Miss Grannis and Johnson Win Tennis Match for Love
Johnson had long waited for a club meeting with Helen Grannis but found her at the park with Sinclair. A tense tennis bout unfolds revealing mutual affection. Johnson’s decisive win leads Helen to dub it a love match amid social tension and rival wealth.
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Johnson
Helen Granala
Miss Grannis
Ransome Sinclair
Sinclair
Newlands Place
Misa Grannis
Ida Newlands
Ida
Ada Newlands
Helen Grannis
Helen
Eda
Mr. Johnson
Grannis
Sinelitr
Mateh
Harry Johnson
Marie
Tove
Saint names linked to diseases in historic lore
Salata and Disease discusses how saints' names became attached to illnesses through tradition. It cites St. Anthony's fire for erysipelas, St Apollonia for jaw neuralgia, St Blase for sore throat, St Erasmus for cancer, St Gilea for hydrophobia, St Hubert for hydrophobia, St Aventin or St Mathurin or St John's evil for epilepsy, St Dyophna for insanity, and St Martin's evil for drunkenness, noting a curious but incomplete catalog.
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Anthony
The Poets’ Garner The Love Knot Poem Verse
A lyrical scene unfolds with Nora Perrys tying a bonnet under her chin as a young man’s heart is captured. On a hill the wind toys with curls and cheeks, while Ellery Van contemplates the daring stroll and the perilous romance, concluding with a playful, fateful kiss.
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Ellery van
A Pipe Dream Poem and Easter Lily Tale
A verse by James 8 Boyd portrays longing and a distant beloved seen in smoke. The scene shifts to a chapel where a poverty stricken crowd gathers. A traveler enters, undresses ragged garb, and an angelic figure places a celestial crown and gives a Easter lily, as Minna Irving’s poem in Leslie’s Weekly ends.
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Minna Irving
Leslie’s Weekly
Signs of Spring from the Catholic Standard and Times
T A Daly notes the mild sun and bright streets as spring arrives in town. He wryly observes a shift in mood and the appearance of benches crowded by a public square, signaling new season energy. The verse captures urban changes and communal rhythms.
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T. A. Daly
Catholic Standard and Times
Too Many Churches in America Critique
The Washington Times quotes Pall Mall Gazette on Thebaw learning English in Rangoon, then argues American churches are overstaffed and underfunded. It notes towns with many congregations struggle to pay for preachers and pastor duties are neglected, with a blunt remark about business-like church health.
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Thebaw
Rangun
White Elephants
Pall Mall Gazette
America
Washington Times
Must Label the Goods and Brew in Armstrong County
A colonial clipping notes a retail and wholesale liquor dealer in Armstrong County required to affix a label bearing his name on every whiskey or beer package. The item references a Judge Patton ruling, a morbid aside about whiskey and truth, and mentions historical tidbits from Lecebburg Advance and Youth's Companion about school moves, old land deals, a Hopkinton anecdote, a flail, and a Bell kite experiment aimed at aerial navigation and the telephone.
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Avery Retail Ant
Armstrong County
Patton
Lecebburg Advance
Hopkinton
Lord
Dell
Alexander Graham Bell
Bell
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Alwys Mount
John
Arctic
Siberia
Polar
Lena River
the Poets
Love-Knot
Nora Perrys
Pipe
James 8
Boyd
Httle
Equitable
Life Assurance Company
The
W. Guthrie
Farmers’ Bank
Indiana
Edison
Pittsburg Phonograph Company
Liberty Avenue
Pittsburg, PA
Allison
Waslington
Ida Kollaring
Loudgal
Job McCreight
Jail
Seales
Ord
Standard Sewing Machine Co
Cleveland
Ohio
M. M. Thompson's Insurance Agency
Indiana, Pa
Messrs
Homer City
Thompson Agency
J. C. Kimple
Rossmoyne Flouring Mills
Frantz Bros
Rossmoyne
Penn’a
R. W. Wehrle & CO
Penna
Lockard
Indiana County
M. Lockard
J.C. Forsythe
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