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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1934
Page
7
Easter’s date has long puzzled scholars as a movable feast tied to the paschal moon and vernal equinox. Early Christians varied between Jewish paschal timing and Sunday resurrection, with Nicea 825 enshrining Sunday observance and Alexandrian calculation, while divergences among calendars persisted.
A verse expresses Easter faith with lines about reclaiming grace and heavenly gates. It proclaims Christ’s voice bringing peace and life, the stone rolled away, and a heart ruled by the risen king in a resurrection day reflection.
The period began within 150 years of Christ with no set day count. By the Fourth century it lengthened to about 40 days and by the Eighth or Ninth century it began on Ash Wednesday and ended on Easter Sunday. Thus forty days are observed with Sundays not counted as fast days.
The article explains Easter rabbits and eggs as pagan symbols of spring and fertility. It notes egg rolling as ancient farming practice and red eggs symbolizing blood of redemption. Easter Monday highlights White House and Capitol lawn egg rolling for children in Washington.
The Field Museum reveals that what Americans called the safety pin has ancient roots traced to Etruscan fibulas found in Narce, Italy. Curator Berthold Laufer explains fibulas as garment clasps, predecessors of safety pins, with artifacts dating back over 2,600 years.
Noah encounters three camels boarding the Ark and debates who should stay ashore. The first camel swallows a gnat, the second bears a burden from the last straw, and the third likens itself to passing through the eye of a needle before a rich man, prompting Noah to let all aboard.
A concise reflection notes that a man may linger in a dishonorable or weak role so long that he loses the power to regain vigor. The line suggests patience, resilience, and the cost of prolonged compromise.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer recalls Maggie and Maude, two North Adams horses retired to the poor farm and later given work as part of city services. Amid heavy blizzards, the animals’ long service is noted as the town endures renewed snowbound hardship.
In deep snow zones horses pull sleighs as autos stall. Sleds and cutters move through Vermont and New Hampshire where heavy snowfall persists. The piece recalls North Adams and imagines a 1954 winter test for the enduring pair Maggie and Maude and their belated recognition.
Ady notes the product claims benefits for the liver bowels and stomach. A single Pellet functions as a laxative while three act as a cathartic.
A worker at a prominent institute develops a metal adhesive using low melting alloys that cling to metal and fiber without altering properties. Early commercial use includes corrugated roofing with asbestos on both sides. other materials like wool felt or paper bond to metal. Local dealer advertises Ferry's Pure Bred Vegetable Seeds at five cents a package.
In Tehuantepec Mexico women outnumber men five to one while in Buenos Aires Argentina men dominate the balance by the same margin. The contrast highlights gender imbalances in two distinct urban areas.
The English seventeenth century dramatist John Marston dedicates his work to himself with the inscription To his most and beloved Self. This reflects the era's practice of personal literary dedication and self-assertion.
If water spills on a book leaf, place the leaf between two blotters and iron. Iron first on one side, then on the other to prevent crinkling.
An advertisement touts S. S. S. as a tonic to restore appetite, color, and energy for workers indoors, claiming it stimulates gastric secretions and rebuilds red blood cells. It urges readers to use the remedy to prevent fatigue and keep going, noting availability at drug stores.
A century ago the English Bible Society produced a Manchu edition of the Bible at high cost. The Manchus could read Chinese and preferred it, leaving the Manchu translation largely unused as their language remained confined to official circles.
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