Easter in Foreign Lands Features Polish Holy Week Customs
The article describes Easter celebrations abroad with focus on Poland. Holy Week fasting and prayers precede Easter. Good Friday sees women in mourning at church. the grave of Christ is represented. Easter Sunday features a large "swieceny" luncheon. Nobility hosts lavish tables and guests exchange eggs with a Hallelujah greeting.
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Poland
Christ
Hastertide
White House
Washington
Austria-Hungary
France
Seine
Caeicie
Italy
Rome
Florence
Piazza del Duomo
Battistero
Mexico
Judas Iscariot
Judas
Ivalry
Cross
Russia
Easter Customs Around the World From Russia to Spain
The article surveys Easter observances in Russia, Austria Hungary, France, Italy, Mexico, Palestine, and Spain. It details kissing traditions, church services, meals with pascha and coolitch, processions, blessed luncheons, and royal or public ceremonies, noting regional variations and festive exchanges.
The Story in the Snow by James Oliver Curwood
A hunter recalls a winter chase where a hare, a fox, and a white owl enact a brutal tale written in snow. After tracking from a cabin, they witness the owl ambush and the fox finish the meal, leaving a stark, bloody scene and a missing poison pellet. The tale closes with the fox departing into the swamp and the narrator noting Curwood’s narrative intensity.
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Guy
de Maupassant
James Oliver Curwood
Les Ne’s ‘Weekly
Orange Train Refused by Irish Sons on Saint Patrick Day
John M O'Brien and Edward Kelley from St Paul decline to ride an orange colored Pioneer train on Saint Patrick's Day. At the city ticket office they avoid the orange cars and later, urged by conductor, meet conductor Dana Healey and crew while choosing green plush seats and emerald curtains aboard.
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John M. O'Brien
Edward Kelley
Sons
Erin
St.Paul
O’brien
Kelley
St. Paul
Union Station
Eugene O’hare
Dana Healey
Burbank
Healey
Tom Dwyer
Miles Buckley
Unrenewable Patent Lawyer Captioned by the County Justice
A patent attorney faces a county justice who questions his identity. The lawyer insists he is a patent attorney, but the judge muses that once a patent expires it can never be renewed. The exchange illustrates humorous legal wordplay from the National Monthly.
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National “Monthly
Daniel Webster and the National Debt Toast
A fragment from Henry Clay-Barnabee recalls Daniel Webster at a banquet. He is urged to speak on topics and, pressed to address the national debt, delivers a defiant line about paying it himself. The anecdote highlights Webster's wit amid financial embarrassment.
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Daniel ‘Webster
Daniel
New England
Demosthenes
Henry Clay-Barnabee
Italian inventor unveils personal lifeboat device
Italian inventor Mr G Piperno travels to England with a compact personal lifeboat suit-case. The 24 by 16 by 8 inch, 20 pound unit stores flat and, when opened on deck, becomes a small boat. In an emergency the passenger launches it by leaping overboard and the craft rights itself, yielding an unsinkable personal craft.
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Sult-Cass
G. Piperno
England
Piperno
Express
Centenary Reflection Recalls Durban Bishop Colenso Incident
Miss Alice Wernher writes on Colenso birth centenary and recalls a Durban moment when the bishop preached at St Pauls amid bitter native debates. Sir Walter Peace rose to leave as Colenso entered, dropped his hat and stick, and the bishop delivered the text Peace Be Still, causing Peace to collapse into his seat.
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Sir Walter
Alice Wernher
Colenso
Durban
England
St. Paul’s
Sir Walter Peace
Walter
Domestic Treasure. Longevity in London Household
The death of Hannah Crawley at Green Lanes London aged seventy three is reported. She served Mr Coleman Jones a government contractor for 63 years without a single day’s absence. Another long serving maid of 34 years remains employed. The women followed a rule to take holidays only when their employers did and to take them with them.
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Green Lanes
London
Hannah Crawley
Coleman Jones
Springdale Road
Henpeck Remarks Spark Woman Suffrage Cartooned
In a comic exchange Mr. Henpeck mocks women voting rights. He recalls a Colorado woman who sobbed at a polling place while the polls remained open, prompting Mrs. Henpeck to ask what she did. The quip ends with a grin.
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Mr. Henpeck 3
Superstition Concerning Friday Across Enterprize and Travel
The text discusses Friday superstitions noting the belief that starting ventures or journeys on Friday brings bad luck, while preparing nails on Friday is considered favorable. It contrasts common fears and justifications, highlighting mixed traditional guidance about Friday.
Card crisis ruins a man in cryptic report
A fragmented OCR item notes a man harmed by cards in a puzzling event. Details are incomplete but imply a personal decline linked to gambling or card play and are left to interpretation. Further readable context is not provided.
Polls Report Largest Primary Vote in Years
Across the state, weather favorable for primaries drew crowds and governors claimed strong support. Former Governor B B Comer led a three‑way gubernatorial field with Charles T M Henderson second and John W Abercromble plus J ar Heflin unopposed in their districts. Washington rejoiced as Underwood defeated Hobson for Alabama’s senatorship. Michigan’s local option vote swung counties with Ingham going dry by a wide margin, while other counties shifted between dry and wet. Mayors in Flint Grand Rapids Kalamazoo and other cities faced varied outcomes amid sweeping local races.
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Richmond
Stantial
B.B
Charles ™ Henderson
Troy
John W
Abercromble
J. Ar. Heflin
Washington
Underwood
Alabama
Hobson
Detroit
Ingham
Clare
Roscommon
Midland
Kalkaska
Mecosta
Arenac
Ogeman
Shiawassee
Wexford
Oscoda
Michigan
Flint
John’ R MacDonald
Charles B. Mott
John Menton
Grand Rapids
Ellis
Doctor Sinclair
Charles Schaffer
Trades and Labor Council
Mrs. Tillian M. N. Stevens Dies in Maine
Mrs. Tillian M. N. Stevens, longtime president of the National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, died in Portland, Maine after weeks of kidney trouble. Born in Dover, Maine in 186? she led WCTU since 1898, succeeding Frances E. Willard, with Anna A. Gordon of Evanston as future vice president at large.
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Portland
Tillian M. N. Stevens
Christian
Temper
Ance Union
Anna A. ‘Gordon
Evanston
Ill
Norw
Dover
Stevens
Frances E. ‘Willard
Indiana Woman Dear Gravitardav Alles Ind Henry Lane
A garbled 19th century note mentions an Indiana woman and Henry Lane, referencing death in 1891 and a governor role. The fragmentary text preserves limited names and titles with uncertain context.
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Indiana
Gravitardav Alles
Henry
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Muskegon
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