Beth's Duty Dismissed by a June Morning Dream
Beth Maynor treasurer of a private library faces pressure from Mrs Bleak about marriage to Donald Blake. Rumors and a confidant husband steer Beth toward a mountain teaching retreat, then Donald secures a partnership and builds a home, while Beth returns to find him thriving despite family tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth Maynor
Isha
Mrs. Penny
Beth
Donald Blake
Donald
Mr. Bleak
Mrs. Bleak
Azariah
Mrs. Blentk
Poarioh
Seven Seas as Geography and Myth Across Ages
The article traces the seven seas as a figurative term for all world waters. It notes shifting definitions from ancient references in Chinese, Persian, Roman, and Hindu literatures to European usage. It cites Kipling popularizing the phrase in 1896 and discusses diverse regional meanings beyond a fixed list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arctic
Antarctic
South Pacific
South Atlantic
Indian Ocean
Europe
Asia
Oxus
Venice
Italy
Rudyard Kipling
Cherish John Wesley's Bible as Beyond Price
The prized Wesleyan Bible, once carried by every Wesleyan president in England, is now kept in a fireproof steel safe at the Methodist bookshop in City Road London until a new head is chosen. It remains a fragile, historic pocket volume once cherished by evangelists and sought after by America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wesley
Methodist Church
Scott Lidzett
Wesleyan Methodist Church
United Church
Wesleyan
England
Methodist
City Road
London
Wesley
America
London Mail
Two Minutes Silence Adopted On Armistice Day
Sir Percy Fitzpatrick initiated the two minutes pause on Armistice day and framed the proposal to Lord Milner. In a January 1920 letter, Lord Stamfordham reports the king gratefully recalling Fitzpatrick’s idea as adopted with heartfelt sympathy across the empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Fitzpatrick
Lord Milner
Sir Percy
Lord Stamfordham
South Africa
Empire
Montreal Family Herald
Brazilian botanist claims world’s sweetest plant found
Dr. J Geraldo Kuhlmann of the Brazilian forest department notes Stevia yeboudlans discovered in Taraguay in 1890 as the source of a plant Indians call kihehe. The plant, unrelated to sugar cane, reportedly holds strong medicinal value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marto Grosso
J. Geraldo Kuhlmann
Department of Forestry
Stevia Yeboudlans
Taraguay
Deadly Invisible Bacteria Threaten Humans, Says Council
The Medical Research Council of Great Britain reports mankind’s deadliest enemies are tiny bacteria, not tigers or snakes. The nemolytic streptococci dissolve red blood cells and cause diseases like erysipelas scarlet fever pneumonia and heart disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medioa Research Council of
Great Britain
Swatosh Claims Magnetic Forces Drive Upper Air Storms
Scientist Joseph Swatosh argues storms arise from magnetic influences in the upper atmosphere which he says circles the Earth. He mentions a Meavialde layer and a proposed etratosphede that could develop holes, altering wind and rain patterns and causing storms to spread along lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swatosh
Joseph
Nike
Earth
Visit sparks playful tablet joke tale
Eat Em Shirley Jean visits next door where a child asks what tablets are used. The neighbor explains grandfather sends white tablets, but the child clarifies they do not write on them, they eat them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Jean
Shirley
Shirley de
Why Watercress Has Long Been Valued as Food
The piece traces watercress use from ancient Greek belief in mind and body benefits to modern nutrition. It details propagation by seeds and cuttings, spring planting, flooding cycles, and harvests, noting rapid growth and eventual decline as plants flower. It also touches on the plant’s Anglo Saxon name coerse and linguistic note on the word curse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Record
Chaucer
Why Sanscrit Language Has Lost Its Vitality
A Washington Star excerpt argues Sanskrit is a dead language restricted to Brahmin teachers and priests. It suggests its value lies in Vedas and works of Jaimini Vyasa for insights, noting Hindu thinkers lacked modern science, yet their literary merit merits place in Aryan civilization history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaimini
Vyasa
Washington Star
Priest Sacrifices Son Over Goddess Devotion Near Madras
A village priest near Madras harmed his son claiming Kanchuman the disease goddess demanded blood to avert disaster after two years without festival. He told police the goddess appeared in a dream and decreed expiation by his first-born’s blood before the idol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanchuman
Muthuswamy
Madras
Kandla- Taan
Origin of the term earmark linked to biblical rites
The word earmark traces to ancient practices in consecration and wealth management. In religious ceremonies the ear was marked with sacrificial blood, while in ancient times rich owners had slaves cut from their ears to remind stewards they handled master's funds.
