New Year origins and calendar reforms from ancient to modern times
The article traces New Year’s origins from ancient wassail to Roman and Saxon customs, noting January 1 as a relatively recent start. It covers Pope Gregory’s 1582 reform, France’s 1789 changes to a ten day week and Reason, and France’s eventual restoration to the standard calendar. It also mentions Scotland and England adopting the Gregorian system later, and non Christian regions keeping different dates.
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Hereward Carrington
France
Scotland
England
Julius Caesar
Sosigenes
Gregory
Notre Dame
Mme. Momero
Pay of Teachers Sparks Denver Salary Increase
Denver public school teachers will gain a total of 150,000 dollars in salary increases starting January 1. The note urges support for school boards to resist cuts, cites rising cost of living, and criticizes those who seek reductions. Mentions Miss Gladys Neidhold visiting Sioux City and Victor Krienti from Hibbing celebrating holidays in town.
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Denver
United States
Gladys Neidhold
Sioux City
Iowa
F. PF. W. Neidhold
Victor Krienti
Hibbing
Minn
Little New Year By Martha B Thomas
A reflection on the arrival of a new year as a childlike figure named the Little New Year. The piece urges decisive guidance to mold the youngster into a sturdy character, warning that lax parenting leads to procrastination and mischief before the year ends. It emphasizes responsibility and positive discipline.
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Martha B. Thomas
Western Newspaper Union
How Japan Greets New Year in Sacred Dances
The article describes Japanese New Year greetings with theater dances in temples and shrines. The Kagura sacred dance with music, performed by young girls while priests play, seeks continued national happiness. The Shu-Sai ancestral sanctuary dance, handed down for centuries, is staged by the imperial family on January 3 to mark the imperial house's founding.
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Japan
New Year's Card Wishes From Arthur Gutterman
A New Year s card with a poem wishing a kinder year ahead. May all its days be free from illness, and its labors meet a little nobler aim. May each year be brighter and dearer, with joys nearer than hope. Arthur Gutterman quoted in Woman s Home Companion.
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Arthur Gutterman
Woman's Home Companion
Savings accounts show public thrift amid prosperity
The comptroller of the currency reports from national banks indicate rising prosperity and thrift in the public through savings accounts and deposits. However, prosperity does not always boost thrift as flash times encourage spending while hard times drive saving pennies.
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Comptroller of the Currency
Leave your laundry at Proteau's Barber Shop
Local ad urges residents to leave laundry at Proteau's Bar Shop in Bessemer for reliable cleaning services from the Bessemer Steam Laundry, promoting convenient drop off and quick turnaround.
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Proteau’s
Bessemer Steam Laundry
The Eternal Right of People to Kick
An editorial reflection on national voting patterns suggesting voters protest broadly against governance. It argues that citizens may be tired of government growth and favors minimal interference, echoing the saying that government governs best when it governs least.
The Time For Government Restraint Is Growing Tighter
In this P p's Weekly commentary the author laments expanding government control at every level from income to home life and schooling. He argues much regulation is unnecessary and drains initiative, urging a return to individual responsibility and cheaper, leaner government while noting public impatience evidenced by past elections.
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