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lear's Day started with a perfectly Hew Year season in. Jukao, New sleer morning. There was a par tia} eclipse of the sun, but no one felt "disturbed. "All "the "former, greatness of the New Year's Day, has returned to Jukao and a very. Targe trade before the holidays, made the merchants optimistic, Por days the weather had been ideal, No bandits ox crop failures marred the year, Preparations for New. ear began early and were kept to)
high pitch by the merchants all through the month, Everybody.
New Year's Day was going be a big thing and everybody pre-Bared for it, and it was all that sould be expected, Yesterday, every store on the main streets and to the remotest corner of the city was closed, only, few teahouses and the hot-water shops remaining open. All the has. pptals, excent the mission hospital closed for several days, and even the mission hospital was practically deserted, having only three in-patients and no clinic patient, no. uteall, and no special patientter any. The schools wore offal the high schools are running with 'a limited number of students and] teachers, The Government buildings and public schools had their. flags Jout on January 1, and not yesterday. However, the schools did not change the people's festivities. The Post! Office was open all day, but it had no business,
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