Phones Went Dead In Seattle After Woodpeckers Attack
Scores of complaints prompted a Ballard district inquiry into dead telephones. A search found woodpeckers bored through a terminal box and shorted lines. Study shows birds favor green boxes and avoid white, but dull or worn white paint invites damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Ballard
Why Water Drops Are Round
The spherical form of water drops comes from surface tension. Molecules at the surface pull inward, creating a shape with the least surface area, a sphere, when the drop is free from external forces.
Red Death Disease Described as Plague Variant
The red death or plague is described as a form marked by red spore or ulcers on victims skin. It is sometimes called the red prefilence and has occurred several times in Europe and Asia, taking a heavy toll in lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Asia
Rhubarb as a Plant Fruit Debate Clarified
A note explains that rhubarb is classified as a vegetable while the edible part comes from the leaf stalks. Botanically a fruit is the seed-bearing part of a plant, but culinary use often treats rhubarb as a vegetable in preparation and consumption.
Local residents visit and callers frequent Clymer and area
A flurry of visitors and callers move through Clymer and nearby towns all week. Notable names include H A Alligon, Dr. Hughes, Ralph Tucker, Seward Farrier, H A Lydie, A G Rice, Bert Ginter, Elmer Lydle, and many Indiana and Stafford engagements. Illnesses such as the flu affect Margaret Decker and Mrs. Laura Hamilton.
Local Social Roundup From Armagh and Nearby Towns
Mrs N H Nicholson attended an all day sewing by the missionary society of the Armagh church at Jennie Mack's home. Miss Elizabeth Stoneback spent Thursday with Mrs Edith Agnew of Ligonier. Mr and Mrs Wm Christenson of Plumville visited C O Smith's. Russell Hoover spent a week in Pittsburgh. Dean Mack, employed in Cleveland, visits his parents. Rev Wm Nicholson to preach at Seward M E church Monday. Weekly sing at J C Nippes home Thursday. Mr and Mrs BE C Myers and family visited C O Smith's. Mr and Mrs M O Smith and family spent Sunday at John Hildebrand's in Vandergrift. John Hildebrand ill with pneumonia. J Ross Hamilton and M A Wood visited Indiana. Mrs George Oline is patient in Indiana hospital. Ralph Campbell and son Bobby visited W W C Lichtenfels. Richard Marsh called on G W Clawson. Donald Duncan was a Blairsville caller. Miss Rose Palmer visited Miss Dorothy Lichtenfels. Mrs Bima Shoup is ill. Mrs G W Clawson spent Tuesday with her parents. Ross McDihose called Cheater Empfield last week. Edward Hysong is on the sick list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Shields
Indiana
Jacob Bartholomew
Marchand
Rosanna Shields
Elmer Peffer
Samuel Peffer
Aaron Bartholomew
Lee Kuntz
Marion Center
J. H. Millier
Kunkle
Lewis Shields
Shields
Max Gourisy
Amos Reeder
Clymer
Jesse Beers
Albert Sommers
Chalmers Beers
Washington, D.C
Beers
Gurn Wachob
Myrtle Peffer
Marion Shields
I. M. Lewis
James Shields
J. N. Heitzenrater
Trade City
Laura Hamilton
N. H. Nicholson
Missionary Society of the Armagh
Jennie Mack
Elizabeth Stoneback
Edith Agnew
Ligonier
Wm. ‘Christenson
Plumville
C. O. Smith
Russell Hoover
Pittsburgh
Dean Mack
Cleveland
Verner Mack
Wm. Nicholson
Pine ‘M. E
Seward
J. C. Nippes
C. Myers
Billy
Carolyn
Waterford
M. O. Smith
John Hildebrand
Vandergrift
Mr. Hildebrand
Preumonia
J. Ross Hamilton
M. A. Wood
George Oline
Indiana ‘Hospital
Ralph Campbell
Aon
Bobby
