Evangeline Legend Honored In St Martinville Statute Unveiling
Thousands gathered in St Martinville Louisiana to unveil a life size statue of the Maid of Grand Pre, honoring Evangeline and the Acadian exile story. The event ties to a plan for the Longfellow Evangeline National Memorial Park near the historic church where Evangeline lies buried.
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St. Martinville
Evangeline
Gabriel
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Grand Pre
Louisiana
Moncton
Montreal
Canada
St. Martin Catholic Church
Longfellow Evangeline National Memorial Park
Emmerline Labiche
Louis Arceneaux
Acadia
Nova Scotia
New World
England
France
North American
Charles Lawrence
London
Peregrine Hopson
Monckton
Lawrence
Emmerline
Evangeline Oak
Bayou Teche
Longfellow
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Hawthorne
Acadie
New England
Jesus in Gethsemane and the Betrayal Incident
A WWI era style lesson outlines Jesus at the Mount of Olives, his companions Peter James and John, and his prayer in Gethsemane. It explains the cup of suffering, submission to God, the disciples’ sleep, Judas’s betrayal, and Jesus’s arrest with emphasis on obedience and meaning for believers.
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Jesus
Garen
God
Mount of Olives
Gethsemane
Jerusalem
Christ
Peter
James
John
Judas
Jesus Christ
Faith as sole path to heaven and guidance
The text proclaims faith as the only doorway to heaven the sole ship to the skies and the only weapon against opposition, attributing these claims to Tal wage. It emphasizes faith as a universal, singular remedy for spiritual ascent and struggle.
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Heaven
Faith
Talwage
Great Mistake on Compromising with the World
Quote from Selected: no greater mistake than to suppose that Christians can impress the world by compromising with it.
Machines That Are Almost Human
A 1931 Western Newspaper Union piece describes electric fleas made of electrons that imitate human tasks. Dr. Philips Thomas of Westinghouse touts their ability to guard, light, and extinguish fires, with demonstrations including a fire suppression system and a William Tell style act.
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Philips Thomas
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company Laboratories
Pittsburgh
Doctor Thomas
American Institute
New York
Thomas
Rastus
Western Newspaper Union
Uncompleted Palace near Nelsonville Reveals Neglect
The two thirds finished Dick's castle near Nelsonville New York is a massive Spanish style concrete structure with many rooms. Decades of exposure have caused deterioration over the past twenty years making completion unlikely. If finished it would have ranked among the largest and most beautiful residences along the Hudson.
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Dick's Castle
Nelsonville
N. Y
America
Hudson
Up and Down Direction Across the Globe
A science note explains that what is up for one person is not universally up for someone on the opposite side of the world. Up is defined as away from Earth, opposite to gravity, so opposite-side observers do not share the same up or down.
Fellows' Syrup promised to restore youthful vitality
Old age weariness and sleep problems were claimed to fade with Fellows' Syrup. The ad asserts the tonic can restore missing elements, improving cheer, energy, stamina, and the ability to eat, work, and sleep as at age twenty-one.
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Nature
Roosevelt elk multiply on Olympic Peninsula
F S Mavis of the United States forest service warns that Roosevelt elk native to the Olympic peninsula are protected by law and multiplying rapidly, causing grazing land loss across Puget Sound from Seattle.
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Olympic Peninsula
Puget Sound
Seattle
F. S. Mavis
United States Forest Service
Roosevelt
Peninsula
Mavis
Advertising the underworld in Goldurn Corners
A dialogue shows Farmer Corntes sel explaining to a visitor that they are not reforming but advertising. The scene hints at a local effort to draw attention to a hidden or overlooked place in Goldurn Corners.
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Grand Pre
Winslow
Basin of
Minas
Maryland
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Acadia
Maine
Georgia
France
England
Louisiana
Canada
Louis Arceneaux
Emmerline Labiche
Goldurn Corners
Farmer Corntessel
So Bings Invents Flavored Shaving Soap Novelty
A historical note describes So Bings amassing wealth after inventing a shaving soap with sundae like flavors. The item highlights a quirky entrepreneurial spirit and the novelty product landscape of the era.
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Bings
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M. of
Elmo Scott Watson
H. L
Horace Lorenzo Conolly
Salem
St. Matthew's Protestant Episcopal Church
Boston
Conolly
Cambridge
George M. Haliburton
Harvard
Edward Simon
Judge Felix Voorhies
Judge Voorhies
Madame Anne Bastarieche
Teche
Madame Bastarleche
Madame Bastareche
DeBois Blanc Louis Arceneaux
Madame Bastameche
Wustoric Evangeline Oah
the Real “Evangeline
Epimerline Labiche
THE
IEW Evangeline Monument Ointernations
P. B. Fitzwater
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
E.cc. Taylor
Electric Fleas
Fellows Syrup
Dr. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y
Freed
Nastville
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