Bemidji saw some hard times in the decade preceding the 1920s. Saloons were closed, sons and husbands went off to war, and the Spanish Influenza epidemic closed schools and businesses for seven weeks. Major fires took down many of the frame buildings on Second and Third Street, and the city was left with a lot of empty real estate. Many thought that when the saloons closed due to Prohibition, the town would die.
On the contrary, Walter Brooks, banker, reported that savings went up substantially, and money was more available than ever. A local building boom started in 1921 and held up through the 1920s until the collapse of the financial world on Black Friday in 1929.
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Mohammad Elshinawy, religious director of the Islamic Education Center of Pennsylvania, and an imam at the Jesus Son of Mary Mosque in Upper Macungie in Lehigh County, speaks during a joint press conference with the Pennsylvania Department of Health April 7 at St. Luke s Hospital s Allentown campus.Â
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Easter is typically a time for Christian communities to gather; to remember and celebrate together. The pews would typically be filled with families on Easter Sunday. Not in 2020, and now not in 2021, either.
Easter recalls Jesus’ death by crucifixion. The Last Supper’s institution of the Eucharist and his Resurrection are central beliefs of Roman Catholicism and other Christians.
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In Year 2 of the pandemic, there are multiple ways to still practise your faith.
It is all about safety in a time when we are asked to limit contact and stop the spread of COVID.
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