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For example, the death of a child may call for a thicker border than the death of a cousin. [6] [7] Social norms expected that the mourning period was to be displayed in both public and private. After the death of a reigning monarch, a mourning border may be placed on public notices, newspapers, and other government stationery. [1]
In memoriam card for the first holy communion of two boys in 1910. The picture shows a young knight, the imprint is a quote of Saint Paul: "Put on the full armor of God!"
This is a list of online newspaper archives and some magazines and journals, including both free and pay wall blocked digital archives. Most are scanned from microfilm into pdf, gif or similar graphic formats and many of the graphic archives have been indexed into searchable text databases utilizing optical character recognition (OCR) technology.
President Jimmy Carter, who died on Sunday, was honored by several members of the sports world, including Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur M. Blank.
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It is customary to announce death through an obituary in a national Icelandic newspaper. [15] Obituaries in Iceland are similar to death notices in European and American newspapers in that they can be about anyone and are written by acquaintances or family of the deceased. [ 15 ]
The earliest printed usage of the term seems to be in the December 14, 1882 issue of The War Cry, which included death announcements with headlines such as 'Promotion of Sister Muxlow from Earth to Heaven' and 'Private Rudd goes to Glory from the Open-air.' Another report two days later was headed 'Promotion from Cheltenham to Glory'.
Obituaries for writer Deborah Vankin popped up online in January, complete with morbid images and flattering prose. In videos accompanying the announcements, “news anchors” discussed her death ...