Good Friday Service at Paramount Draws Large Trinity Audience
The annual Good Friday service at the Paramount theater noon service by Trinity Lutheran Church drew a large crowd. Rev. P. L. Bornhoeft delivered a sermon on Christ’s blood cleansing from sin, contrasting Christian faith with pagan beliefs and stressing Jesus dying for all. A brief note mentions child Mae Shimek’s sun- gaze condition and local want ads with Easter bargains.
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Paramount Theater
Trinity Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod
First Avenue
Fourteenth Street
P. L. Bornhoeft
Jesus
Calvary
Jesus Christ
Christ
God
John
St. Mary
Magdalene
Simeon
Joseph of
Arimathea
Nicodemus
Boy Whose Body Is Petrifying Faces Future With Smile
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania seven year old Benny Hendrick battles a rare disease myositis ossific progressive turning his muscles to rock like substance. Doctors say he has slight chance of recovery yet he smiles and hopes to be playing soon while his mother notes a fall may have started his condition. His limbs and back stiffen as calcium deposits harden his body and threaten vital organs.
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Wilkes-Barre
Benny Hendrick
General Hospital
Larksville
Benny
Theresa Hendrick
German Biography Of Lincoln Used In '60 Campaign Found
Springfield Illinois authorities report discovery of a German language biography of Abraham Lincoln printed in Chicago for the 1860 campaign. The rare book, long lost, was added to the Illinois Historical Library after being bought from a Chicago rare books dealer. Secretary Angle notes its uniqueness among campaign biographies.
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Lincoln
Springfield
Ill
Abraham Lincoln
Chicago
Illinois Historical Library
Paul M. Angle
Angle
Whistler Portrait to Adorn Mother's Day Stamp
Washington dispatch reports 200 million copies of Whistler’s portrait of his mother will be issued as three cent stamps. The design, named Arrangement in Black and Gray, will appear on most U S mail by Mother's Day, May 13, in a size about twice that of current stamps. It marks a tribute linking motherhood to postal history and medieval English roots.
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Washington
Whistler
James Abbot McNeil Whistler
United States
England
Mothering Sunday to Mother's Day origins and 1922 Belfast tax rise
Medieval origins of Mothering Sunday centered on visiting female parents with small gifts. Miss Ann Jarvis inspired American Mother's Day in 1908, leading to national observance proclaimed by President Wilson in 1914. Farley issued commemorative stamps for federal participation, available May 2. Also noted are Belfast tax increases the highest since 1922.
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Ann Jarvis
Philadelphia
Congress
Woodrow Wilson
James A. Farley
Belfast
Ireland
Passenger Flights Over City From Cedar Rapids Airport
Cedar Rapids Municipal airport with crushed rock runways will host Cedar Rapids Airways flights Saturday and Sunday. Planes will offer short sightseeing trips over the city at special bar gain prices. Dan Hunter, president of the Airways, announced the event highlighting city airport improvements funded by federal aid. The Stinson cabin plane with Hunter piloting will also be used.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Airways, Inc
Dan Hun
Ter
Airways Comepany
Gazette Stinson
Hunter
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Ebebe
CAMAY
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HEINZ
M. J. B. Coffee
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Cor
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32Nd St
Long Island
Blue Ribbon Atlas
Prager Schlitz
Hamm' 'S
Bock
Canada
Cox
Caer
Lipton
Joe Stark
1St St. NE
Brookfield
Veal
Hamburg
Hills Bros. Coffee
Pacific
Hills Bros
Leibsohn
First Ave. E
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Jersey
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M.J.B. Coffee
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Peerless
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