Easter in Jerusalem Seen Through a World of Faiths
Clair Price reports from Jerusalem on Easter week as Christians Armenians and Jews observe their sacred rites in the city. The crowds gather at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher while Moslems mark the Tomb of Moses and Arab processions parade through the streets amid British gendarmes and Turkish drums. The Holy Fire ceremony electrifies the rotunda with candlelight and chants as pilgrims converge toward the Haram esh Sharif.
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Jerusalem
Clair Price
New York Times
Middle East
Bethlehem Road
el Kuds
Moses
Ctrling
Dead Sea
Constantinople
Jaffa
Nablus
Mount Gerizim
Church of the Holy Sepulcher
Jericho Coad
Adam
Noah
Abraham
Jesus
Mohammed
Saladin
Haram-esh-Sherif
Mecca
Hussein
Maandy
Domianos
Hells
St. Peter
Noone
St. Stephen's Gate
Jericho
Eldron
Gethsemane
Mount of Olives
Hebron
Manchester Regiment
el-Aksa
Bethlehem
Palestine
Odessa
Holy Russia
Sea of Heads
Cancer and prosperity in society and health
The essay argues cancer’s cause remains unknown while linking cancer frequency to wealth and urban living. It notes cancer is rarer in natural or savage conditions, grows with civilization and luxury, and is higher among the well to do and sedentary, less among the poor and active. It cites North Dakota officials on retired farmers moving to town. It concludes that simpler, longer work life lowers cancer risk.
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Williams
North Dakota
What Causes Colds According to Science and Dust
The article argues both cold air and germs cause colds. It notes newborns lack germs in the nose, but germs appear within hours. Germs are common in air and bodies, but disease requires entry through a break or irritation. Cold, damp air and temperature shifts tire the nose, enabling germs to cause congestion and colds.
These 'ere floods recalled by oldest inhabitant
The quote recalls a past flood when rain came after prayer and drowned two cows, washing foundations from the vicarage. The elder notes the lesson to let Providence guide weather rather than interfere. The remark mirrors a London Tit-Bits attitude toward weather, fate, and piety.
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Old Passon
London
Remark on Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound in Norfolk
Mrs. J. A. Jones of 317 Colley Avenue Norfolk Virginia testifies in June 1904 to remarkable health gains from Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound After using it through the change of life she praises its benefits and offers to answer letters from other women seeking help.
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Norfolk
Virginia
Lydia E. Pinkham
J. A. Jones
Colley Avenue
Gas Preserves Fish In Transit From Halifax To Montreal
The use of carbon dioxide gas refrigeration instead of ice kept 15,000 pounds of fresh fish odor free and with natural color when unpacked ten days later. Cylinders in refrigerator cars carried the gas and the system may extend the market for fresh fish.
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Halifax
Montreal
New York World
Films as Cures for Mental Ills in Swedish Hospitals
Swedish hospitals use moving picture films selected by psychiatrists as therapy for the insane and as diversion for convalescents. Sanitariums treat tuberculosis patients with films to lift mood, with films also aiding training of tuberculous patients and the deaf and mute.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Russian report on cheap gasoline substitute discovery
A Russian report claims a perfected method to derive a cheaper gasoline substitute from vegetable oils crude oil and coal tar. The process residue is described as more efficient than gasoline residue and could improve fuel output.
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Hussein Effend
Tussein Effendi
L'Armee Arabe
Jazt
Jeruselerer
Jerusalems
Frederick R. Green
Health
Union
Lydia
Oie
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