Jerusalem Easter Comes Alive With Cosmopolitan Pilgrims
Jerusalem celebrates Easter with a vast, diverse pilgrim crowd from Greek, Latin, Armenian, Coptic, and Jewish communities. The Greek Orthodox rites dominate the Holy Sepulcher, while Moslem and Turkish officials maintain order. Excerpt describes sacred processions, Holy Week pageantry, and the city’s unique blend of cultures during the feast.
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Erusalem
Jerusalem
Moses
Hester
Greske
Levant
Tury
Persia
Capucaans
Asopotamia
Aleppo
Damascus
Beyrout
Africa
Egypt
India
Europa
Oid
Church of the Holy Sepulcher
Thia
Holy Land
Tesua
Jesus
Jotun
Pater J
Judas
Jand
Ier
Russia
Roumania
Greece
Bulgaria
Servia
Montenegro
Austria
Hungary
Danter
Godfrey de Bouillon
Angela
Gethsemane
Egyptia
Macca
Medina
Syria
Palestine
Java
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Jeruasiem
Mecca
Abrahem
Omar
Nash
Baalbek
Exeter
Constantinople
Iowa Guard Reorganized Into Tactical Army Units
Iowa National Guard has been reorganized over the past two years into a modern tactical unit structure. The force now includes infantry, cavalry, field artillery, engineers, a field hospital, and an ambulance company, with brigade headquarters and staff. The total membership exceeds 9,600, up from 3,503 in 1914, and county auditors may have undercounted actual figures.
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Dea
Williti
Iowa
Pobelgade
Ihrae
Lagan
War Department
Jowa
Noessary
Cornea
Cedar
Indicted Sheriff Cronier Faces Tax and Toll Claims
In Ottumwa and surrounding Iowa counties indications arise that a sheriff graft probe may spread. Testimony shows official expense claims exceed limits and subpoenas served by phone with mileage charged as if car rental. Deputy Doran admitted improper overcharges to the county books.
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Ottummwa
C. Cronier
Wapallo
Towa
Ner
Aberifa
Cremer
Bach
Jimita
Bacheleo
Charles Doran
Inez and
Dhar Withaas
Atste
Weslayan Gifts Boost Iowa Weslayan Endowment Total
Mount Pleasant Iowa Weslayan college reports three gifts totaling 15000 toward a 500000 endowment fund from Iowa conference subsides. Donations raise the total to 196000 with Hugh A Cole Chicago giving 5500 Earl S Williams Chicago 9000 and Gardner Cowles 5000 from the 1883 class.
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Weslayan
Mount Pleasant
Iowa
Weslayan College Endowment Cempanign
College Board of Trustees
Hugh A. Cole
Chicago
Trustess
Enya
Town Solves Lighting Problem Keeps City Plant Efficient
Indianola’s municipal lighting plant, built 21 years ago for about $63,000 and remodeled several times, now produces electricity at eight cents per kilowatt hour on a paying basis. Over the last four years the profit totals $8,447.41, with no minimum rate, and many residents pay under fifty cents per month.
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Indianola
Drink Hot Water Each Morning for Internal Cleansing
A promotional health blurb urges drinking hot water with one teaspoon of limestone phosphate after waking. It claims this internal bath cleanses the stomach, liver, kidneys, and intestines, removes waste and toxins, and prevents headaches, bile issues, and other ailments. The ad promotes purchasing limestone phosphate from a pharmacist.
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Walter
Gas In Photography Demonstration Highlights Gaslight Use
George Aramel Holloway of Terre Haute Indiana demonstrates gaslight photography in his studio for two years. He says gaslight lets work on ground floor rooms any weather, enables night shooting, and provides light closer to sunshine than arc electric lamps while avoiding harsh shadows and color fade.
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Aqdadlation
Ametica
George Aralem Holloway
Terre Haute
Ind
Ita
Power of Lightning Demonstrated Against Building
An article explains lightning struck a building with power exceeding 12 000 horsepower. It compares one horsepower to lifting 98 000 pounds per foot per minute, estimating the lightning’s force as 884 million pounds per minute. The piece notes this equals twelve large steamers’ combined power and claims electricity could circle the world eight times in a second.
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Jesus
Repubchst
Christ
Orthodos
Doctor Praises Postum Value and Health Benefits
A physician testimonial extols Postum as a healthy coffee substitute confirming its benefits for patients and families. The doctor notes Postum Cereal must be well boiled and Postum Instant dissolves quickly in hot water with cream and sugar. Both forms are described as delicious and similarly priced with broad endorsement for daily use.
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Ita
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Grovers
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Weeterner
Biawa
Pera
Jubaiee-Kepoosas
Itosa monque—Gul Jumeo
Iml-Kappa
Patriarcha Palace
Rosperg
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Ottumwa
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