Woman's globe trotting Easter study by Miss Laidlaw
Miss Helen Mathews Laidlaw of St Louis has spent Easter in eighteen countries, detailing customs from Celtic dawn songs to Mexican processions. She notes white veiled children in Our Lady of the Angels, Judas effigies, street penances in Mexico, Austrian mass at Swartzenberg, German egg gifts and new clothing for luck, and Russian marriage proposals with green twigs over doors.
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Helen Mathews Laidlaw
St. Louis
England
Scotland
Feostre
Our Lady of the Angels
Mexico City
Seville
Judas
Mexico
Tyrel
Swartzenberg
Lake Constance
Germany
Hamburg
Rome
Russia
Easter in the world and Miss Laidlaw's Seville account
The author chronicles Easter customs across regions, from Seville’s processions and wine feasts to Tyrolean carols and Rome’s mass led by Pope Leo. She recalls London and England customs, including egg exchanges, and notes Jewish Passover origins shaping Easter symbolism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhine
Rome
Jerusalem
Pope Leo
St. Peter's
St. Angelo
Pope
Dolliver Defends Conferral Rights in Senate Clash
In Washington the senate revisited last Saturday's White House conference on railroad rate legislation. Senator Dolliver defended the right of senators to confer with the president and accused others of talking with railroad company presidents. Senators Bailey and Foraker pressed for the names of those mentioned. Dolliver refused, saying he and others faced ridicule. The exchange, though tense, ended on good terms.
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Bailey
Foraker
Iowa
Reecho
White House
Washington
Senate
Stone
Mr. Foraker
Dolliver
Aeronaut Nocquet Found Dead After Balloon Flight
The body of French sculptor and Aero club of New York member Nocquet was found in Tass creek along Long Island between Jones Beach and Amityville. His balloon was located Tuesday night by Jones Beach life savers, ending a multi‑day search across ocean marshes and islands.
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New York
Tass Creek
Long Island
Jones’ Beach
Amityville
Nocquet
Aero Club of New York
Torpedo Boat Sunk in Snowstorm Off Liban Russia
During a submarine boat trial at Liban yesterday a torpedo boat struck a reef. Several naval officers witnessed the experiment and were fired on board, but a snowstorm hindered salvage and the vessel sank.
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Liban
Russia
Burton Cited in Supreme Court Burden of Payment Case
Washington April 4 Argument began in the United States Supreme Court in the case of the United States versus Senator Burton of Kansas. The government was represented by Assistant Attorney General Charles H Robb and Burton by a large counsel including ex Judge John F Dillon and others. The charge mirrors the previous appeal focusing on Burton receiving money. the circuit court reversal rested on the lack of proof of the facet and testimony showing payment by checks cashed in this city.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
United States
Senator Burton
Kansas
Wyne
Charles H. Robb
Mr.urton
John F. Dillon
Bailey P. Waegener
Henry Hubbard
W. H. Rossington
W. Knox Haynes
F. L. Lermann
W. P Hackney
Burton
St. Louis
Circuit Court
Tien
Albany Lobbyist Registration Passed by Assembly
Albany April 5 the state assembly approved a bill requiring all legislative agents to register and report their fees. The measure bans contingent-fee employment for those who seek to influence legislation.
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Albany
N. Y
State Assembly
When One Is Driven to Drink He Usually Has to WeIk
A compact quip notes that pressure leads to drinking, suggesting humor about coping with drinkability and effort in daily life.
Women Die in Gas and Mutual Pact in East Eighteenth
The bodies of two elderly sisters, believed to be Miss Clara Franzfort formerly of Islip and her sister, were found asphyxiated by gas in a furnished apartment on East Eighteenth street. Other tenants say both women over sixty died by mutual action without a known cause.
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New York
Clara Franzfort
Islip, L. L
East Eighteenth Street
Fifty Five Dead In German Hotel Collapse
Magold Germany April 6 The Stag hotel collapsed during lunch hours killing fifty two guests and injuring seven. Reports say the unfinished roof and festive preparations contributed to the disaster as a dance filled the crowded floor. By nightfall fifty five bodies were recovered and one hundred injured treated with twenty missing and presumed dead leaving the town in shock.
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Magold
South Germany
Stag
Independent Operators Move Toward Arbitration in Coal Strike
In Columbus Ohio John Winder president of the bituminous operators proposed arbitration to settle the strike in Ohio Indiana Illinois and western Pennsylvania. He urged a board of arbitration with Judge Gray as umpire. In Pittsburg Pa miners report easing tensions as independent operators sign the scale and plan full operation by Monday.
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Columbus
John Winder
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Mitchell
Gray
Pittsburg
Peare
Allen W Murphy Reports China Unrest and Trade Strain
Allen W Murphy former vice consul at Tien Tsin who just arrived in San Francisco warns of disruptive forces in China with no central government. He cites a potentially needed armed intervention to protect foreigners, notes a serious boycott of American goods, and says north China is calm while the south shows official encouragement of the movement and unaccepted shipments.
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San Francisco
Allen W Murphy
Berkely
Tien Tsin
China
Orient
Sheridan
Murphy
Yuan Shihakai
Cili
Vesuvius Eruption Alarms Residents Around Naples
Vesuvius erupts with five lava streams descending the mountain and loud explosions heard twenty miles away. Villagers flee near the crater while processions carry talismans and pray for relief as Naples is dusted with ash or cinders.
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Nantes
Vesuvius
Crater
Naples
For Each Hard-Tuck Story Buried Two More Ore Born
A compact item notes puzzling or cryptic wording about hidden details. It suggests a sparse report on an event or discovery with uncertain specifics. The text preserves a local paper voice while avoiding explicit names or dates.
Jerome Seeks Special Grand Jury For Insurance Probes
Justice Dowling granted District Attorney Jerome's request for a special grand jury to probe insurance matters. The court consulted associate justices and agreed on the advisability. The jury will be convened about May 1.
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Jerome
New York
Justice Dowling
Supreme Court
Dowling
Incubator En'El'En Paradox Mirrors Stepmother's Care
A peculiar comparison frames an incubator en'el'en as feeling like a child under a stepmother. The analogy suggests complicated care dynamics and emotional tension within the setting described.
Canada Offers Free 160 Acres to Every Settler
The government provides an offer of 160 acres of land free to each settler with adjoining lands purchasable from railroads and other corporations at eight to ten dollars per acre.
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Miss Laidlaw
Christ
Centurion
Black Sea
Papa
Northumberland
Sen. Dolliver
Paul Nocquit
Creek
FFTY
Price. Com
Trust
Kemp
Balsam
AJ Tower
Boston
USA
Toronto
Canada
Ottawa
E. T. Homes
Jackson Street
St. Paul
Minnesota
W. V. Bennett
New York Life Building
Omaha
Nebraska
W.l.douglas
W.L. Douglas
Dougls Shoes
Alf Pari
W.l. Dougal Ee L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Brockton, Moe
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