The Easter Festival Through History and Rituals
The article traces Easter from pagan Eostre to Christian Easter, noting springtime symbolism, symbols like eggs and lilies, and the spread of customs across civilizations. It describes Roman and Jerusalem ceremonies, Rome’s papal rites, and carols from Tyrol and Spain, with Easter legends and music enriching faith and spring renewal.
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Eastre
Eoster
Eostre
Aurora
Constantine
Nice
Nisan
Persia
Ormuzd
Adriman
Russia
Paris
Church of the Holy Sepulcher
Jerusalem
Christendom
Via Dolorosa
Christ
Rome
St. Peter's
Castle of
St. Angelo
St. Peter’s Tomb
Tyrol
Spain
Simple Paper Box Demonstration With Water Heat
A short instructive note describes folding ordinary writing paper into a box with string in each corner to hold the folds. The box is filled with water and hung over a flame to boil, preferably using an alcohol lamp for table use.
Why Paper And Boiler Won’t Burn In Fire
The text explains a simple experiment where paper does not burn because water absorbs heat, keeping paper below ignition. It compares this to steam boilers where ample water prevents damage, but low water allows heat to cause an explosion.
Parachute Toy From Indiana Men amuse readers
Two Indiana men invent a globe shaped parachute toy. A hinged shell holds a packed parachute and a weight ball. A pin is unwound to release at ground, causing the shell to open and the parachute to deploy.
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Indiana
Japanese Tops Show Clever Craft in Aerial Spinner Feats
The piece praises Japanese skill in toy spinning with a variety of tops from large to tiny. It describes methods including spinning up a rope to a mast head, catching on sleeves, pipe bowls, and fingers, with tests of balance on swords, cords, and surfaces while noting a return catch.
Can You Make a Coin Swing Like a Pendulum
A party trick uses a 18 inch thread attached to a coin with wax or gum. The coin rests on a table with a hand on a stick, and the coin swings toward a glass, eventually tapping it as a pendulum action reveals how hard it is to keep steady.
How to Lift a Small Plate Tutorial
A glass filled to the brim with water is inverted over a blotting paper with a small plate on top. The plate and glass are held firmly together to prevent air entry. After a moment, the setup demonstrates the atmospheric pressure effect.
A Real Handy Tree and Parachute Toy
The article describes a toy parachute with a weight that straightens the floater for a gentle descent, and introduces a tropical thread and needle tree whose sharp leaf tip forms a ready threaded needle. It notes the fiber is strong and used by Mexicans for coarse cloth and sewing.
Lifting a Plate and Damp Blotting Paper Effect
A note describes lifting a plate when blotting paper is damp, causing the glass to attach tightly to the plate. The dampness creates suction that holds the two pieces together.
Little James Finds Father’s Teeth Tale Amusing
In a tale from a small town, Little James shares with the minister that his father has a new set of false teeth. The minister gently asks what will be done with the old set, and James quips they would be cut down so he could wear them.
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James
Little James
Make Your Own Cork Dancing Doll From a Wine Cork
A DIY craft describes making a cork dancer by hollowing a cork, inserting a lead shot filled end, sealing with putty, and fashioning a blue tissue hat dress and ribbon sash. The cork is decorated with a painted face and a dancing figure is posed on top.
Farmer Samuel Roth Shot by Burglar in Dark
Samuel Roth a prosperous farmer near Edna Mills northwest of Frankfort was shot four times by a burglar who blew out the light. Two shots hit him, one in the neck and another scalp wound, with Mrs Roth hearing the intruder and fleeing to alert him. The robber stole two gold watches.
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Frankfort
Samuel Roth
Edna Mills
Veteran Postmaster Quits After 50 Years Service
Portland April 2 Charles W Muth longtime postmaster at New Corydon Jay county has resigned after half a century of continuous service He ran the post office with a store but will retire to Geneva The service yielded roughly 6000 over fifty years with yearly stamps and now about 190 in salary There is one applicant for the office
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Portland
New Corydon
Jay County
Charles W. Muth
Pleads Guilty to Shooting in Indiana Case
William Brunner of Alexandria pleaded guilty to attempted murder for shooting at Charles H. Anders in Gilman on March 5. Brunner, 43, will be sent to Michigan City state prison for a term of two to fourteen years. Anders is the fiancé of Mrs. Bertha Parks, Brunner’s sister.
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Anderson
William Brunner
Alexandria
Indiana
Michigan City
Brunner
Charles H. Anders
Bertha Parks
Anders
Gilman
Postal savings bank report from Indianapolis includes March deposits
The Indianapolis post office postal savings bank reports $84,558 deposited since opening. Ninety seven new accounts were opened in March, with 806 accounts remaining open. There were 585 deposits totaling $12,524 and about $5,000 withdrawn, indicating a growing funds flow.
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Peetai Bank
Getty
Indianapolis
Postal Savings Bank
Patrolman McKinney Shot by Partner Dies
Indianapolis April 2 Patrolman John E McKinney died at the city hospital after being shot by his partner Arthur F Moore. The men admitted they had stopped at several saloons and had been drinking while on their beat. The assault charge against Moore was upgraded to murder.
