Easter and its ties to pagan rites and lunar calendars
Pathfinder Magazine explains Easter origins linking to pagan spring rites and symbols like eggs and rabbits. It details how the date arose from the computus paschalis, the paschal moon, and the vernal equinox, noting 1923 as a year Easter aligned with the Jewish Passover. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday with forty days before Easter, and Mardi Gras marks Shrove Tuesday ending the carnival season.
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Christ
Europe
Pathfinder Magazine
Easter Bracy Poem in Detroit Free Press
Easter Leila Bracy presents a poem praising spring mood and Easter light. The verse speaks of warm dew, pale mists, a perfumed breeze, and a golden shower from birds. It calls Earth’s endurance a healing gift and Hope born in the quiet dawn.
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Detroit Free Press
Easter
Johnny Chuck at a New Home Faces Dust and Doubt
Johnny Chuck sits wounded at his new doorstep after a fight with Reddy Fox and Bowser the Hound. Sammy Jay taunts him to return home, urging common sense as he recalls his old Old Orchard home and longs for it.
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Reddy Fox
Johnny
Reddy
Mrs. Fox
Bowser the Hound
Polly Chuck
Sammy Jay
Sammy
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T. W. Burgess
WNN Service
It All Depends Poem by Douglas Malloch
A short reflective verse on reciprocity and behavior. It notes how actions toward a person depend on the relationship and the nature of the other, from child to adult, friend to foe, and who the other person is. The piece emphasizes mutual respect and conditional conduct.
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Douglas Malloch
WNU Service
Resurrection Keynote and Easter Eggs in Folklore
The piece notes that Easter centers on the resurrection message of Christ with Mary Magdalene as a key figure, a foundational theme for over 1900 years. It adds that old German Easter customs involved children finding eggs in nests and assuming rabbits laid them, a belief not corrected by parents.
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Mary Magdalene
Germany
United States
Women discover empty tomb and Jesus rises
Mary Magdalene, Mary mother of James, and Salome find the stone rolled away at dawn. A young man in white announces Jesus is risen and not there, directing them to tell the disciples including Peter to meet in Galilee. They flee, trembling and afraid, saying nothing to anyone.
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Mary Magdalene
Mary
James
Salome
Jesus of Nazareth
Peter
Galilee
Enhancing Lamb Dishes with Seasonable Mint Jelly Mold
A Victorian style recipe outlines serving roasted lamb with mint jelly in lemon molds and garnished with cress or parsley. It details making mint jelly from vinegar sugar water green coloring spearmint extract and pectin, boiling then setting in jelly glasses, with paraffin sealing to keep.
Knickerbocker Club Origins of American Baseball
The Knickerbocker Club founded in New York in 1845 helped early American baseball, with national prominence arriving around 1865. The piece notes ties to the English game of rounders and cites 1933 McClure Syndicate WNU Service.
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America
Knickerbocker Club
New York
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
WNU
Apricot Roll Jelly Recipe Extract
Instructions describe making lemon jelly using water and lemon juice, yielding five glasses. Then outline Apricot Roll: spread jam on rolled dough, mix flour baking powder salt butter egg milk, spread butter, roll, seal, place in pan, brush with milk.
Firebugs Set Reichstag Fire Interior Destruction
Interior view shows the Reichstag after a recent incendiary blaze attributed to Communists. One assailant confessed to police that he set fires in many parts of the great chamber where parliamentary sessions are held. the chamber is completely burned out.
Simple Cabbage Salad Recipe From 1933 Western Paper
A 1933 Western Newspaper Union recipe instructs mixing chopped cabbage green pepper onion and celery with mayonnaise then serving on lettuce leaves. The method yields a quick 20 to 30 minute oven bake and hot serving with a simple salad.
Humorous Exam Tidbits From 1933 Bell Syndicate
A collection of quirky misreadings and jokes from exams and notes includes lines about dewy leaves, a carafe as a skinny African animal, and a mistaken view of Julius Caesar. The piece surveys humorous misunderstandings in light of language and history.
Boyishly Tailored Ensemble Blends Masculine and Feminine
A suit described as boyishly tailored suits both masculine and feminine moods. The top coat features a gray Persian lamb collar that emphasizes a feminine touch.
Gamber’s Legendary Driving At Oakmont And Muskegon
The article details Michigan golfer Carn Gamber’s extraordinary driving power. It explains his distance of over three hundred yards, notes specific holes at Oakmont and Muskegon, and cites técnica such as left shoulder strength and a slightly pigeon toed stance. It compares him to Chick Evans and Cyril Tolley and describes his grip and swing mechanics.
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Carn Gamber
Michigan
Oakmont
Muskegon
Mich
Gamber
Chick Evans
Cyril Tolley
Bell Syndicate
Plants Grow Without Soil in California Experiments
In California experiments show plants can be grown without soil. Chemicals in water replace soil components.
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