Ruffin's Lily Gift Sparks Easter Tale of Charity
Ruffin, a clever street boy, offers to carry a lily for a shopkeeper and suggests delivering mercy to Miss Gertrude Withers, ailing and down on luck. The Easter lily leads to a meeting with Mr. Marschalk, revealing Gertrude's backstory and a chance to aid her despite a shadowed past involving the Withers family.
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American Press Association
Ruffin
Lily
Chipmunk
Angels
Perlice
Mr. Marschalk
Marschalk
Mater
Withers
Eugene Withers
Harvard
Mortal Coil
Marsehalk
Cornelia
Marschall
Hisiand
Ruslin
Yard
Gertrude
Sythe
Easter Hymn on a Silent Grave by Stanley Waterloo
A reflective Easter meditation on Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection. The speaker notes a tomb wrapped in white and guarded by two angels who declare the fulfilment of prophecy, ending with the world’s gladness and prayer on the first Easter day.
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Stanley Waterloo
Curious Easter Custom in the Western Alps
A centuries old Alpine custom spreads eggs over sand and dancers circle them. Four couples who finish without breaking an egg are betrothed, seen as a practical method for forming marriages. The ritual links luck in pairing to temperamental compatibility.
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Western
Alps
Amaryllis and Lilium Auratum Elevate Easter Plant Displays
The article praises amaryllis and the royal Lilium auratum as standout Easter church plants. It notes amaryllis provide rich color, while Lilium auratum is splendid when potted but fickle outdoors, offering a stately presence with its white bloom and golden band.
A Poem on Resurrection and Faith
A somber landscape yields to a rebirth motif as a buried germ awakens. Roots grasp the world, a bud rises with winged leaves and a rainbow crown, echoing a saintly lily. From doubt and hate the soul awakens with Faith Hope and Love, questioning the resurrection dawn.
Posse hunts train bandit after I C train hold up
Amite Louisiana April 11 authorities say posses surrounded the swamp near the town seeking bandits who attempted to loot the I C train today. A negro porter was wounded in the incident with no other casualties reported.
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Amite
I. C
Easter Origins and the Old Saxon Goddess Eostre
Easter predates Christian practice rooted in the Saxon spring goddess Eostre and the April term named Easter month. Early missionaries folded a Christian meaning onto the festival while preserving the ancient name. Ancient customs included Easter night watches and elaborate rites, with marriage and baptism tied to the holiday. modern times retain coloring eggs and giving gifts as the most distinctive act.
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Lamil
Etandine
Easter message and the joy of resurrection by Dr Washington Gladden
The passage reflects on Easter's meaning as a universal message of cheer and hope. It speaks of bells and churches as signs of joy and notes Christ’s resurrection as humanity’s unquenchable hope.
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Chris
Washington Gladden
Wonel
Easter Eve at the Tomb Described in Kansas City Star
Henry Alford writes of two weeping women near a tomb in a green graveyard as dusk settles. A gleaming armored band guards the sepulcher while a night watch spreads among trees and distant revelry echoes. The scene shifts as the women rise and depart through the dark woods.
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Henry Alford
Kansas City Star
To Cultivate Cheerfulness
Sydney Smith advised a woman to recall pleasant remarks and keep a candy box on the hearth and a kettle simmering on the stove. He urged avoiding melancholy and to ask themselves only easy questions rather than deep existential ones.
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Sydney Smith
The Idea. Madge and Marjorie Exchange Flattery
A brief New York Times dialogue shows Marjorie denying flattery from a suitor who calls Madge the prettiest girl he has ever seen. The exchange highlights social flirtation and witty banter.
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Madge
Marjorie
New York Times
Georgia Fruit Exchange touts peach market independence
President W. B. Hunter of the Georgia Fruit Exchange argues members gain independence by marketing the 1914 peach crop through the organization. He notes no member costs, funds on hand, and ongoing canvassing to recruit remaining growers as Georgia forecasts about 6000 cars of peaches amid possible cold snap losses.
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Atlanta
W. B. Hunter
The
Georgia Fruit Exchange
Fruit Exchange
Exchange
Georgia
The Classic Theater Presents Ralph Park and Film Lineup
The Classic Theater engages Ralph Park as piano accompanist, a noted South figure formerly of Barita theater Augusta. Monday features The Man Who Lied a two reel drama with Warren Kenigan and Too Many Cooks. Wednesday offers The Fall of Frances a three reel Franco Prussian War drama of 1870–71.
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Popular Theater
Ralph Park
South
Park
Barita Theater
Augusta
Warren Kenigan
Frances
Delicate Child Strong From Vinol Tonic Claim
A wartime era advertisement touts Vinol cod liver and iron tonic as building strength in weak children. Testimonials from Mrs. L. L. Bertrand of New Iberia and a money back guarantee by H.R. Palmer & Sons of Athens GA accompany a skin salve claim for Saxo Salve.
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Vinci
H.R. Palmer & Sons
Athens
Ga. P. S
Adv
Fraternal Lodges Meet Weekly in Athens Venues
Local lodge directory lists Glenn Lodge No 76 I O O F Camp 292 Royal Arch Masons Keystone Chapter Elmo Knights of Pythias Classic City Council U C T Mt Vernon Lodge F & A M William Lodge I O C F and Athens B P O E No 790 meeting weekly in the Max Joseph building Jester building Masonic hall and lodge quarters with officers inviting visiting members to attend.
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Geo. B. Davis
Woodmen Hall
Max Joseph
Thos. M. Forrester
C. C. John Mappin
Keystone
Royal Arch Masons
W. C. Jordan
Bt Elmo Lodge
K. of P
St. Elmo Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Castle Hall
Jester Building
Clayton Street
S. R. Grubb
C. C. T. H. Nickerson
K. of R
Classic City Council
K. of P. Hall
J. H. Wilson
C. John Roberts
Gec
Mt. Vernon Lodge
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Athens Savings Bank
M. Stern
M. G. Michael
G. A. Mell
College Avenue Theater
Lodge Directory
F. L. Jones
N. G. J. A. Mealor
R. 3
Lodge Quarters
Broad and
Lumpkin Streets
J. C. Haynes, E. R. Geo. H. Palmer, Seo
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