Engagement Celebration Turns Tense as Bert Wins Janie
Janie Rainey plans to marry Bert Clarkson against her father Clarkson and mother Jane’s wishes. The family shifts from doubt to reluctant acceptance after Bert reveals a plan to speak to Janie, delivering flowers in disguise and joining the group at the Ritz and the theater. Clarkson restrains his opposition, hoping for a future with two children instead of one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ane Rainey
Tampsit
Janie
Hudson River
Jane
Bnsband
Clarkson
Tts
Clarkson Rainey
Molly
Bert
Clark- Sop
Mr. Gregory
Ritz
Dante
Bert Clarkson
Bere
Sideburns: A Journal Debate on Etymology and Use
A New York Herald Tribune correspondent argues against older terms like sideboards and mutton chops. The piece notes Burnside’s name may have influenced usage, but asserts current meaning comes from usage, not ancestry, with sideburns as the accepted form today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nothce
Burnsides
Burnside
New York Herald Tribune
Copperhead Misconceptions and Its True Dangers
A historical note debunks myths of the copperhead as a vicious, swift attacker. It warns the snake strikes only when disturbed, is sluggish by nature, and poses danger mainly when disturbed in damp rocky areas while reaching for ground objects. It feeds on field mice and is common across many regions including New England, with several nicknames such as copper belly and red adder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England States
Bamboo distribution and species richness across regions
The text notes bamboo as mild climate plants with two native U S species limited to southern states. It contrasts rare cane-brakes in parts of the United States with rich bamboo diversity in Central and South America and a vast Asia centered flora, describing nearly 500 described species and two-thirds from Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Virginia
Missouri
Central America
South America
Asia
China
Rainmaking Rituals as Australian Drought Cure
The article describes a tribal rainmaking rite in Australia where men mimic water creatures by quacking and croaking near a pond, then circle nearby women and shower them with water and pebbles. Women shelter under branches as they pretend to avert rain while hoping for showers to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Peddler Goods and Gravesites on Early Highways
On Colonial Highways a pantography of early trails and highway life by Marion Nicholl Rawson highlights a peddler’s stock of pewter woodenware tinware baskets broom brushes and the occasional burying loft. Gravestones bear biographical sketches and verses with inscriptions like I expected this but not so soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Nicholl Rawson
Do It Today Tomorrow 8: a proverb on deadlines
The quote argues that delaying good intentions undermines effort, noting that many intentions are effectively wasted and that postponing tasks often leads to crowding and reduced impact. It emphasizes acting now rather than postponing actions.
Nickname of Tuckahoe Traced to Aborigines
Pathfinder Magazine traces the term Tuckahoe to an old Virginia dialect for the poor white class. The name, linked to edible bulbs such as golden club and Virginia wake robin, came to denote Virginians living near the coast who relied on truffles or Indian bread for subsistence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Pathfinder Magazine
South
Atlantic
Lower
Revelry of Halloween Outdates Christian Era
The piece discusses ancient Halloween ceremonies predating Christianity, noting bonfires as a principal feature and the belief in ghosts and witches on the night. It links the festival to Druidic autumn rites around November 1 and sun god offerings, with later Roman influence bringing apples and nuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highlands
Scotland
Wales
Indispensable Top Hat in Early California Attire
The article recounts how the gray fuzzy top hat dominated men’s fashion a century ago. In the gold rush era California, tall black silk hats signified progress and social standing, visible in prints and engravings. The top hat marked a man as stylishly respectable even if other clothing lagged.
