Advice and engagement bloom from Uncle John
In a Broadway style office scene John Doremus Sr gives bold courting tips to his reluctant nephew. The junior naively follows advice, meets Jane Monday, and after a luncheon encounter they fall in love and become engaged within weeks.
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Mountains in Valleys Map Vision of Continental Depth
The passage imagines a map of America stripped to its bones, revealing the ancient granite foundations beneath the present plains lowlands and sedimentary cover. It envisions mountains rising in vast valleys where the underlying bedrock shapes the land’s visible topography.
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Ruins of Paestum Rival of Both Rome Pompeii
Paestum, sixty miles from Naples, stands as a famed ruin with Greek architecture rivaling Rome and Pompeii. Founded by Sybaris and Greek colonists, it housed three temples including Neptune and the Basilika, and its history is tied to malaria and invaders that emptied the city centuries ago.
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Africa
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Amalfi
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Crown of Mary Queen of Scots Found After Long Hide
The crown of Mary Queen of Scots, once thought lost with the regalia, survived in hiding. After escapes from Dunnottar Castle and a buried garden, the items were returned to Edinburgh Castle and finally opened to the public in 1817 thanks to Sir Walter Scott.
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Influenza Across Ages and Names in World History
A Literary Digest writer traces influenza from seventeenth century Italian origin to its earlier references as catarrhal disease since 1323 and a 412 B.C. plague. The piece notes its spread across continents and varied political nicknames such as Jackson’s itch and Tyler grippe, with Russians, Germans, Italians and French naming it by national or regional terms.
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Leopard Traits Compared To Lions And Tigers
The leopard is described as fiercer and more bloodthirsty than the lion or tiger. It comes in black or spotted forms and can share a family with both patterns. Leopards prey on many animals, favor dogs, and sometimes attack humans in India, including children and the elderly, though they have also lived as domestic pets.
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Changed Color for Danger in Topaz Across Eras
A Pearson's London Weekly writer notes rare Topaz crystals from Russian origins. Ancient lore credited it with clearing envy and hatred, curing liver and dropsy, and aiding painless labor as a birth charm. Greeks claimed it changed color near danger.
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Fordham University Founding and 1846 Act of Incorporation
Fordham University in New York City traces to St. John’s College founded by Archbishop Hughes on the Rose Hill farm at Fordham and opened formally on June 24, 1841. On April 10, 1846 the New York legislature passed an act of incorporation granting the college power to confer literary honors degrees or diplomas usual for universities and colleges in the United States.
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The Polk Victory That Telegraphed A Nominee
In 1844 James K. Polk exceeded Van Buren for the Democratic nomination as telegraph wires from Baltimore to Washington carried news of the ballot shift. A Jackson letter urging harmony aided Polk’s surge on the ninth ballot while Silas Wright’s refusal to join the ticket surfaced via telegraph, signaling a pivotal party moment reported by the Western Newspaper Union.
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Rossmoyne Social Guests From Indiana And Plumville
Mrs. Geo Greiner and son Billy of Indiana visited Mrs. Greiner’s sister Mrs. Ebert Brewer. Elizabeth Elkin hosted her sons R Boyd Elkin and wife from Timblin and Paul Elkin with wife and daughter from Indiana. Clarence Brewer and son were Plumville callers. James Elkin and wife went to Indiana due to Wallace Elkin’s serious illness in Indiana hospital. Maude Wells visited with cousin Mrs. R W Simpson and aunt Mrs. T C Kerr. A number from here attended Indiana on Thursday. Miss Nichol of Smyrna, guest of aunt Mrs. Merle S Marshall, returned home. T H Frantz was an Indiana business caller.
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Indiana Hospital
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R. W. Simpson
T. C. Kerr
Misa Nichol
Smyrna
Merle
Marshall
T. H. Frantz
Strongstown Couple Married in Belgano Parsonage
Miss rma Boring of Nanty Glo wed Walter Walker Saturday evening at Belgano M H parsonage with Rev B W Large officiating. David Hughes, eight weeks post hospital stay in Indiana, returned home. Crissie Bennett, employed in New Florence, visited home. Betty and Julia Martin moved to New Kensington for work. Mrs Richard Troxell ill at parents house in Johnstown not improving. Ben Duncan, formerly at Spangler hospital, returned home.
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Belgano
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Indiana Hospital
Crissie Bennett
New Florence
Betty
Julia Martin
New Kensington
Richard Troxell
Johnstown
Ben Duncan
Spangler Hospital
Local Social Notes From Plumville Area
Uocuran of Indiana has been guest of Mrs. J W Moore for a week. Harold Tost, Pitt student, visited his parents Mr and Mrs Henry Tost over the weekend. Mr and Mrs A F Pifer visited relatives in Butler on Saturday. Mr and Mrs Leonard Welch visited the parents of E J Welch of Homer City on Friday evening. Carl Lipsie, Tunnelton employee, spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs James Lipale. Mr and Mrs Joe Potts of Willet visited their daughter Mrs Blain Millen on Wednesday.
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Tunnelton
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Joe Potts
Willet
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Community Notes from Big Run and Nearby Towns
Local residents shared visits and family gatherings across Big Run, Locust, Punxsutawney, and nearby areas. Social visitors included the Sheesleys, Wolf family, Sutter, Shields, Meneely, and Beck households, with several relatives traveling from Greensburg Pittsburgh Indiana and Yatesboro. A funeral at Marion Center drew many attendees, while CCC member Thomas Sutter returned home for his father’s illness.
Ebenezer and Kent Clarksburg churches plan joint services
Local Elders and Trustees from Ebenezer Kent and Clarksburg Presbyterian churches met last Sunday in Kent to discuss plans for preaching at all three churches. Community notes include visits by Snyder and family and Reuben Henning, a rabbit hunt permit system on a 3500 acre area, and a Pittsburgh preacher Warren Martin delivering a sermon on The Light of Life.
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Wilkinsburg
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Velma Barkley
Saltsbury
Funeral Attendees and Local Notices From East Wheatfield
East Wheatfield page lists funeral attendees for James B. Rodgers in Phil lipsburgh including Clarence Findley and Robert Findley of Cramer, Bowser of Seward, and Flora McKelvey visiting from Pittsburgh. Notes on quilting clubs, home economics class, sick list, and various local residents visiting Pittsburgh. car accident on Seward hill injures several with minor bruises. Psychiatrist commentary on Europe’s strongmen from Richmond Times-Dispatch.
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Flora McKelvey
Pitts‘burgh
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JC. G. Mack
Virginia Caldwell
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Jerry Mack
Clyde
Kenneth Mack
Frank Kirchartz
James Hoffman
Blairsville
Jane Hutchison
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