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Indianapolis
John E. McKinney
Arthur F. Moore
Moore
Bloodhounds Find Stolen Papers Buried Near Laporte
Bloodhounds recovered valuable papers stolen from Pere Marquette station in Laporte. The trail led two miles west where the loot was buried before thieves fled on a Lake Shore train.
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Laporte
Pere Marquette
Lake Shore
Boy Hops Train In Petersburg Then Loses Leg
Fourteen year old Howard Smith, son of farmer William Smith, attempted to hop a south bound train during a town visit. He fell, his right foot was cut off above the ankle and doctors say the leg must be amputated at the knee.
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Petersburg
Howard Smith
William Smith
Widow Discovers Farmer Dead at Home Near Crane
B Thomas Boyer 51 prominent Tippecanoe county farmer dropped dead while preparing to ride to Lafayette. His widow found the body in the barn at his Crane area home.
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Lafayette
B. Thomas Boyer
Crane
Tippecanoe County
Engineers Found Dead In Vincennes Shed
Riley Fields sixty two a stationary engineer was found dead in a shed. Coroner Bowers autopsy says death was caused by intestinal trouble and a simple operation could have saved his life if he had been found in time.
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Vincennes
Riley Fields
Bowers
Boy Hunter Fatally Hurt in Indiana Ducking Accident
Vincennes April 2. George Robinson, 15, struck his shotgun with an oar during duck hunting. The charge entered his leg and he died on the operating table.
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Vincennes
George Robinson
Robinson
BLOWER FLEES Robert Baughman Escapes Kansas Prison
Anderson authorities seek Robert Baughman after his escape from the Lansing Kansas state prison where he served ten to twenty years for safe blowing. He allegedly reached the roof by bedclothes rope and lowered to ground, boarding an eastbound freight as a possible getaway. He has prior trouble and is rumored to head toward Anderson.
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Anderson
Robert Baughman
Lansing
Kan
Baughman
Upland
Indianapolis
James Baughman
Kansas
South Bend Saloons to Shrink After Brewery Strike
A 103 worker strike at local breweries cuts South Bend saloons. Indiana organizer Joseph Obergfell says many union violators of the Proctor law will be closed. Pickets guard plants and police deter damage as wage dispute sparked the action.
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South Bend
Joseph Obergfell
Indianapolis
National Order of Brewery
Massive Illinois Central slide blocks rail service
A large mud and rock slide near the Solsberry cut on the Illinois Central railroad delayed trains between Here and Linton. The thawing ground caused the slide, and twenty five workers labored six hours to clear the tracks.
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Bloomington
Illinois Central Railroad
Big Solsberry
Here
Linton
Agricultural exhibit draws over twenty thousand in February
Reports from towns along the New York Central in Indiana show the agricultural extension department exhibit was visited by more than twenty thousand people in February. The majority were farmers seeking progressive farming ideas, with few visitors there on curiosity.
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Lafayette
Agricultural Extension Department
New York Central
Indiana
Engineer Dies at Post on Vandalia Fast Mail
Terre Haute reports Wilmot K. Larr a veteran Vandalia employee died at his post in the engine of No 11 between Griffith and Marshall Ill Fireman found him unconscious at Griffith and he was dead by the time the train reached Marshall His death occurred while on duty aboard the fast mail train.
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Terre Haute
Wilmot K. Larr
Vandalia Railroad Company
Griffith
Marshall
Ill
Larr
Dell Dragoon Redkey Named Assistant Doorkeeper in Baltimore Demo
Portland reports Redkey has been appointed as an assistant doorkeeper for the Democratic convention in Baltimore next June. The appointment came at the Indiana state convention in Indianapolis, aided by national delegate Matt H. Hart of Dunkirk and national committeeman Thomas Gart.
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Portland
Dell Dragoon
Redkey
Baltimore
Indianapolis
Matt H. Hart
Dunkirk
Thomas’ Gart
Lover's Tragedy Ends in Death in Harris Arms
In Evansville Ethel Huff aged eighteen drank carbolic acid then ran to the home of her sweetheart Lewis Harris who had just left. She died in his arms after threatening to take her life. Her mother had drowned herself in the Ohio river two years earlier.
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Evansville
Ethel Huff
Lewis Harris
Ohio River
Vicious dog kills child in town attack
A Newfoundland believed mad attacked a woman before biting four year old Frank Yates son of F W Yates. Rescuers armed with shotguns shot and killed the animal on the scene. Local authorities investigate possible rabies.
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Gary
Frank
F. W. Yates
Train Victim Intoxicated In Clayton Tragedy
Coroner Allred finds Chester West aged nineteen was intoxicated and in the company of a 40 year old man who supplied liquor before his mangled remains were found on Vandalia tracks one mile west of Clayton. He calls for grand jury investigation amid southern Hemrick county indignation.
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Danville
Chester West
Milton West
Vandalia
Clayton
Allred
Hemericks County
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