The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 1, 1924, Page 2

PAGE 2 FRISCO DIVES INTO NEW YEAR Start New Year Tuesday * Infant’s Born “With Cork- sorew in Its Mouth BAN FRANCISCO, Jan, le-Nine teen twenty-four, « as San Fran: oiseo was concerned, was born with & corkscrew in its moutlt. This city, which has given fitting welcome to full many a new year, fairly outdid itself in drinking the health of the latest offspring of Father Time, While not equaling the celebrations of 10 years ago, it was easily the Only Half the World to Half a Dozen Other Dates Are in Use in Other Lands The first day of January may be} 12 months of 26 or 80 days alternate: observed, by, half the world as tho | ly. In every 19 yearn there are nev: {firat day of the new year, but the/en to Which an additional month ts Jother halt hay different. dates on{added, Tho Jewish calondar is simt. Jwhieh «the first days teecolebrated |taroto this, also, ‘The calendar ix |The year 1924 {x curront in'the Chris-| modeled after tho timo of the new tian era, starting January 1, gar Overy new moon ushering in | During tho ensuing year Moham<|% ew sionth, - i moidans will celebrate the dawning JULIUS CAESAR WAS CALENDAR REFORMER Four Sentenced in THE ATTLE Federal Court Here { ed prison and aling nearly three Judge Jere: miah : the mala to de term of 16 months at MeNe fedeml penitentiary Bothell, as | an officer of a locat mail order House, issued fake refund orders, which he mailed to nearby postof- | flees and ce himwelf, accord ing {to tho. indictment returned against him. | “Atbert 1. Penny was sentenced to |worve six months tn Jail and fined | $1 on a liquor charge, and Clarence LV. Overman recelved the samo jail | wenten for a «imilar offense, Ploading guilty to sending an ob+ DAY, JANUARY 1 Fire Destroys Two Stores in Spokane SPOKANE, Jan. tpe-lir {Wo stores and caused 4 lov |900 here lust nig 0 utoren we tho Smoke Shop andithe Hat 1 it 4 and 6 N. Howeg@ #t For Colds, Grip or Influenza jend as @ Preventives take LA ¥ | DROMO QUININE Tablets. T bears she signature @& 1. W, Advertisement, Star Want Ade hélp people buy [and sell every day One X-Ray Free 4 J |wcono letter thru the mails, ugene 86 of the Jowlah em} 1B 48 B.C. Jultuy Caosar re). Hughes, & wailor, wax commit, ot Mluring, the’ Tatton |fekMed the Roman calondar wo that! tea ty Jail for six months, ‘Tho year 260, /o¥VerN, fourth year should contain | 4, WH bo | 868 daya and all the other years, ated tiy Grecian denominations, | 285 lays. Me also changed the be ming of the year from tho first Will hail the year 2583,)o¢ March to the first of January and the h your of the perio Oh /and also chan: the fitth month titled Taisho, jot tho year, Quantilus, to July,, MENDOZA, Argentina, Jan, tJ. The Athenians began the year in/after himself, Julius. ‘This year,|P) Hansen, Danish aviator of Ar- ralds, June, the Macedonians in September, | therefore, is ol the Julian year, | entina, made the first fight across At 7 a m. tho streets were stil |The Romans celebrated the first day|in which every 12month cycle hag|the Andes with & passenger yenter- busy with automobiles and taxicabs | of Mareh as the opening ¢f a new |365% daye. jday, nan American-made machine carrying home the last stragglers. | year, but afterward changed it to} Its use continued until 1582 A.) ge — Sinema - January, The Persinng set aside Aug-|D., when Pope Gregory XUT intro-| Japan adopted it in 187%, China in WHY BLAME HIM ust 11 jduced the Gregorian calendar with! y912, ‘The ‘Turkish — parliament Ma—You ought to be The Mexicans obser view to keeping the equinox On| adopted it in 1917. The Bolshevik beat the foot of your class, Willie! | Februar as the new year ay of the year }government of Ruwala adopted it in| } Witie—But it ain't my fault, ma.| Mohammedans took tho first of July an calendar was in-} 1918. Rumanta adopted it in 1919 1 : ‘The feller that’s always at the foc Shinese year, which begins gland and her colon. |Only Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and|, YO8ePh HK. Widener of Philadelphia (inset) refused a check for $520,384 for two Rem- js home sick with the measles —/ in January It was immediately |the Greek church atiil uso the Ju-| brandts (shown above). The offer was made by a former owner of the paintings, Prin ‘Teco. {similar to the Mohammedan, havinga of F Hilan calendar. | ix Youssoupoff, of Russia. HOREAU, ron 1c. most completa New Year's Eve sineo | Of the year 134 of the Mohammedan the Voistead act discovered Americ: Colt weather drove most of the revelers in from the streets early in the evening. The cniva, offered warmth in. varied forma, and it proved in great demand, The dry squad made f . tho effect was hantly Thirty arrests resuited buwworer | Successful Trip Is Made Over Andes noticeable, sal ay at | In the extract of teeth we |] ay to our patrons If we burt you, don't pay—quld we eay more? Set of Teeth Prom 00 $5. Gold Crown and Bridge Work From $1.0 UP Boston Dental Offices 1422 Second Avenue We Stand the Test of Time 22 Years in Ope Location ned to rest rope. —this week brings thee STANDARD’S great JANUARY SALE! It comprises the largest and finest stock of homefur- nishings ever assembled by any store in the Pacific Northwest. The entire stock of furniture will go on sale at reduced prices. In merchandise and in savings this sale stands alone. Judged by the quantities and varieties it is so far beyond competition as to be incomparable. Judged by the QUALITY and DESIRABIL- ITY of the furniture, it is no less supreme. 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