Ww. C. Lichtenfels
Richard Marsh
G. W. ‘Clawson
Donald Duncan
Blairsville
Rose Palmer
Dorothy Lichtenfels
Bima Shoup Ja
G. W. Clawson
Gen. Palmer
Ross McDihose
Cheater Empfield
Edward Hysong
Local visitors and callers frequent Watsons Ridge area
C Hood visited New Kensington Monday morning as a business caller. Mrs Hine and the Virtue Townsend family with children visited Herbert Lambert. A number from here attended a play at Elders Ridge. Esther Hine, Alice Bell Coleman, and Glenn Frailey called on Walter Ewing. Mr Lamen of Salinburg recently called in the vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watsons Ridge
C. Hood
New Kensington
R. Hine
Virtue Townsend
Herbert Lambert
Elders Ridge
Esther Hine
Alice Bell Coleman
Glenn Frailey
Walter Ewing
Mr. Lamen
Salinburg
Bolivar Area News Briefs Include Visits and Births
Mrs Paul Brendlinger visited in Fitteburgh with son Weldon at the home for crippled children in the Mast End. Miss Sadie Alters visits with sister Clyde Anderson in Wilkinsburg. Ligle Moskum visits grandparents in McKeesport. Mr and Mrs Edwin Croll spent Tuesday in Indiana with James Henderson and family. Irwin Miller visits his mother in Bolivar. Mrs Frank Shomo visits relatives in Derry. The Robinsons host in Bolivar. Christopher Walker ill at home. Arthur Wayne born to Paul and Beulah Saxton. Martha Hstella born to Floyd and Martha Saxton. A daughter born to Eugene Walbeck. Lutheran Bible class meets. Mrs Wm Fisher elected treasurer. The Willing Workers Society meets Thursday evening.
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Paul “Brendlinger
Fitteburgh
Weldon
Mast End
Sadie Alters
Wilkinsburg
Clyde Anderson
Ligle Moskum
McKeesport
Jerry Saxton
Edwin Croll
Indiana
Paul Saxton
Arthur Wayne
Floyd Saxton
Martha Hstella
Eugene Walbeck
John Ayres
Willing Workers Society of the
Lutheran Church
Local Notes From Cherryhill And Nearby Towns
Social items note visits by Mr and Mrs William Tyger and families to the John Engle home. Miss Sara Stephene and mother spent a week with friends in Hollidaysburg. O D Asking spent the weekend at his Sickville home. Mrs Edna Pyle, improving after illness. John Overman visited Hellwood. Grace Sanders, student nurse, weekend at Wellwood. Mrs Mary Atkins and Mrs John Aowie with Edna Pyle Thursday. War Reithmiller of Indiana called Thursday. Mr Logan and William Parry visited Brownstown. Sam Weido of near Clymer was a business caller in Cherryhill. The young peoples council of District No 8 meets at Clymer Presbyterian on Friday evening January 13. The P T A of Cherrybill township high school meets at Penn Run Friday evening January.
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William Tyger
Vera
Margaret
Andy McManun
Donald
Taylorsville
John Engle
Sara Stephene
Hollidaysburg
OQ. D
Sickville
Edna Pyle
John Overman
Grace Sanders
Indiana Hospital
Wellwood
Mary Atkins
John Aowie
War
Reithmiller
Indiana
Mr. Logan
William Parry
Brownstown
Sam Weido
Near Clymer
Cherryhill
Young
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Austin Kerr
Seward Farrier
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Hillsdale
H. A. Lydie
iStafford
A. G. Rice
N. M. Patrick
Bert Ginter
Forest Wolf's
H. A. Allison
Commodore
Elmer Lydle
Boyd Seward
Bert Canter
da Boucher
Grace Stull
Helen Myera
A. M. Danbem
Margaret Decker
Flemings Summit
Seward Shank
Frank Ginter
Bob Houk
John Seward
Ray Brooks
Stafford
Barron Lydie
Robert Lydie
Covode
Mount Tabor
the Savings Trust Co
Indiana, Pa
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