All for Art s Sake in Nineteen Twenty Era Romance
Leroy Prentice and Bernice Boyd from Minden chase fame in New York as painter and writer. Their letters ignite mutual ambition and distant dreams. After a failed social balance they reunite in the city, then Bernice confronts reality selling tickets while Leroy longs to return home to collaborate.
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Lee Prentice
Bernice Boyd
Minden
Tach
Leroy
Bernice
New York
Pernice
Zoo
Aquarium
Jim
Ternice
Otters
Millonaire
Thera
Tie
Great Sailor's Monument in London Raises Nelson Commemoration
The Nelson monument in Vyafulgar Square, London, rises 145 feet tall. Erected in 4220,000, its bronze reliefs depict the base of the Nile, the bombardment of Copenhagen, the battle of St. Vincent, and Nelson’s death. Four lions at the base designed by Sir Edwin Landseer.
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Vyafulgar Square
London
Rig
Nile
Copenhagen
St. Vincent
Nelson
Edwin Landseer
Literary Shrine in Philadelphia Rebuilt by Renovators
Carpenters refit a six room house at Seventh and Brandywine in Philadelphia. They remove and replace floors install new window snakes and bright locks while pondering the Poe shrine. The Poe house remains a literary landmark drawing visitors artists and writers to its front door and doorstep speeches.
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Seventh
Brandywine
Philadelphia
Medgar Allain Due
Dante
Poe
Virginia Poe
Piladelphia Public Ledger
Vaccine Cuts Pneumonia in Madagascar, Pasteur Institute Report
Officials in Paris relay a Pasteur Institute finding that the AnUpneumococus vaccine greatly reduces pneumonia among Madagascar natives. Immunity lasts about a year. Authorities pair vaccine with quinine for malaria patients to prevent fever misattributed to vaccination. no firm results yet.
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Madagascar
Ie Pasteur Institute of Darts
Paris
Phewnonia
Madagasear
Indianapolia News
Bull Snakes’ Value Seen in Rodent Control
Two Kansas professors tested fifty bull snakes in pens to measure rodent consumption. They observed that a three pound bull snake eats over three times its weight in rodents in six months, equivalent to twelve adult pocket gophers annually. Estimated farmer savings per snake about $38.75. Researchers described the snakes as gentle and easy-going.
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Ange
Frederick Hisan
Mie
Pathfinder Magazine
Museum Relic From London Lightning Rod Gifted
The Museum of the Peaceful Art in New York acquired a fragment of the old lightning rod from St Paul’s Cathedral London. The 10.5 inch section was sent by the cathedral’s clerk of works after a modern rod replaced the old arrester. The piece will join other historical scientific electrical exhibits when a new museum building opens.
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Museum of the Peaceful Art
New York
St. Pauls Cathedral
London
Benjamin Franklin
Timidity Cured by Paris Doctor Martine’s Luminous Texts
An alleged Paris physician Doctor Martine sells bedside luminous inscriptions for 80 francs to treat timidity. Patients chant slogans like Loamenti and I am comfortable everywhere, read night and day to boost confidence. Over a thousand letters claim success.
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Paris
Doctor Martine
Martine
Woman Mail Carrier Miss Jessie Metis of Ivankiluvile NY
Miss Jessie Metis, a farmer on route No 2 in Ivankiluvile, N Y, is described as the only woman in the United States not equal in a post office with a city rating. She was appointed in 1920 under a wartime measure and served until a change in delivery classification. She was reduced to an extra clerk before being reinstated.
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Jessie Metis
Vile Juge
Ivankiluvile
N. Y
United States
Mo¢ ‘Aay
Local Social Notes Reflect Visits and Travel
Mr and Mrs John Smiley spent last week with Mr and Mrs M D Brilhart. Vernon Murnau and family made a business trip to Indiana on Monday. Annie Dodd vacationing with friends and relatives. Geneta Murnau visited Mrs Ray Lowman. Mrs Howard Trimble and three children staying with her parents Mr and Mrs Joe Pardee. Mrs Robert Plouse visited relatives in Glan Campbell last week. Mr and Mrs M D Brilhart visited with Mr and Mrs Emery Ryan near Gipsy. Mrs James McQuown and granddaughter Virginia Lloyd visited Mr and Mrs Harry McQuown. Howard Grove of Kellysburg called at Joseph Marlee's home. James Dodd and family moved to Samuel Bray property in this place.
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Robert Plouse
Glan Campbell
M.D. Brilhart
Emery Ryan
Gipsy
James Mc Quown
Virginia Lloyd
Harry Mee Quown
Howard Grove
Kellysburg
Joseph Marlee
James Dodd
Samuel Bray
Local Social Notes From Plumcreek Valley
Plumcreek Valley residents share visits and hospital news. Mr and Mrs Clark Jamison spent Sunday with daughter Mrs Joe Houser while Mrs Emmett McMillen and children visited Alice Rankin in Indiana. Louise McLaughlin remains a patient in Indiana hospital. Reunions and gatherings occurred at Plat school house with George and Mrs McMillen among attendees. Iva Jamison Thelma Bell and Mildred Myers attend summer term at Indiana Normal. Norman Lightcap attends court in Indiana. James Wyncoup and daughter visit Mrs Joe McCormick in Marion Center.
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Clark Jamison
Joe Houser
Emmett McMillen
Alice Rankin
Indiana
Louise
Charles McLaughlin
Indiana Hospital
George McMillen
Plat School House
Pauline McMillen
Harry
M.laughlin
Lowery Little
Local residents travel for study and visits
Professor Spruce and Mr Patterson with children went to Pittsharsh for schooling. Miss Violet Anderson of Stronds town visited her uncle Harry Medannet. Miss Gertha McAnuity and child went to Indiana for a summer Normal term. B A Biss was a business caller in Indiana on Saturday. Rev Spaulding of New York preached.
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Penna
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Johnston Bros. Garage
Cookie Motor Sales Valley Motor Co
Homer City
Kent
Brushvalley
Baughman's Garage
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Indiana, Pa
J. B. Baughman and Sons
Saltsbore Motor Co
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Blacklick, