Old Time New Year Customs and Watch Night Times
The article traces New Year customs from rural central west roots to urban New York. It notes watch night practices in the south, singing and prayer at midnight, and African American adaptations like walking Egypt. It contrasts early Scottish origins with Dutch New Amsterdam and the English influence on later New Year visiting.
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Central West
Knickerbockers
Lfe
United States
Ohio
Egypt
Scotland
Kentucky
Indiana
Maryland
Ulinols
Missouri
Aeria Ns
New Amsthrdas
New York
Mynheer
Vrouw
New Amsterdam
Broadway
Union Square
Fifth Avenue
Murray Will
New Year's Superstitions in Lincolnshire Peasantry
A New Orleans Picayune summary notes Lincolnshire England peasants observe New Year's night beliefs. Don t take a light out before one is brought in and never let a woman enter first, or evil follows. Sweeping dust toward the hearth is prescribed. spreading ashes over the threshold after fire. Footprints in the morning signal death or birth depending on direction.
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Polk
England
Lincolnshire
New Orleans Picayune
New Year Advice For Women From Mrs Russell Sage
Mrs Russell Sage urges women to read good books and follow leading thinkers, align with church, influence the spread of Christian truths, and uphold womanly conduct. She warns against marrying for money, stresses respect as the basis of love, and advises frugal living with joint savings in marriage.
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Russell Sage
New York Journal
Vessels Named for Reptiles Dull Superstitions Cited
The article notes British naval ships bearing reptile names such as Vipers and Cobras have faced disasters. Four Vipers have wrecked, a Cobra broke apart with crew, plus Serpents Lizards Snakes Alligator Crocodile Rattlesnake Basilisk and Dragons have met misfortune. Sailors reportedly dislike these names, though the superstition is questioned.
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Juliet
Visiting cards of the 18th century rich and famous
The piece traces the origin and evolution of visiting cards from back writing on playing cards to ornate 18th century and early 19th century embossed, engraved designs. It notes dwellings, heraldic emblems, naval and military motifs, Italian and Roman iconography, and the social use of cards in salons and households of duchesses and peers.
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Washington Post
Duchess of Dorset
Holla Street
Cavendish Square
Lord Byron
Italy
St. Albans
Bolton
Grafton
Horace Walpole
Rome
Berlin
St. Peter's
Castle of
St. Angelo
Dausiter
Duchess of Leeds
Spains
Aluminium nails threaten copper in hardware trade work
An alloy of aluminium is developed to make nails staples and tacks that resist weathering and corrosion. The material is nonpoisonous and suitable for roofing tanks and food storage, offering about 4 cents per pound savings versus copper nails, though not intended to rival ordinary steel nails.
New Year Festivity on Rue des Lombards in Paris
In Paris New Year’s Day centers on Rue des Lombards where wholesale confectioners stock wagons with sugar treats. Bonbons and hollow forms fill the street as sweets alone reportedly cost about $100,000 that day. Jewelry also sells heavily as visits and exchanges mark the celebration.
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Paris
Rue Des Lombards
Calla
Funeral Representatives Hire Office Boy as Surrogate
A New York funeral anecdote shows busy executives sending a firm’s office boy to pay final respects. At a quiet city funeral a clerkly youth claimed he represented Messrs Blank and Thank and was admitted, though neither partner attended. Mutual acquaintances later noted the absence of the principals and the office boy took the honors.
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Blank & Thank
Origin of a Famous Phrase
The saying a public office is a public trust originated with Judge Thomas M. Cooley of Michigan not Grover Cleveland. Governor Durbin of Indiana attributed it to Cooley in a speech and cited a 1880 Cooley text found by Clerk Hopkins, though Cleveland did not claim to coin the phrase.
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Thomas M. Cooley
Michigan
Grover Cleveland
Durbin
Indiana
Cooley
Hopkins
Supreme Court
Cleveland
Detroit Free Press
Women Who Smoke in Jasper County Courthouse
A venerable woman calmly smokes a field clay pipe in the Carthage courthouse. She recalls learning to smoke the tobacco they raised in Tennessee and Missouri before the war, noting that other older women in Jasper County also smoke pipes and that boys smoked in her youth.
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Carthage
Kan
Jasper Coury
Tennessee
South
Missouri
Jasper County
Proposing Plan Amid Bull Terrier Chase
In a comic chat, two youths plot a risky marriage proposal to Miss Lovelton. One agrees to disguise as a tramp to lure her dog, the bull terrier, away so the proposal can occur unseen, with humor over the unlikely method and worry about consequences.
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Mia
Wes
Foot In It Sparks Humble Admiration Note
A speaker apologizes for a clumsy remark and concedes the courage to express affection before a recipient of notable beauty in a witty, self deprecating tone. The exchange highlights romantic bravado and social mishap.
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