Peace and Heroes Across War Fields in Song
A Cincinnati Enquirer poem recalls Christ’s sacrifice and the heroes who fell in France and Belgium. It links faith and love to wartime sacrifice, noting Belgium and Belleau Wood and recalling the graves marked by crosses. The verse speaks to readers today who hear bells and lilies bloom while honoring those who made the world safe.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Easter's Symbol A Glorious Promise
A devotional piece on Easter as the resurrection of Christ, portraying Jesus as both natural fact and spiritual truth. It links resurrection to nature, spring, and the soul, urging realization of divine unity, atonement, and personal renewal here and now. The essay emphasizes faith, regeneration, and the eternal life of the soul.
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Easter's Lesson From Nature and Renewal
The piece reflects on springs renewal as a healing touch of patience. It speaks of eternal forces continuing untroubled by human passion and notes how the resurrection theme renews faith in ultimate good for both men and women.
Easter Gladness in Venice Delights at St. Mark’s Plaza
Easter Sunday in Venice centers on St. Mark’s Square where wealth and fashion gather amid gondolas and floral decorations. Gondoliers in festive rags glide along glistening canals as Easter hymns echo, flowers bloom along the shore, and joy fills the city.
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Palm Sunday Observance Historical Note
Palm Sunday has long been observed the Sunday before Easter to honor Jesus entry into Jerusalem. Palm branches are blessed by priests and later burned to be used to bless worshipers at Ash Wednesday. This day marks the start of Holy Week.
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The Frame Lady and the Silver Boy Dance on the Fan
A frame on a bureau tells a bedtime tale of the Fan Lady stepping from a blue satin fan to dance with the Silver Boy. Moonlight reveals the scene as objects move and secrets are whispered, leaving the bureau in calm order afterward.
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Silver Boy
Pool Game Appeal and Fears of Trouble
A first time player asks a friend about pool and worries about breaking balls and potential trouble. The friend explains cues aim for shooting and pocketing balls, insisting the game is simple and not about violence, while the speaker wonders if pool attracts rough crowds and asks if it suits a crook or a believer.
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Frien
United States
Crook
Deference Due in a Diner Scene
A busy waiter asks a diner to call a request a humble one rather than an order. The exchange highlights polite language over blunt demands in a casual restaurant setting.
Beauty tips to reduce under eye wrinkles and laugh lines
Readers ask why eye wrinkles appear and how to remove them. The advice: most under eye lines are not age signs and come from squinting or nerves. Rest, overall health, and massage with a flesh building cream can smooth creases by stimulating blood flow and filling the skin.
Off Agin On Agin and Poultry Paintings in Wit
A jumbled column of humor and anecdotes, including Strickland Gillilan’s two kinds of prophets, a brief note on a painter of poultry, a bank loan joke, and a dog bite story from Ames Iowa with a French treatment reference. The piece blends quips on honesty and prediction with light animal and civic humor.
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