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Bridgeport Evening Farmer in Bridgeport, Connecticut

26 Oct 1916

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Bridgeport Evening Farmer

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Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Oct 26, 1916

Page

4

The Hallowe'en Witch Across History and Legend

The article traces witches from Hecate and Circe to the Witch of Endor and Jeanne d Arc, linking medieval persecutions with Salem's 1692 outbreak and the modern Halloween myth. It notes witches' evolving forms from pagan enchantresses to feared contemporary hags and the cultural pull of Halloween as witchery’s peak.

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Cleopatra Circe Ate Witch Endor Jeanne d’Arc Hallowe’en Salem Hecate Medea Church Maid Orleans France Jeanne Dauphin Rheims England Rouen Mother Munnings Hartis Suffolk John Bull Adam Clark Adam Cotton Mather Susanna Martin Susanna Martin Bar Joan of Arc Hansel and Gretel Macbeth Hallowe'en
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Boosting American Trade Through Commerce and Standards

The Department of Commerce promotes U S trade with ten foreign attaches from London to Melbourne, supports the Bureau of Standards for accurate measures, and expands statistics via the Census. It highlights fisheries gains from tile fish to tuna, lighthouse and coast surveys, and the rapid growth of foreign trade tonnage since 1914.

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Department of Commerce Bureau of Standards Census Bureau of Value The Internationa Syndicate ONG America Europe Uncle Sam Secretary of Commerce Department of Government Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce Staches London Paris Petrograd Berlin Buenos Aires Rio de Janeiro Santiago Lima Pekin Melbourne Weights and Measures Bureau Redfield Congress Bureau of the Census Bureau of Fisheries California Alaska U. S. Lighthouse Bureau Cape St. Elias Kyak Island Prince William Sound Cook Islet Pacific United States Kilauea Point Hawaii U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Alaskan U. S. Steamboat Inspection Service Bureau of Navigation
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Ulysses Witch of Bureau of Information and Clearing House Germany Sunan Alwate Frowiag
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