Flowers tied to Easter and legends across cultures
The piece traces Easter lilies and other flowers from myth and legend through Christian symbolism to modern horticulture. It notes origins of Bermuda lilies, notes on Venus and Adonis, Madonna lilies, and the use of lilies, primroses, briar roses, and other blooms as emblems of birth, life, resurrection, and faith across civilizations. It references Joan of Arc, Cleopatra, and Judas, and mentions the Washington Star account.
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Juno
Joan of Arc
Sijnin
America
Europe
Bermuda
Japan
Orient
China
United States
Thibet
Egypt
Judith
Hotofernes
Cleopatra
Chris Vanity
Hesvern
Wid Dave
CPID
Hipprocrates
North Africa
Asia
Washington Star
Easter Day Hymn Lifted From Old Latin Poem
The excerpt hails Easter with joyous imagery of Christ’s triumph over death. It portrays Earth waking to spring and nature blooming as a symbol of resurrection and salvation, asserting hell defeated and heaven won today.
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Hell
International Prohibition Debate and 1920s Political Clashes
Congress debates resubmitting the Eighteenth Amendment while wets gain ground in a vote on a prohibition amendment. Beck and Linthicum push for action as dry leaders forecast strategic shifts. The piece also covers tax debates, Kreuger’s death, and looming party conventions with Hoovers and Dawes debated for leadership roles. Includes Lindbergh kidnapping case twists and Capone-linked kidnapping theories.
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Congress
House
Judiciary Committee
Garner
Beck and
Linthhcam
Beck
Republican Party
Hoover
Sennan
Beaver
Fred Britten
Milneis
Death by Own Hand The Eastman Kodak Founder George Eastman
George Eastman renowned as the developer of the camera and philanthropist ended his life by suicide at his Rochester New Jersey home. The famed inventor had built Eastman Kodak and then donated vast fortunes, leaving a farewell note saying my work is done.
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Ples
Civnics
Eastman
Tenny
Ivar Kreuger
Swedish Match Trust
Europe
New York
Paris
Badhman
Krener
Stockholm
Woo
Wise
George Enerman
Giso
Rochester
N. J
Von Hindenburg Dominates Peace and War Era Vote
The veteran German leader Von Hindenburg holds vast support across peace and wartime periods, defeating Hitler by a narrow margin in the presidential election. By late counts he trails just shy of a majority, with Hitler around 12.5 million votes as Thiemann and Duesterberg lag far behind.
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Aul von Hildenburg
Adolf Hitler
Aguinar
von Hindenburg
Hitler
Ernest Thinelmann
Duesterberg
Winter
Iian
Roosevelts and Murray Lead North Dakota Democratic Primary Contenders
Partial rural returns show Masklin B D Roosevelt and Governor W B Murray contesting the Democratic presidential nominating race in North Dakota. Alfairo Witt gains farmer support in a Republican sweep with France and Coxey vying for favored votes. Mississippi selects a new congressman to fill the late Percy’s term as Russell Kilvey, Democrat, oversees a college at Wesson.
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Masklin
Roosevelt
W. B. Murray
Oklahoma
North Dakota
New York
Alfairo Witt
Joseph L France
Maryland
Jacob
Coxey
Ohio
France
Hoover
Mississippi
Percy
Quinne
L. Russell Kilvey
Wesson
Chinese and Japanese agree on gradual Shanghai withdrawal plan
Negotiations mediated by the United States and Great Britain lead to a staged pullback of Japanese troops from Shanghai. A League of Nations mission tours devastated areas as Manchurian tensions rise and Chinese forces resist allegiance shifts amid new provincial revolts.
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Japan
Ching
Shanghai
United States
Great Britain
China
Mancheria
Lyiten Commission
League of Nations
Frank McCoy
Unter
Heron
Wo Teh-chee
Manchoukuo
Henry Paul
Tokyo
Hellunzhiang
Mo Chon-shan
Pu-yi
Changchun
Fuyu
Harbin
Postmaster General Outlines Postal Cost Cuts
W F Brown submits memorandum to House special committee detailing cost reduction ideas for the postal service. He notes overstaffing due to low business volume and suggests cuts, pay reductions, route consolidations, and building use, but warns these won’t balance the budget without higher postal rates. Brown supports letting the lowest bidder determine rural free delivery routes, a plan he fears could reduce general service quality.
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Dostmaster
W. F. Brown
House of Representatives
Fle
Enid Alp
Brown
Post Office Department
W. G. Ring
Who Was Who in Stalky and Co. A Kipling Essay
A juvenile discussion questions Kipling’s youth and the real figures behind Stalky and Co. Born in India the author attended United Services College Westward Ho England. The piece argues Kipling’s schoolboy exploits are overdrawn and cites G C Beresford and Lionel Dunsterville as inspirations.
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Gigadies
Stalky & Co
Tudward
Kipling
Noth
G. C. Beresford
McTurk
Amlad
Lionel €. Dunsterville
Stalky
Goth
India
United Services College of
England
Barrick Room
Crofts
Otters
Hend Minster
Sfe'Turk
Marjorie Fleming the Child Prodigy of Edinburg
Marjorie Fleming born near Kircaldy grew to fame as a child writer in Edinburgh. She befriended Sir Walter Scott, with parts of Waverley written with her on his knee. Her journals and poems from ages six to eight were published later, and a statue honors her memory in Scotland. She died in 1971 due to illness.
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Marjornie
Walter Serra
Marjorie Fleming
Edinnirgeh
Per Murjoirle
Kircaldy
Scotland
Dictionary of National
Seori
Malda
Marjorie
Mary Queen of Scots
Pet Marjorie
Rebecca Gratz and the Rebecca in Ivanhoe
A 1992 article notes that Rebecca Gratz inspired the Rebecca in Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe and recalls her charitable life. Irving praised her story, linking her to Philadelphia Jewish social circles and the Mikveh Israel Cemetery on Spruce Street.
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Rebecca
Sir Walter Scott
Washington Irving
Scott
Rebecca Gritz
Spruce Street
Heahly
Matilda Hotman
Scott Io England
Irving
Morrida
Ivanhoe
Venern Newspaper
Inten
Mummy Trees Guarded by Arkansas Lumber Firm
Reported in Arkansas and Leugliana, large seal trees nicknamed "mummy tress" are protected by workers described as negro cutters. They guard some marked trees, leaving others to sustain a new crop of young trees, per the United States Department of Agriculture.
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Arkansas
Leulgiana
United States
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Exeter
Angela
Hades
Flower
Ily
Jericho
Dericho
Mary
Boly
Nother Tower
Russia
Mumry
Weil
Edward W. Pickard
J. M. Beck
Ways and Means
Organized Labor
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Labor
Fred Brenckman
National Grange
Senate
Chicago
Washington
Curtis
Charles G. Dawes
Bertrand H. Snell
A. M. Harvey
George L. Bart Ans
Repubiicans
H. Snell
Charles Oliver
Welfare Island
William Gleason
Cilffaide
Oliver
Piodelphia
al Capone
Geo. Eastman
Geneva
Naval Commission
D. P. Mt. Pound
Great Briain
Sen. Swanson
Swansen
Swanson
Pet
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