Return of Dead to Life in East and West Myths and Faiths
A meditation on mortality and resurrection across cultures and religions. It cites St. Paul, Buddhism, Persephone, Clarimonde, and Orpheus to explore humanity’s longing for return of the dead, contrasting fleshly desire with spiritual transfiguration and noting differing Western and Eastern perspectives.
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St. Paul
Persephone
Clarimonde
Orpheus
Eurydice
Asia
Miagazine
Famous Trees in Capital Garden Honor National Figures
The Washington National Botanic Garden quietly thrives under congressional support while showcasing trees planted by notable figures. Charles A Dana contributed an acacia, Grant planted an acacia, Hoar and Evarts cedars, Crittenden an oak, with Edwin Booth and Edwin Forrest also honored. The Lincoln hornbeam remains the garden’s famed centerpiece sheltering about a tenth of an acre.
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Washington
Congress
Charles A. Dana
Grant
Hoar and
Evarts
Lebanon
Senator Crittenden
Edwin Booth
Edwin Forrest
Lincoln
Goethe Praises The Vicar of Walefield as a Finest Prose Work
In remarks from the publication era, Goethe extols The Vicar of Walefield as among the best novels ever written calling it proxeddyil and praising its insteal prose as the work of a true poet, according to Julian PHM.
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Goethe
Walefield
Julian Phm
Amendment to Prayer Joke Wins Gentle Christmas Lore
A reader recalls a humorous knee high tale from K. W. Howe's Monthly about a boy named Donald Frost who ends his nightly prayers with a joke about not letting a brother put cold feet on him. An onlooker with money claims a farm shooting tale from Penne eybverta oil era.
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Donald Frost
Olf
Brother Big
God
K. W. Howe
Soldiers Embrace Farm Work After Demobilization
United States Department of Agriculture researchers report soldiers, sailors, and Marines increasingly take up farm work or plan returns to agriculture. Camp demobilization centers provide county agent introductions, job lists, and credit guidance to help vets start on farms or invest in equipment.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Army of Food
Lsts
Why More Honey Is Needed
The article argues U S honey output is far below per capita demand and underlines that honey is mostly used in baking and drugs rather than the family table. It cites wartime shortages proving demand can rise with better marketing, signaling that production should grow through improved beekeeping practices by existing beekeepers rather than expanding numbers.
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United States Department of
United States Department of Agriculture
Community Market Link Between City and Country Life
Community markets provide benefits beyond clearing surplus and lowering grocery costs. They foster direct producer consumer contact, linking urban buyers with farmer salesmen. City and country residents learn about each other as farmers offer choice produce to regular customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Ufe
Summer Garden Notes From a Farmer's Journal
The text highlights farming practices such as cutting chestnut for posts while green, curing them, and using a bottomless barrel over rhubarb for early pies. It notes soy beans grow on poorer soil but respond to good soil, and stresses well drained gardens. It suggests lines of rye or grass as a study and yields both profit and pleasure.
A Sword Swallower's Profession and Pure Skin Remedies
A quirky line about a sword swallower's appetites opens with playful wordplay. An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment for baby rashes promising soothing baths and gentle applications. The snippet ends noting a musical flat above with a trapdrum outfit.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Advert Claim
Bold 100 reward promise for incurable catarrh proposes internal use with bloodstream action on mucous surfaces. Endorsement cites forty years on sale by F J Cheney and Co Toledo Ohio with free testimonials. A ship pronoun note adds a pun about gender.
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Hall
Price Inc
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
August Flower Remedy Widely Used Worldwide
Green's August Flower has been a household remedy for constipation and digestive troubles for over fifty years. It is promoted as beneficial for indigestion, nervous dyspepsia, liver issues, headaches, heart palpitations, and low spirits. A few doses are said to relieve symptoms. described as a gentle laxative sold worldwide by druggists.
Bride’s Mother Tries to Speak Before Ceremony
In a clipped exchange the minister asks the mother of the bride if she has comments before the wedding. The mother responds that she has already said much, and notes that the couple would not have reached this point otherwise.
Freckle Cream Ad Promises Clear Skin
A vintage advertisement touts Othine double strength to remove freckles with nightly and morning application. It claims even severe freckles fade and lighter ones vanish, promising money back if the product fails, and advises asking for double strength. A closing line contrasts generosity with meanness.
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Cena
THAT CHANGE IN WOMAN LIVES IN MIDDLETOWN OR HEM HARBOR
A damaged testimonial from a Fremont Ohio reader describes relief from menopause symptoms after using Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound. The letter cites heat flashes nervousness backache irritability and general run down condition as improved by the product.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Poeon St
Fremont
Ohio
Symptons
Mass
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