Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-06
n IS NOW
!; FULL SWING
r --0.
III YOUNG MAN MAY HAVE
y QUESTION POPPED TO
HIM ANY TIME.
INTEREST PROMISED
MANY Events Which Are schedu'eo
For the Coming Twelve mon'ns
Are Being Noted by
Observers.

single men vet untouched by Gu
n,d,s darts are due to take to the
tall timber" for young 1916 Is u,vls,
ible by four and hence Is .eap
wear" 1t means the beginning vi az
anxious period for the confirmed oacn,
elor as the question can be poppeu
by her with propriety.
Many and interesting facts aoou'
the new year are contained IN the a.
manacs which have made tnelr az
nearance in the city. They contain
considerable quantity of informa.
ton. chronological and the like, ana
some OF them 20 as far as to preoict
what the weather conditions Will De
during the next twelve months.
All kinds of time Is computed IN
the calendars. For instance, 1915 Is
! wear of $3.50 days, owing to Febru.
srv having twenty-nine days, ana
comprises the latter part Of the 14otn
and the beginning of the l4lst yea.
Of the independence of the unlteu
states and corresponds to the year
6s2e Of the Julian period, the year
6s7s-5677 of the Jewish era; the year
1853 since the foundation OF Rome,
according to Varro; the year 2576 OF
~ T.ranese ara and the forty-ninth
wear Of the period entitled "Mei51,
the year 1894 of the Mohammeoan
era or the era of the Heg1ra.
Five Eclipses Scheduled.
According to the advances Just ar.
rived the new year of 1916 Will orlns
fye eclipses, as follows:
partial eclipse OF the moon jan
nary 20. Visible to North America,
the West Indies, the greater part OF
south America, northeast Asia ana IN
mart to the extreme western porllon
OF Europe. .,,
a total eclipse of the sun February
: visible to North America, the West
indies the northwestern portion o,
south America, southwest Europe anu
the extreme northwestern part ol
Africa. 1r,v
.1A.15 Visible generally to North and
south America and the West lnoles'
and IN mart of western Europe ana
Africa. 1,,,v
An annualar eclipse of the sun July
80. Invisible. Visible to AUS I nh;i
New Zealand, East India ana the I'M
ippines. oooe,o.
a partial eclipse of the sun Decem
her "a. Invisible. Visible IN lie
southern ocean.
Mornino and Evening Stars.
g The morning and evening stars are
noted as follows: .+;,
: Mercury will be evening star untll
April /. then morning star until Octo.
her 80, and then evening star asain
the rest of the year.
Feasts and Anniversaries.
lent begins on March 2, with Eas'
81. sunday on April 23 Washington
shirthday comes on TUESDAY: Memoir
al dav on Tuesday; July a, Independ
sence day. on Tuesday; Labor Gay on
Monday. September 4; THANKSGIVING
s,av On the last day of November ano
christmas on Monday.
Following are the dates of the nxeo
.rd movable feasts and the annlVer
saries in 1916:
Epiphany-January 6. Al
Septuagesima Sunday-FeDruary ~
St, David March 1.
Il Observation-Disclosures 3.
Ash Wednesday-March s. 80
FIRST Sunday in Lent-Marcn L.
n st. Patrick-Marcn -:
g Annunciation-M March 20.
palm sunday-April 1e.
Good Friday-April q.
Easter sunday-April %.
st. George-April %. .1...
Low Sunday-April 30.
Rogation Sunday-May %. :,
Ascension-Holy Thursday, June
Pentecost- White Sunday, June IL
Trinity sunday-June IL.
4 Corpus Christi-June %.
John the Baptist; midsummer-'uhe
Nfichaelmas day-September 20.
ST. Andrew-November 80.
First Sunday in Acknowledgements
&.
ST. Nicholas December 6.
ST. Thomas-December 81.
X christmas day-December 25
" ST. John Observation-Disclosures ~