica
Teacher
Wright A. Patterson
New Year Customs Around the World Explored
Daniel Clever surveys New Year practices across nations. He notes watch night services in the United States, Dutch traditions, French gifts, and Scottish Hogmanay. The piece contrasts pagan remnants with festive modern observances and details playful rites from Germany to England and Norway.
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Daniel
United States
New England
Janus
St Basil's Day observed with cakes and gift rounds
In Caesarea a New Year custom marks St Basil's era with festive decorations and shops full of toys and sweets. Turkish subjects prepare St Basil's cake while Rajah boys tour homes asking to be let in for money fruit and cake. They sing and bless the household in return.
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France
Scotland
Runala
Algo
Ford
Sultan Hye
Caesarea
St. Basil
New Year customs in Japan and China amid debts and gifts
A brief look at New Year practices in Japan and China. In Japan debts are settled year end and people request awabi shells as emblems, signaling restraint on luxury. In China crowds greet neighbors in streets with salutations and lanterns decorate cities. a note on customs and a proverb about happiness tied to avoiding vows or oaths.
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Japan
China
The Turning of the Glass New Year Prayer
A reflective piece on the turning of the year urges restraint from materialism and calls for reverence for simple joys. It pleads for kindness and common sympathy to guide the world as a new year dawns. The text evokes imagery of wealth, exchange, and sea voyages amid a moral reckoning.
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Natal
Make It A Happy New Year Through Selfless Resolve
An editorial urges choosing happiness by unselfish action in the new year. It rejects pessimism and champions personal resolve to improve one’s life and help loved ones, noting happiness lies near at hand when focus shifts from far goals to immediate betterment and steady effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heaven
Earth
Thone
Dramatist Bradden Faces Mockery Over Kidnapped Child Scene
On the first night of the drama, novelist Misa Bradden introduced a kidnapping scene that left the child unrecovered. A god’s quip from the gallery sparked overwhelming laughter, revealing the audience’s sharp critique of the work’s handling.
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Misa Bradden
Fattening the Bride in Tunis Custom Described
The article outlines a practice where a man pursuing a second wife presents bracelets and anklets to the bride’s father. The girl is then “fattened” for several months until she is fully adorned with four ornaments, otherwise the suitor may refuse. In Tunis fat is equated with beauty and slenderness hurts marriage prospects.
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Tunis
When The Year 4 Begins
The article surveys diverse New Year dates across history and cultures. It notes January 1 as common today, contrasting ancient beginnings on September 1, July 1, or April 24, among others, and mentions Alexandrian, Jewish, Roman, Tyrian, Sido nian eras, and calendar reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juluus Cassar
Tyre
India
Ganges
Shebat
Russia
Pearl inside shells shown by X rays in mollusks
Article reports radiographs by KR Dubois for the Biological Society of Paris showing four pearls inside a mollusk shell. It notes Lumiere's earlier radiograph of a pearl in a shell exhibited at the 1906 Colonial exhibit in Marseilles, and mentions a humorous dialogue about a party from an unrelated item.
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Biological Society of Paris
Dubois
Auguste Lumiere
Marseilles
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Ato
Butler
Efer
Dramatis
Europe
Oliver Cromwell
England
Ike
Germany
Berlin
Turkey
the Far East
Marmiena
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