The Great Anniversary of Christendom
Essay tracing Christmas celebrations across eras and nations. From the Council of Nice in 325 to Plymouth Rock and the landing on Christmas Day, the piece links Christendom’s festival to winter solstice lore, Saturnalia origins, and a southern hemisphere contrast with festive color and sunlit seasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton
Nice
United States
Patuxet
Plymouth
America
Gard
Winde
Rayne
United States of America
Council of Nice
Church of Christ
North America
South Africa
Botany
Christman
Europe
Roman Empire
Caligula
Claudius
Claudina
Rome
Athens
North
England
Odin
Howell
Elnce
Keeper Bacon
Wle
Bacon
France
Charles the First
Alensietta
Charles the Second
James the Second
Palace of
Whitehall
Plymouth Rock
Bradford
Christus
Tichard Britteridge
Dover
John Carver
William Bradford
William Brewster
Australia
New Zealand
Southern Hemisphere Texts Greet Renewed Life in Darkness
A devotional fragment praising creation and renewal. The lines invoke praise from earth and trees and describe life’s renewal as a lasting light. The passage envisions these texts furnishing southern hemisphere contexts.
Scriptural memories in praise of earth and peace
The excerpt reflects devotional lines praising creation and nature. It mentions fruits from trees and God’s judgment that it was good, along with psalms invoking peace within borders and blessings of wheat. It also references wind and waters as part of divine providence.
Good Listening and the Value of a Responsive Audience
A cautionary anecdote about Ruskin and a dinner with Dr Jowett and Dean Stanley shows that brilliant talk depends on listeners. The host notes that without suitable hearers the setting fails, and a silly remark finally unlocks lively conversation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truskin
Ie Han
Dr. Jowett
Dean Stanley
Stanley
Westminster Abbey
Ruskin
Real estate ads offer cheap properties with 10 to 15 percent returns
W B Wedell promotes numerous residences and business properties paying 10 to 15 percent on purchase price. He lists several rental homes from 3 to 8 rooms with rents and prices, plus orchard lands and framed brick houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orchard
Seneres
Lost Island Ruins Submerged in Inundation
A Century article recalls the island of Philm with only the colonnade capitals, kiosk roof, and Isis temple partially above water. A traveler glides in a boat along the sunken columns while palm trees rise from the floods. crewed by memories of ancient beauty and sadness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rik
Philm
Isis
Nero
Isla
Towed Mim Dow Photograph Prompt Sparks Dispute
A quirky exchange unfolds as Snarley objects to a portrait saying it resembles him little while the photographer admits altering the image with intent to obtain the subject’s consent before exposing it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mim Dow
Snarley
Uncertain exchange on marriage and eerie myth
A quirky dialogue questions commitment with a line about marriage being cheaper than engagement. The text jumps to a bizarre claim that Hungarian peasants believed lightning started fires can only be put out with milk.
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Edward Everett Hale
W.J. Darlimore
Wasit
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Virginia
P. T. Ferris
Proprietress
Corrath and
Adams
Ogden
Utah
THE
Western Savings Investment CO
Eccles
UTTER
Ecces
Eccles Building
Richcote
Git
Ogden and
Weber Lourcy
VIAVE
W. B. Wedell
Www
B. Wedell
Wash
Atwood’s Employment Agency
Seventeenth St
Denver
Cole
Union Ave
Kansas City
N. Main Street
Butte
Mont
Omaha
A. J. Atwood
W. D. Blosser
J. . Blosser
Wash Ave
Ogden, Utah
Cora
Merritt
Geo. J. Kelly
Jno. L. Herrick
Kelly & Herrick
U. L. Ives
Washington
Wash, Ave
25Th Street
Otely
Gurney
Albern Allen
Yokohama
Japan
Dupont St
Kobe & Matsuzaka
P. G. Box &G
Komada & Co
Washington Ave
Ogden Implement CO
Jewel Steel Range
Mitchell
W. F. Burton
Met
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