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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1910
Page
7
In Oberammergau the Passion Play replays every ten years with Anton Lang as Christus and a community of villagers acting as carpenters and smiths. The event runs from May through September on a mountain backdrop, with a two hour postperformance interval and a focus on humility over spectacle.
Rev S H Doyle urges reverent Easter observance as the high point of the church year noting Christ's resurrection proves his deity and that Easter Sabbath should inspire weekly worship. He contrasts Easter joy with ordinary Sabbaths while stressing sincere service and rest from worldly toil.
European visitors rush to Venice for Easter rites in St Mark's Basilica and the Doge era. Pigeons in St Mark's dome draw crowds as locals feed them, while flowers flood the canals and palazzos glow under spring skies. The day peaks with a grand morning service and romantic rides along glittering canals.
The article traces Easter from Ostera to its Christian observance. It notes the 225 A D Nicean council rule for dating, the rejection of Easter on Sabbath if full moon falls there, and contrasts Easter meanings with pagan roots. It emphasizes faith in the resurrection as central to Christianity and the festival as a yearly celebration of hope and triumph.
A phrenological view outlines the indoor business man as broad in upper forehead with strong causal and calculating faculties and honesty, tact, and reserve. He is described as short, stout, plump with a ruddy animated countenance and well-developed frontal head.
A historical discussion on early life origins describes filtered hay infusions that incubate tiny organisms and jellylike beings. The text notes minute creatures darting and digesting, alive though minuscule, and calls the origin of life a mystery as great as humanity’s earliest questions.
The judge hears a request to recess the trial as counsel notes the wife wishes to modify wardrobe. The remark about gowns and costumes signals a disputed fashion matter amid the divorce proceedings.
A distressed beggar pleads for work from a kind woman on the street. The exchange centers on a plea for aid and the woman’s response to help the two men seen kneeling. The scene captures street life and social charity.
An old advertisement touts a home remedy for rheumatism promising fast relief. The recipe calls for one ounce syrump ot Sarsaparitla compound, one ounce Toris compound, and half an ounce of whiskey mixed and taken in two tablespoons before meals and at bedtime. It claims dramatic improvements from day one and that druggists can supply the ingredients.
Mark Twain notes he often plays a woman’s part in tales. He recalls rebuking a Hannibal woman who showed him her children, joking that even a bibbed child could belong to the centary sex, with the reply Yas sah that’s a girl too.
The article argues that the distinction between slender and skinny women hinges on money rather than taste or health. It discusses fashion and beauty industry pressures shaping body ideals and suggests economic factors influence perceived desirability and scale of standards.
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