Judith the School Teacher Faces Lone Mountain Threat
Judith Warren, a first year teacher at Watson Hollow, endures isolation and hardship in a remote mountain school. A violent timber wolf attack near the cabin is thwarted by timely rescue from Mrs. Mack and local family, cementing Judith’s resolve to finish her appointment.
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Udith Warren
Watson Hollow
Judith
Jimmy
Jean
Nan
Mr. Warren
Mountaindale
Teacher
Millard Hull
Julia
Mrs. Mack
Dearie
Mr. Hull
Nell
Easter Sermon Comic Tale From an Ancient England Church
A fragment from an old paper recounts a comic Easter sermon in an ancient English church. A blacksmith and his wife are visited by the Lord and Peter. The wife asks to go to heaven and is granted entry. the husband asks that his green cap stay with him, and he dies. He ends up in heaven with his wife after tricking the devil.
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England
Peter
Heaven
Hell
Easter Sunday Great Day of Rededication
Easter Sunday is described as a day of hope and renewal for the spirit, springtime of the soul, and beauty of the earth. The text calls it a day of jubilance for Christ’s victory over the tomb and a time for rededication to service of God and fellow man. It notes origins as a pagan festival and frames Easter as the triumph of light, purity, and hope over despair, urging rise to a happier dawn.
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Father
Christ
Nature wears a lovely face for the Christian eye
Poem by Maud Frazer Jacksom praising nature as a reflection of immortality and faith. It contrasts sorrow and death with the promise of awakening to a tearless morning through Jesus. The verse contemplates mortality and eternal life in a devotional tone.
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Jesus
Maud Frazer Jacksom
Open Air Easter Services Mark Russian Celebration
A long peal of Moscow bells announces Russian Easter, celebrated a week after the Latin calendar. Priests in ornate robes, miters, and open air rites officiate before crowds, with processions, banners, candles, and torches as believers and irreligious alike observe the ceremonies.
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Moscow
Ring of Moscow
Sym
Christ
Hunting Easter Eggs Very Ancient Custom
The article explains Easter egg customs as ancient, noting that egg hunts and colored eggs predate modern practices. It traces egg hunting to beliefs in a spring earth hatching from a mundane egg and cites Oxford scholars as originators of coloring eggs for Easter breakfast due to Lent restrictions.
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Oxford
Easter Prayer Calls for Gracious Giving and Stewardship
A prayer asking for help to learn the grace of giving and to be faithful stewards of possessions. It seeks to know God more perfectly through generous living and divine guidance.
Phillips Milk of Magnesia advertisement promotes relief for stomach acid
A vintage ad extols Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a universal, pleasant antidote for sour stomachs and acid feelings. It claims the product neutralizes acid more effectively than harsher remedies and emphasizes its physician endorsement and trademark history dating to 1875.
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U. S
Charles H. Phillips Chemical Co
Charles H. Phillips
Love and Happiness Drive Lovers to Elation
A poetic reflection notes that love makes the world revolve when lovers are intoxicated with happiness, embracing joy and shared bliss as the core of relationships. It frames happiness as the engine of affection and mutual delight that fuels meaningful bonds.
Borax Adds Cleanliness to Laundry Routine Ad
An advertisement promotes 20 Mule Team Borax as an enhancer for laundry. It helps the soap loosen dirt whiten fabrics and also sweetens and purifies the clothes.
Arkansas woman cures fits with Russ Ball Blue
A Arkansas woman claims a dog cure with Russ Ball Blue, saying it never fails. Advertisers promote a costly pastime marked by high jinks and widespread use of the remedy.
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Arkansas
Russ Ball
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