Bath as Religious Rite in Ancient Sanitation History
The Detroit Free Press notes Moses as the first great health officer guiding sanitation and bathing rituals for the Israelites after leaving Egypt. It describes holy laws as early city ordinances and emphasizes frequent washing as a sanitation principle carried into modern custom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses
Detroit Free Press
Oxygen Bricks Offer German Mailable Oxygen Source
Convenient oxygen bricks sold from Germany come in glass jars and are designed for aquarium use. Each brick costs about ten cents and is chemically bound by an unnamed binder. Bricks claim to yield 850 times their volume of life-supporting gas and can be mailed without danger since the substance is not pressurized, with tests showing rifle shots pierce the containers without causing an explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Item veto power for governors in state budgets
The article explains the item veto as a tool allowing governors to veto single items in appropriation bills without defeating the entire bill. It notes the U.S. president cannot veto individual items and must sign or veto whole bills. It cites state constitutions granting the veto by three fourths and claims effectiveness in preventing unrelated additions to major legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Chemicals in Food Elements composing plant and animal matter in foods
The article lists ten known chemical elements forming all plant and animal matter. It notes varying amounts in foods and mentions infinitesimal presence of several elements including carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, sulfur, calcium, magnesium, potassium, iron, phosphorus, manganese, chlorine, sodium, silicon, aluminum, boron, iodine, fluorine, and arsenic.
Buffington Township Social Roundup and Local Visits
Mrs Earl Stiles visited her mother Mrs Tile Boring while Miss Gladys Troxell spent Wednesday night with Miss Martha Davis in Buffington township. Several visitors from Indiana and Clearfield attended local business in the vicinity and a quilting was held by the Ladies Aid in the DeArmy store room. A house once owned by Burgess Strong, now Yellow Creek Coal Co caretaker James Swan, Burned Tuesday night.
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Earl Stiles
Tile Boring
Gladys Troxell
Martha Davis
Buffington Township
Harry DeArmy
Frank DeArmy
Augustus Shultz
Harry Mack
W. PD. Hennett
A. L. Bennett
Indiana
Ladies Aid
DeArmy
Jennie Maloy
W. T. Bennett
St. Benedict
J. Walter Bennett
Harry
Lewis Holtzman
Alverda
Anson Swan
Clearfield
Burgess Strong
Yellow Creek Coal Co
Swan
Frank Strong
Violet
Eithel Stephens
Ernest DeArmy
Martin Bartholomew
HBE
Rummel
Mead Duncan
W. 5. Hawksworth
RB. F. Duncan
Florida
James Robertson
Richard Troxell
Graceton
W. D. Bennett
Ellis Bennett
Martha
Matilda Davis
Nora Stutzman
Wm. Davis
John Emmet
Johnstown
Elizabeth Troxell
W. A. Shroth
Party and visits mark social weekend in Clyde area
Miss Gladys Troxell Erma Boring and Ernest DeArmy attended a party for Miss Sara McFeely of Hellwood Saturday evening at Mrs Shroth s uncle s home. Local residents report bus service to Johnstown via Grayhound Mines IL. Mrs G FB Mack spent Thursday in Brush valley. B P McCullough visited Joe McKelvey in hospital in Johnstown. Kenneth Mack visited Clyde and other local families. Many locals, including the Lichtenfels and Luther families, spent time with kin in Clyde Homer City and nearby areas. A milk meeting drew numerous Clyde area farmers to Centerville Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Shroth
Gladys Troxell
Erma Boring
Ernest DeArmy
Sara McFeely
Hellwood
Johnstown
Grayhound Mines
P. IL. Behng
G. FB. Mack
Brush Valley
B. P. McCullough
Lee Hospital
Joe McKelvey
Collins Mack
Tabor
Kenneth Mack
Clyde
Friay
A. M. Luther
Ervy Mack
Flora
J. B. Mack
Mra
W. C. Lichtenfels
Glenn Lichtenfels
Clyda
Forrest St. Clair
Ison
Cleon
Near Robinson
Clarence Findley
Near
Cramer
I. K. Mack
J. O. Luther
Homer City
M. M. Luther
iClyde and
Centerville
Ambitious youth seeks junior partner post in big firm
A self-assured young man hears of a junior partner's death and flies to the firm. He asks the senior partner, a family friend, to take the vacancy. The partner replies that the arrangement depends on his ability to settle things with the undertaker.
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Copperhead
Bath
Farwers Bank & Trust Co
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Indiana Progress
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