Easter customs and rites across ancient cultures in verse
A long reading traces springtime celebrations from Druids, Bel fire traditions in Ireland and Brittany, and Saxon Easter customs. It notes games at Easter, charity drives in English villages, and changes to Easter duration. It ends with churches proclaiming the resurrection and spring’s return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
St. Vatrick
Scotland
Ighlanda
Carnac
Brittany
Arran Isles
Kagtee
Humber
Bedlington
Northumberland
North Brittin
Mont Vingland
Lon
Easter customs and pagan echoes in ancient churches
A fragmentary history notes Easter practices across Egypt, Mersin, Syria, and western lands. It mentions water fires, colored eggs, and exchanges of eggs during a spring festival, with Christian traditions blending pagan rites and the religious response of late antiquity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cebelin
Egypt
Mersin
Syria
Silavarts
Pelig
Curious Egg Tricks and Easter Egg Fashions
A feature on playful egg tricks such as balancing eggs upright and hiding items inside shells. It also describes elaborate Easter eggs from porcelain to lacquered designs with decorations, baskets, and decorative shells, highlighting prices from 50 cents to 2 dollars and various ornate arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Te-Lay
New York Evening Lost
Reunion at Shiloh recalls Civil War battle and losses
Veterans gathered at the Shiloh Battlefield asso ciation marks positions of units from the Pittsburg Land Jog campaign. The report recounts Johnston's assault, Grant's counter, and heavy Confederate and Union losses, noting 30,000 dead and wounded plus 4,000 Union graves at the Littsburg Landing National Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stdlek
Pittsburg
Hidtoric
Aince
Shiloh
Clation
Hig
Fgbt
Albert Sidney Johnston
Andre
En, Orant
Savannah
Cherry
Mier
W.O. Cherry
Tien. Beauregard
Gen. Graat
Littsburg Landing
Teon
Two Fatal Wrecks At Summerfield And Alton
Four persons died in a wreck on a narrow gauge line five miles west of Summerfield Ohio when a coach left the track at a curve trestle and the engine overturned into a ravine. A second wreck near Alton on the Chicago and Alton line killed four men, likely tramps, as a heavy freight downhill piled cars in a wrecks sequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summerfield
Ohio
Bellaire
Zanesrile
Cincinnati
Wood River Bridge
Chicago and Alton
Alton
Easter bonnet and resurrection notes mingle in verse and prose
A fragmented mix of verse about a girl named Bessie in a bonnet and Easter procession contrasts with a sermon on resurrection and spring symbolism. The text shifts to a Civil War scene at Shiloh Springs and ends with an aside on U S policy and trade, mentioning Adela Bielde and Southern California orange shipments.
No-to-bac advertised as tobacco cure in letter to Chicago firm
A Nov. 21 letter from One Box Did the Baslneren Harrison fhurster of North Cenway Ill describes his brother being cured of stoking and chewloy tatances by using one box of No-to-bac and praises it for tobacco replacement. The note adds praise for Syrup of Figs as a preferred laxative from the California Fig Syrup Co and urges buying only through licensed druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jobopton
Gov
Hurrig
Shiloh
Grant
Veerebe
Hurlbut
Cal. Lee
Harrison Fhurster
North Cenway
W. IL
Isu
Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
Saya
Tia Brother
California Fig Syrup Co
Nate Uy
Feading
Drusyista
Donald Kennedy
Roxbury
Mass
Boston
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Ress-Brown
Robin Redbeeast
Robin Redbreast
Augustine
Miastanl
Ste
Puech
Christ
Jon
Europe
Tsen
Adulin Givrald Brenan
Merian Curtom
Fingland
Retad
Berittany
Cilveeey
Rome
Moody
Grave
Teta
Preves and McClernand
Veneh Orchard
Hornets' Nest
Qant
Johson
Llomets
Silom
Besslas
Leun
JenJnusy
Bessie
Spain
Ford
Dus
Gilmore
Fernaviem
Stonis
Shilom
Aml
Johnston
Cov
Parris
Tennessee
Uncle Sam
Yly
Adela M. Bielde
China
California
Florida
Wood
Seould
Hood
Eriat Jeranum
Joan Carte &Sons
New York
Parsicz Greasattse ‘Washingtog. Oy
MEDY
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