The White Lady and Easter Customs in Thuringia
A folkloric tale from Thuringia describes the White Lady goddess of spring and renewal. Her attendants water plants, and her hidden wisdom contrasts with a timeless fountain of youth. The myth links her feast to Easter, noting symbols of eggs and new life embraced with Christian renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thuringia
Seiis
Uabors Childrem
Geddeaa
Trata
Baster
Waster
Quickern
Ike
Isles
Dese
Earth
The Great Riddle of Life and Death Explored
In a meditation on mortality, the speaker asks if a man dies shall he live again and ponders the nature of self, mind, and body. References to Job, Plato, Longfellow, and Phidias frame a broader search for identity, the soul, and what remains after death. Ancient sites and gravesites underline the universal question of life beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Scott
Pompeii
Euclid
Phidias
Fraiteles
Longfellow
John Howard Payne
Paul
Robin Call
Plato
Golden Gate
Judean
Jordan
Jerusalem
Greenwood
Mount Auburn
Laurel Hill
Lone Mountain
Howe
Death summons Cedar Falls resident Mrs. Anna Morris
Mrs. Anna Morris 81 a Cedar Falls resident died after a brief illness at her daughter's home. Born December 11 1829 in New York she and husband Morris moved from Waterloo to Cedar Falls later. Survived by eight of thirteen children including George Ira Mont Lou Allagan Adelbert James and daughters Mrs James Benedict Mrs Lou Wolf and Mrs A G Lawrence. Funeral at home with Oak Ridge burial.
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Cedar Falls
Anna Morris
A. G. Lawrence
New York
Iowa
George
Washburn
Ira
Springfield
Mont
Lou
Allagan
Mich
Adelbert
Boise
Idaho
James Morris
James Benedict
Lou Wolf
O'Clock
Nomination, Tattle Girl Dies
Dorothy Nixon seven year old who arrived from Fomeroy to Cedar Falls died Thursday from bearlet fever after illness began soon after arrival. Funeral planned in nearby Ponteroy with private service due to scarlet fever exposure. Floyd W German seventeen died yesterday at 701 Franklin street from heart trouble in a private family funeral notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Nixon
Cedar Falls
Fomeroy
CG. J. Wad
Tremont Street
Ponteroy
Wenesay
Floyd W. German
Edward German
Franklin Street
Eastern Star Meeting With Ascalon at First Presbyterian
Members of the Eastern Star are asked to meet at the Masonic temple tomorrow at 3 PM to join Ascalon Commandery for services at the First Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Ascalon Commandery
First Presbyterian Church
Violent Riots Sweep Epernay District in France
In Epernay, Marne, French rioters attacked wine merchants’ homes and smashed furniture to block streets. Troops faced a rain of bottles but were able to disperse the mob after the disturbance.
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Epernay
Department
Marne
France
Champagne
Tretail
Furnitura
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Ees
Fen
Wweses of
Endere& Legend
Purvis
Chas. Harriss
Lady Norah Noel
Soprano
Sheffield Choir
Henderson’s Drug Store
West Side
Schuneman’s Drug Store
East Side
Drag Company
C. A. Fullerton
State Normal
Henry Coward
Alice Heeley
Waterloo
Peo
Wagner Manufacturing Company
Senator Kenyon
Quet
Fort Dodge
Havana
Martin Bros
Hiscuss
Highland
L. Wallace
James Gardiner ‘Company
Carter W. Sth and
Jeffers Sts
Phore 206
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