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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1926
Page
2
Poem excerpt depicts Christ rising from a white sepulchre and returning home. An angelic scene yields a lily blooming beside the tomb and visitors perceiving Christ in the lily’s face with sweet perfume.
A meditation on Calvary as the center of faith, love, and purpose. The text argues that the Cross reveals love as the ultimate reality and motive, challenging believers to act boldly in reliance on God's love and to endure apparent defeat for the sake of spiritual renewal. It frames Jesus’s path to Jerusalem as a model of faith that overcomes worldly power through love.
The passage extols the Easter lily as central to worship and daily life. It describes lilies in hats and hands, at bedsides in hospitals and homes, and in gardens, with lilies seen as regal and sweet. It contrasts their prominence with the coming rose and summer. The tone is reverent and decorative.
Atlantic City New Jersey engineer William T Donnelly told the New Jersey Mosquito Extermination Association that a great coastal dike with cross dikes could reclaim marshy land from the sea. The impounded area would dry and become a garden and dairy region for nearby industrial cities, with a canal for cheaper transport and a highway atop the dike. He cited Egypt China and Holland as precedents and said cost would be modest by comparison.
Ivan Barilov, a Russian emigre, served a year in jail after a spree of about a thousand burglaries in under six years. He posed as an imbecile to avoid suspicion, speaking only of communism and the I of the Bolsheviks.
Oklahoma legislators push a bill to fix biscuit width at three inches. A copy of the reform bill arrived from Oklahoma City and Kansas is urged to join. Senator James W. Finley of Chanute is asked to study the measure and report.
The Agriculture Department rediscovered a dewberry from 1905 and recommends trial by farmers. Named Young after B. M. Young of Louisiana it bears larger fruit than Lucretia, sweeter than Logan, with high dessert quality. Adapted to southern and southeastern soils and climates, it shows a deep wine color.
The Milford Methodist Episcopal church in Junction City Kansas, built in 1868 and later used as a school and pool hall, has been reorganized and reopened with many former members returning to worship there.
Government engineers debunk three myths about public highways. They say good roads are not luxuries, that surface type should match user needs, and that roads should not be built for permanence. Maintenance and appropriate spending are emphasized to prevent decay and waste.
The California State Automobile Association reports Reno plans for the Victory and Lincoln highways to be in good condition for the Transcontinental Highways exposition next June. A mild winter aids work on several Nevada road projects. Progressing on the Sparks Derby segment, Churchill division plans are near completion. Washoe County approved 20,000 dollars for the Verdi to California line Victory highway, with more funding from state and federal sources.
The 1925 surface work covered nearly 18 000 miles across several highway systems. Massachusetts spent 9 500 000 of 13 400 000 in state highway construction last year. US total highway outlay for 1925 was about 1 002 000 000. Officials say paving can save over 2 000 000 annually through thinner brick. Nicara gua Constituent law mandates all males over 18 contribute to highways via a service tax or cash payment.
A light exchange in the New Bedford Standard notes the stubborn streak of Mr Meddle and the household mess reflected by Mrs Muddle's broken dishes suggesting a tense domestic scene between neighbors with wit and local character.
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