Easter lily lore and the toil behind its bloom
A detailed look at Easter lilies tracing their global journey from Formosa to Bermuda and Bermuda’s lily disease, through Japanese farms and ocean transport to U S markets. It covers labor costs, government support, shipping practices, and the care needed to keep lilies blooming from gift to window.
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New York
Chicago
Denver
United States
Bermuda
Bermudas
Japan
Pacific
Formosa
Yokohama
Joos Ove
Dead European Towns and Their Fading Glories
The piece reflects on European cities once thriving as river harbors before ocean routes and Turkish control reshaped trade. It notes Seville Pisa Rothenburg Florence and Atagusa as examples of towns that declined or revived with changing logistics and routes.
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Europe
Constantinople
America
Bruges
Seville
Visa
Florence
Lfe
Nuremberg
Pisa
Rothenburg
Bavaria
Atagusa
Dalmatia
Ancient Antioch sites linked to modern Antakieh
The article notes Antakieh occupies part of ancient Antioch with about 26 000 residents, a tenth of ancient Antioch’s population in St Paul’s era. It locates the second Antioch near Visidia, near Colosse and Lystra, adding ruins remain. It mentions Caesarea name confusion with another Caesarea by Jerusalem.
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Antioch
Antakieh
St. Paul
Visidia
Colosse
Lystra
Pisidia
Caesarea
Mediterranean
Jerusalem
Palestine
Farm Bloc Leader Capper Outlines Postwar Policy
Senator Capper of Kansas, newly leading the farm bloc after Kenyon left for the federal bench, says the group will push a national agricultural policy. He highlights lower freight rates, ICC reforms, revamped credit facilities via the federal farm loan board, and improved agricultural marketing as top goals.
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Ashington
Senator Capper
Kansas
United States
Senate
Kenyon
Capper
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Joint Agricultural Commission
Federal Farm Loan Board
New Naturalization and Registration Bill Aims At Citizenship Reforms
Rep Albert Johnson of Washington introduces a bill reorganizing the naturalization bureau into a bureau of citizenship, expands its duties, and requires resident aliens to register annually between August and November. The plan funds citizenship instruction, eliminates witnesses at hearings, and grants independent naturalization to married women while preserving veteran and ally service exemptions.
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House
Albert Johnson
Washington
Immigration Committee
Naturalization Bureau
Department of Labor
Bureau of Citizenship
Secretary of Labor
America
Golden Shears for Secretary Hughes at State Department
PWSPAPER correspondents in Washington presented Secretary of State Hughes with a pair of gold desk shears as a token of gratitude for his “kindly assistance” since taking office. Matthew F. Tighe, longtime State Department reporter, praised Hughes and invoked Alexander to cut Gordian knots in diplomacy while Hughes urged public officials to balance transparency with safeguarding administrative work.
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Matthew F. Tighe
State Department
Mr. Tighe
Alexander
Mr. Hughes
Marines Record Peace and War Valor in Knickerbocker Rescue
Major General Lejeune orders commendatory credit in Marine service records for rescue work at the Knickerbocker Theater disaster, aligning peace and wartime contributions. The prompt marine response included 200 plus marines, jacks and torches aiding victims as the building collapsed, prompting public praise with the survivor’s grateful remark.
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John A. Lejeune
Marine Corps
Knickerbocker
Lejeune
Knickerbocker Theater
Testimonial for Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Mrs Chas Baker of Hornell New York reports improved health after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Tablets. She says she was tired irritable sleep troubled bowels and periods but after taking the medicine she can work with ease and urges others to try it.
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Hornell
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
N.Y
Akien
Artisans Promote Italian Style Office Building in Lafayette
In Lafayette Indiana the Brotherhood of Painters Decorators and Paper Hangers released a brochure describing their four story Italian style office building. The text notes color effects demonstrate the era's material capabilities and artistic achievements in decorative arts.
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Lafayette
Ind
Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers
Itsg
California Fig Syrup Advertisement Aims at Mothers
A vintage advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as a cure for constipation in children. It promises quick relief, a cleansed bowels and a well child, urging mothers to insist on the genuine product and to ask druggists for it.
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California
Blessing in Disguise Ends in Tragic Street Collision
Mrs Perkins reads the paper and reports sad news of Mrs Smith being killed by a motorcar while returning from the employment office. Mr Perkins quips that she had a narrow escape from Mary.
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Isles
Solomon
Hsa RA ‘ Line
Golden Shears
Hughes
Chesebrough Mfg. CO
Consolidated
State Street
LA Grippe
Tandard
Mr. Hill
Ali Dewagista
H. Hill Company
Detroit
Tanlac
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