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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1920
Page
15
The school page for this week features only fourth and fifth grades with original Easter compositions. Pupils describe how the holiday is celebrated across the country after inquiring from their parents.
A student essay explains Easter origins and customs. It notes the date logic for Easter, the crucifixion and resurrection, tomb and soldiers, angelic birds, and lilies. It briefly describes international Easter customs in Jerusalem Germany and Washington with egg hunts and a White House visit.
Hazel Hames explains why Easter is celebrated and surveys traditions in Jerusalem Finland Scotland and Northern England. She notes egg hunts in Jerusalem and beliefs about the Holy Sepulchre, the hare delivering eggs, grasses and malt in Finland, hot cross buns in Good Friday England, sun myths in Scotland, and church decorations with lilies.
The piece explains Easter traditions in various places. In Jerusalem families hide eggs in grass for children to find amid green fields, while German lore links eggs to the white hare. Washington DC features egg rolling for prizes and Butte observes egg coloring and a holiday.
When glad Easter comes people go to church then return for a feast. Afterward they gather on a grassy hill where boys roll eggs from the bottom and girls from the top. The child who breaks the fewest eggs wins a prize while the unbroken eggs go to the poor.
Olga Paszkervicz portrays a Lithuanian Easter full of fire works music and parties. People attend church then decorate homes with garlands nests and flowers and fill nests with candy eggs bonbons and bread dough treats.
Ethal Blake describes Easter activities in Washington with Franklin School children enjoying a lawn roll call on the White House grounds. The president appears to watch, followed by a band arrival, as students hope to win the best Easter moment.
The piece describes Easter traditions in Jerusalem and Germany. It notes Easter timing on Sundays between March 22 and April 26, egg hunts with red eggs, and children awaiting the white rabbit who brings eggs if they have been good. It portrays family roles and bedtime legends.
The passage describes regional Easter practices in Persia, Jerusalem, and the United States. It notes feasts where bones are burned, Passover terminology, egg rolling on the White House lawn, gift giving in Jerusalem, clothing changes, and mentions of the white rabbit in Germany and candy eggs in England and Christmas.
The piece notes Easter as a favorite holiday with egg coloring by children. It mentions German beliefs about the white hare, Russian celebrations, a week off from school, and Jerusalem's distinct Easter observances drawing tourists for worship.
The text notes English beliefs about Easter Sunday rituals including wearing new clothes for luck and the sun dancing at sunrise. It recalls egg rolling contests for prize eggs, mentions a White House Easter scene, and describes Roman oval track races with eggs as prizes.
Blaine School by Garfield Tredidga notes springtime customs and the symbol of eggs as rebirth. Persians gave eggs to friends for New Year before Easter, Christ’s rising brought new life, Easter Monday sees children rolling eggs near the White House with a visiting president, bands, and global games of hiding eggs in Jerusalem and gifts in Russia.
Rabbits run about and birds fly as chickens scratch the hay. Children enjoy the playful scene and color eggs. Eggs must be boiled for long preservation before Easter passes.
After time will soon be here the gladdest time of all the year with bunnies large with bunnies small and baskets for us all.
The article reflects on Bethlehem as the birthplace of Jesus and notes visitors from many lands visiting. It mentions children in Washington receiving colorful eggs, a band playing, and the president watching festivities.
Agnes Parisot notes Greek Easter customs with morning greetings of hugs and kisses and the refrain He is risen. They honor Saint Hastre by naming Waster after him and occasionally freeing slaves as part of the day’s goodwill.
Frances Sullivan writes of Lincoln School children in Jerusalem who enjoy Easter more than Christmas because of more presents. Crowds travel long distances to celebrate inside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher where the tomb of our Lord is believed to be.
Easter celebrations described in Jerusalem with Christians rejoicing at the resurrection. Children search for eggs among grass and flowers while merchants sell wares. In Germany children believe a white rabbit brings eggs and in Washington children roll eggs on the White House lawn as the band plays. The president appears to watch.
A compact verse praising Easter flowers in yellow white and green with refrain like a decorative charm. The speaker extols the beauty of the blooms and repeats the phrase Waster flowers Master flowers.
The piece describes Easter customs in Russia England and Argentina. It notes gift exchange in Russia with phrases Jesus Christ is risen and egg gifts, willows in hats in England, hot cross buns on Good Friday, school games on Easter Monday, and festive decorations and public celebrations in Argentina with flowers and a weeklong business shutdown.
Poem by Leona Van Wart grade 4B about springtime arrival of Easter. Child-speaker notes birches sing grass grows and expresses affection for Haster sa.
A damaged note mentions a thief, a coal hole and Beaver Pa as a money draw, with stray phrases about Christ, eat, church, birds and a child and alcohol. The readable text is fragmentary but centers on a local incident in Beaver Pennsylvania involving theft and alcohol.
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