Madonna Lilies and Other Sacred Flowers Through Time
A reflective piece on sacred flowers, especially Madonna lilies, linking floral growth to spiritual renewal. It traces the lily’s association with the Virgin, notes symbolic flowers in myth and Christian iconography, and cites poets from Chaucer to Tennyson praising lilies and roses. The article blends natural imagery with literary reverence and historical lore.
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Apollo
Freya
Palestine
Netherland
Chaucer
Spenser
Shakespearer
Milton
Algo Swinburne
Tennyson
Maud
Herrick
Shelley
Wordsworth
Burns
Longfellow
James
Russell Lowell
Shakespeare
Easter and Christmas Dominate The Page Of History
The article traces Easter origins from Teutonic pagan rites to Christian celebration, noting its spread by Saxons into England around 68 A.D. It describes early church eight day ceremonies, later reforms, Palm Sunday to Easter services, and the Easter kiss. Russia's Easter Sunday tradition with benediction, holy water, and public salutes is described, showing universal emphasis on Christ’s resurrection.
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Nazareth
Germany
Ostara
England
Russia
Christos
Christ
Electric Lighted Easter Eggs Topic Emphasized
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss Easter eggs lit by electric light, a modern novelty in decorative display. Mentions new cat or device and the term Easter eight or eight, with unclear context about ordinary or neat apparatus.
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Atric
Processional 22 99 to Zalvary Processional 22 99 to Zalvary
A devotional excerpt praises divine grace and sacred bearing. It reflects on Jesus bearing the sins of mankind and the merciless scorn of the world as he comes to spare humanity. The verse contrasts earthly burden with the mercy of the savior.
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Walts
Woman and the Life Festival Reveres Easter's feminine spirit
The article argues Easter centers on women not men, claiming women lead in churches, decorate streets, and embody renewal. It highlights women as mother, teacher, and guardian, with a stronger resurrection spirit and springlike outlook, making Easter a distinctly female festival from infancy to old age.
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Temple of Life
Ife
Tracing Ocean Currents With Sealed Bottles
Sealed bottles mark date and position when cast, then found later on shores or ships showing rough currents. The United States hydrographic bureau distributes blank forms and captains note locations, but routes are not recorded. Releasing bottles again would boost data on ocean currents.
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Hydrographic Bureau
United States
Emma Laurans
W. Long
Robe
Australia
Streetcar calling device tested in Atchison action
Street cars in Atchison Kansas may soon be operated by motormen with a tube horn system allowing calls to be issued from the front vestibule into the car interior. The mouthpiece sits above the control box so the motorman calls without looking away from the track.
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Atchison, Kan
Helvetia Declared Winner in London Balloon Race
At a London meeting the International Association of Aeronauts endorsed the Swiss balloon Helvetia as the winner of the October race from Berlin. The decision confirms Helvetia ahead of competing craft and cites achievement in the long cross continental flight.
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Helvetia
International Association of Aeronauts
London
Berlin
Scotch inventor’s gyropter under construction
About twenty years after an early Scotch inventor first conceived aerial navigation a new flying-machine dubbed the gyropter is shown in progress. It features two umbrella-like lifters that whirl to lift the skeleton and frame which will later be covered, marking a step toward actual flight.
Pop in Taw Game Attracts Attention In England
The game called Pop in Taw in England gathers interest as multiple players take turns. Each player uses a small flat wooden shovel to transfer five steel balls into steel cones. Cones start with their small ends up and openings only large enough for one ball at a time.
Red light visibility surpasses green at distance
Tests on a clear night show red light of one candlepower discernible at one mile, three candlepower at two miles, ten candlepower at two miles, 38 candlepower at five miles. a white light of 8.2 candlepower distinguishable at three miles and 17.2 candlepower at five miles, demonstrating greater range for red.
Nipporium: A New Element Found by M Ogawa
Uranic researcher M Ogawa of the University of Tokyo reports a new element named Nipporian with symbol Np. It occurs in thorine reinite and molybdenite as small yellow or red crystals, density 4.5, with an estimated atomic weight near four times that of nitrogen, likely about 100, placing it between molybdenum and ruthenium.
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M. Ogawa
University of Tokyo
Fireworks as Airships Foil Warfare Thought
A fireworks maker in his office suggests using fireworks to defend against airship bombardment. He proposes skyrockets that reach a mile high, torches lighting wide areas, deadly gases as aerial strata, and questions existing fortifications and searchlights.
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Mr. Pain
New York Law Defines Eye Care Professions
The article notes a New York law defining roles such as opulists optt clans optometriats optometrist optician oculist and their duties The optometrist prescribes lens characteristics the optician grinds lenses per direction while the oculist operates as a surgeon treating eye diseases
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New York
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