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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1893
Page
2
A devotional verse praying for a joyful year through Jesus comforting the heart. The speaker seeks strength to run the heavenly race with unwavering focus, asking for grace, mercy, and peace as guidance for each day.
A moody garret poet in Paris reflects on New Year customs and generosity. Paulette, a poor boxmaker girl, visits with her grandmother and siblings, prompting the narrator to secretly supply a stove, food, and warmth. A shared eve of charity unites rich and poor, turning despair into hope as the hermit learns giving outweighs receiving.
The Charleston News and Coumer notes that nearly 100000 resolutions will be formed New Year’s morn but most will be broken or postponed by night. It argues people deceive themselves most and that resolutions rarely change behavior, though they boost self estimation temporarily.
The essay traces New Year gifting from ancient Persians exchanging eggs to Druids and Britons exchanging branches of mistletoe. Saxons feasted with gifts while Romans, under Claudius, taxed New Year gifts, limiting their cost.
The first day of January became a public holiday in the Julian calendar reform to honor the god Janus. Represented as a two faced figure, he stood between the old and new year. Romans offered sacrifices on 12 altars throughout the month and aimed to ensure happy auguries for the year ahead.
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