In this year leading up to Arizona's centennial, on Feb. 14, 2012, we'll reprint a story or excerpts each day from the Arizona Daily Star or Tucson Citizen archives.
Feb. 17, 1912
With the explosion of cannon-crackers, crackle of fire-crackers, beating of tom-toms and the weird wail of Chinese fiddles, the Chinese of Tucson celebrated their last Chinese New Year's Friday night. Hereafter, New Year's for the Chinese, as well as for the rest of the world, will arrive at 12:01 o'clock on the morning of January 1. The end of the old New Year's date and its ceremonies is to mark the passage of the old tradition of the Manchu rule of China.
Sidewalks in Tucson in front of Chinese stores were littered with the debris of exploded fire-crackers. Today Chinese vegetable men are distributing to favored patrons their usual Chinese candies and nuts.
On StarNet: Learn more about the people who made Arizona what it was by statehood on Feb. 14, 1912, at azstarnet.com/gallery
Tucson Citizen The Sundt Cos., O'Rielly Chevrolet, the University of Arizona, Research Corp. for Science Advancement, Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., Rosemont Copper and Tucson Realty & Trust. Co. are sponsors of the Star's Arizona Centennial project.
