Easter bulbs and blooms reshaping US trade and farms
The piece describes how US Department of Agriculture efforts foster home production of Easter lilies, hyacinths, tulips, narcissi, azaleas, rhododendrons, and freesia to reduce imports. It notes Bermuda lily disease, shifts of trade to Japan, climate favorable areas on the Pacific coast, and advancing bulb culture via machinery and improved stock. It highlights growers from Ghent adapting to California and freesia development across Florida Georgia California with rainbow varieties.
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Shakespeare
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Bermuda
Japan
Iast
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Department of Agriculture
Florida
Mississippi
Washington
Texas
California
Pacific Coast
Haarlem
Holland
America
Belgium
Ghent
South Africa
Georgia
Santa Ana
Santa Barbara
Pasadena
San Gabriel
Natal
Italy
France
England
Rise of Christ Belief Confounds Skeptics Moule Text
The passage argues that the resurrection belief among the first disciples arose from an actual event and cannot be explained by alternative theories. It asserts only the simple conclusion that the Lord did rise again explains the disciples’ faith.
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Christ
Lily symbolism and Madonna lilies in Catholic tradition
The lily represents purity in Church symbolism and is linked to the Virgin Mary. Madonna lilies are said to have released fragrance when the Blessed Virgin touched them in Zacharias garden. Legends recount Easter bloom and roses filling Mary’s tomb after the Assumption to reassure St. Thomas.
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Ation
Zacharias
St. Thomas
War Food Aid and Industry Push in War Emergency Programs
Government programs propose using 8 million for seed purchases and 6.1 million for cooperative extension work with state colleges. Agricultural sources report large export volumes to the Allies including 384 million bushels of wheat and 570 million pounds of pork products yearly, with meat, dairy and produce flowing to the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Russia since July 1914.
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Agricultural Department
America
Committee On Public Information
Washington
England
United States Department of Commerce
Department of Agriculture
Co-Operative Agricultural Extension
Bureau of Markets
Bureau of Chemistry
Bureau of Entomology
Bureau of Biological Survey
The
Food Administration
United Kingdom
France
Italy
Russia
United States
Submarine Eagles and license rule touch bakers and wool trade
New rule allows bakers using under three barrels monthly to seek food administration licenses. Ford plant builds new submarine fighters named Eagles forming the Eagle class. Sale of British and Irish wool to unauthorized buyers is forbidden.
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Food Administration
Ford
Eagles
Eagle
Freezone corn remover claims painless relief
Ad promises Freezone clears hard and soft corns without pain. It notes a tiny bottle costs a few cents and that it works between the toes and on calluses, attributed to a Cincinnati genius.
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Cincinnati
Stephens Denies Weight Report in Sharp Retort
Alexander H. Stephens, former vice president of the Confederacy and Georgia congressman, objected to a newspaper item misreporting his weight as 90 pounds. He claimed 94 pounds and demanded a retraction noting his editorials in Georgia. The paper refused to retract, joking that Stephens might have an editorial in his pocket to explain the four pound discrepancy.
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Alexander H. Stephens
Southern Confederacz
Congress
Georgia
Stephens
Lamps for the Eyes Illuminate Fingertips of Vision
A new optical device uses a high powered lamp inserted in the mouth to shine light into a patient eyes. It enables examination of the retina through the pupils.
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Reichstag
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Germany
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Commission On Training
United States Public Health Service
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Margaretha Schmitt
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Brooklyn
Dean
Doan
Boz
Bredhae Doan
Dien Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N. Y
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Warren, Pa
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