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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1906
Page
5
Cary Me resident Mrs Alexander reports Dr King's New Life Pills keep stomach liver and bowels in order. She calls them the best remedy she ever tried and says they add new life. Sold by J H Stewart druggist for 25 cents.
A couple evades a formal church visit choosing a secluded woodland Easter service. They share quiet reflections and fear of judgment as they weigh confession and moral consequence, amid warm earth scent and birdsong. He hints at a grave personal truth.
The piece traces how pagan symbols shaped Christian festivals and notes the rabbit's role in Easter lore. It recounts Bastra and Baster eggs and cites Baden folklore from a twelfth century Benedictine abbey near Freiburg where Easter celebrations featured religious tableaux attracting devout visitors.
The article describes Rome during Holy Week with its church processions and pageants, pilgrim kneeling on the holy stairs, triktrak hours, palm vendors, and street customs. It notes the Pontius Pilate stairs, spider sweeping, Easter blessings, and the pope's Urbi et Orbi address from St Peter's steps.
A couple's Easter morning quarrel over a missing hat leads to a playful confession scene then a walk home with a twist in a church setting. The man declares love and seeks absolution while the woman jokes about a winter hat and the hat’s moral weight.
A fragmented advertisement lists prices on groceries including navy beans 6 pounds for 10 cents, tea at various prices, 25 pounds fancy table salt, sour pickles per dozen, Heinze chow chow per quart, sweet mixed pickles per quart, matches, powdered starch, baked beans per can, and lemon extract 65 cents.
75 gallons of pure Ohio maple syrup produced by Isaac Everson of Brighton. Orders guarantee purity and prompt delivery on arrival.
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