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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1925
Page
8
An advertisement urges taking a toad's liver pill at bedtime at 25 cents to cleanse the system of germs and impurities and prevent complications. The note ends with a merciless critic remark about the unsuccessful author.
A discovery near the entrance to the Garden tomb outside the Damascus gate of Jerusalem drew attention when a loose stone in the rotunda front was removed during tidying. Miss Hussey in charge reported the markings on the stone to the government antiquities department. Professor Brandenburg of the Berlin Society of Palestinian Research examined the rock tombs of Palestine a year ago and viewed the find a few days after the initial report.
An expert on Mediterranean rock architecture identifies a shrine to Cybele or Aphrodite near the Garden Tomb, noting a column and Adonis or Attys tree beside it and the fruit on the tree. He links the find to temples of Venus and to Hadrian’s reconstruction of Jerusalem as Aelia Capitolina, with a Venus temple reportedly placed over the Tomb of the Resurrection.
The passage describes the women visiting Jesus tomb on the first day of the week and discovering the stone rolled away They speak with two shining men who declare that Jesus has risen not here among the dead The event emphasizes the resurrection central to Luke's account
Across Mexico the Judas figure is burned or blown up during Lent. Vendors display varied wooden effigies from tiny 1 cent dolls to eight foot Judas dummies priced up to 25 dollars. The custom involves hanging the figure with insults and ending in bonfires or street processions.
The article discusses identifying a tomb as the Tomb of the Resurrection by tracing a temple shrine to Venus. It suggests if the stone is proven a Venus shrine, a temple remains could confirm the Resurrection tomb's identity. It also notes Easter Sunrise services in Hollywood and reflects on Good Friday.
A Bellefourche woman aged 106 still handles simple housework sews and enjoys car rides. Born in Ontario she came to Bellefourche by ox cart about 420 years ago. She was 101 in 1920 when a president first voted by her. Her descendants include 26 grandchildren 38 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren.
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