Easter Customs Across Lands From Pagan Roots to Firework Car
A survey of Easter rituals describes origins in pagan spring rites and later shifts to Jewish and Christian meanings. It details Spain Portugal and parts of South America with Judases and burning effigies, Cuban processions, and waxen Christ figures, plus the Holy Week Jordan pilgrimage and a historic firework car in Palestine that ends in celebratory explosions at Jerusalem's cathedral.
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Hastre
Spain
Portugal
South America
Judas
Mali
Cuba
Christ
Mary Magdalene
Mary
Bethlehem
Naszareth
Palestine
Florence
Jerusalem
Jordan
Ceestal
Telegram Request From Cadaverous Man at Rush Office
A cadaverous man enters the telegraph office and asks the operator to send a telegram to his wife with promise to pay tomorrow. The operator notes the office is extremely busy with every tick in the building working overtime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Weekly
Marine Eye Remedy Co. Faces Eye Care Claims
A fragmented notice describes Wes Weak and associates in Chicago promoting eye care products. The item suggests actions by Fine-Acts Guidiig to address allegedly misleading claims. The readable text indicates a product related to eye remedy marketed from Chicago.
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Guidiig
Wes
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Idle Fund Debate Highlights Campaign Finance Limits
A fragmentary exchange shows Senator Sorghum arguing a vast information fund cannot be converted into a campaign fund. The dialogue hints at concerns over using noncampaign resources for political purposes.
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Senator Sorghum
At the Aviation Meeting a remark by Mme Vanite
In a brief aviation meeting note Mme Vanite complains the event was not worth wearing new boots. The fragment also mentions a person named Pele Mele and a cryptic line about reducing inflammation with a phrase in another language.
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Mme
Vanite
Pele Mele
Brave men in dentist chair seek nerve remedy
A terse fragment notes a wartime remedy for cattle and hints at fear in dental treatment, reflecting a rustic or wartime advisory tone without clear details.
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Hon and
Thore
Louis Joseph Vance
Wilkie Collins
Ming James T
Grant Park
Atlanta
Seville
Oan's Kidsey
Rene Lange
Nate Mes
Doan
Bennett Soom
Omaha, Heb
Aden
Heaton
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