Date of Easter and calendar reform debate
Lent moves earlier this year with Easter potentially on March 22 or April 25. The article traces how Easter dating depends on lunar cycles, Nicea’s rule, and Gregorian reform, noting Rome’s calendar changes and lingering regional variations including Russia and Greece still using the old system.
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Nicea
Gregory
Rome
Rom
Wit
Numa Pomulus
England
Russia
Greece
Woman Escapes Operation After Lydia E. Pinkham Remedy
Mrs. S. J. Semler of Troy New York recounts suffering seven months with displacement and related pains. After trying Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she recovers fully and resumes household duties. She endorses the remedy and urges others to seek it before surgery.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Troy
Lydia BE
Pinkham
S. J. Semler
5Th Ave
N. Y
Jacksony Le Hit By Famine In Fuel
Jacksony Le, Ill on January 13 reports a severe Subzero gale continues with 22 degrees below zero. Rail traffic is paralyzed and streetcars crippled. A fuel shortage worsens the situation as two coal dealers lack supply while prices rise for Sunday work. Merchants have closed shops and gas services will be rehired.
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Jacksonville
Ill
Fural
Reichstag to receive reply to Wilson and Lloyd George
Amsterdam Jan 13 The Vossische Zeitung Berlin reports Imperial German Chancellor Count von Hertling will answer President Wilson and Premier Lloyd George before the Reichstag main committee on Tuesday.
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Amsterdam
Vossische Zeitung
Berlin
Count Vor Hertling
Wilson
Lloyd George
Reichstill
Battles Update: Western Front Sees Artillery and Mines
Berlin via London reports from general headquarters that in the Western theater fighting was limited to artillery and mine throwing days at various front segments, with the overall situation stated as unchanged. The dispatch is attributed to British Admiralty via wireless.
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Berlin
London
British Admiralty
General Headquarters
Rescue total tops one hundred after Saturday explosion
HAALMEREND Norway January 13 Jess reports a total of one hundred men rescued from the massive blast incident that occurred Saturday. At the work site there were 247 men present when the explosion happened.
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Haalmerend
Norway
Jess
Palmyra Men Attend State Corn Exhibit
Palmyra residents prepare for the fifteenth annual Missouri state corn show in Columbia January 14 18. Marion County entries by R E Powell and K W Daley vie for the ten car and bushel contests. Palmyra High’s team led by Harold Fink seeks the corn cup after last year’s success. accompanying Marion County Farm Bureau members include J W Head A White Tr W D Keller and others. Also Miss Clara Heidel announces engagement to Watson Luse of Vaughn Mississippi.
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Missouri Corn Growers’ Association
Coltewect
Columbia
Marion County
Kk. W. Daley
R. E. Powell
Powell
Reid
Illinois
J. W. Head
Daley
Marion County Farm Bureau
Nielsen
A. White
Tr. W. D. Keller
Ben Fink
Harold Fink
Jackson County
Ellis
Bohn
Miller
Leather
Feaster
Turner
Montgomery
Mitchell
Wells
Clara Heidel
Watson Luse
Vaughn
Heidel
Palmyra High School
Kenyon Sees War Aim in Foul Partnership Dissolution
Senator William S. Kenyon told a New York City Republican club that the war will accomplish the dissolution of the Kaiser and Gol partnership, a phrase he used to illustrate cooperation in the war effort. He had just returned from a western war tour.
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Tan
Kaiser and
Gol
United States
William S. Kenyon
Elub
New York City
Kenyon
Senator Kenyon Sees Allied Cause as Defense of Belgium and France
Senator Kenyon warned against underestimating Germany and pledged support for Belgium and France. He described atrocities by the Hun in France and Belgium and urged strong action, saying Americans should die fighting shoulder to shoulder rather than allow such horrors at home.
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Great Britain
United States
Belgium
France
Kenyon
Illinois General Dropped From U S Army
Washington January 13 the honorable discharge of Brig Generals David T Foster Illinois national guard and Cecil C Vaughn Virginia national guard as physically disqualified for active service is announced in army orders. The discharge follows the war departments policy to review fitness of all general officers before sending them abroad.
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Washington
David T. Foster
Ilinois National Guard
Cecil C. Vaughn
Virginia National Guard
Army
War Department
Special pledge cards for boarding houses plan
Washington on January 13 reports that special food pledge cards will be issued to boarders and managers to promote food conservation. The plan will be tried first in Washington as part of a broader effort by the food administration to induce saving in boarding houses.
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Washington
The
Food Administration
British aviators wing five machines
Rome January 13 The general headquarters reports concentrated Italian fires against troop movements on the Agiago plateau and British batteries firing along the Piave left bank northeast of Montello. Enemy patrols driven back north of Monte Melaggo and Grave Di Papadopolo. Reconnaissance parties harass enemy positions east of Cape Sile. Four enemy airplanes shot down by British airmen and a fifth machine hit and fell in flames near Lusiana. Machines bombed military establishments in the Sugana valley with visible results.
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Rome
General Headquarters
Agiago Plateau
the Piave
Montello
Monte Melaggo
Grave di Papadopolo
Cape Sile
Lusiana
Sugana
Walter Hutchison Dies in Monroe
Monroe City news reports Walter Hutchison aged 73 has died. The obituary notes his long life and ties to the community, with his passing marking a quiet end to a locally known figure.
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Walter Hutchison
Monroe
Monroe City
Noted Monroe citizen dies after Friday of illness
Oldest and best known Monroe resident dies Friday leaving a widow Mrs Albert EsHom Lima Adams county II and a sister plus other relatives. A remark on a gambling raid notes funds seized cannot go to police relief or city treasury unless one year passes with no owner claims per Attorney General McGhee Ohio ruling.
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Monroe
Albert Eshom
Lima
Adams County
McGhee
Ohio
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