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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1895
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR text contains garbled lines about Easter lilies, a bath of water, and prayers for the dead. The readable portions hint at a devotional or commemorative verse but lack clear context, names, dates, places, or events to anchor a fuller summary.
A narrative of a girl who finds wild violets under an old stone bridge near Rye and letters from a park age. The violets, cared for by the girl, reveal a tale of discovery, fragile beauty, and encounters with urban life including the Fresh Air Fund, a butchered city scene, and a glimpse of hardship as the violets witness events around the town. The piece blends memory and moral reflection in a lyrical account of springtime discovery and resilience.
A narrator recalls a grand Easter service in a large Uptown church. Violets from a simple garden, lilies, roses, and wild blossoms adorn the altar while a rector delivers a sobering Easter message on mortality. Patients in a hospital receive leftover flowers including wild violets, as a newsboy Jim regards the country with longing.
The piece details Easter in Russia with Holy Week rigor, bans on street music, housecleaning marches, and deep religious observances. It contrasts public rituals with a vivid account of a convent retreat, silent dormitories, prayers, and the climactic Easter celebration. It notes Andrew Carnegie in a separate interview vignette and ends with churchly imagery of Christ’s Resurrection.
A vivid retelling of Marguerite of Austria marrying Philibert Duke of Savoy at Brae Castle. The tale centers on the egg dance to seal betrothal, their courtship, and a brief, happiness filled marriage followed by Philibert’s death while she remembered him through the years.
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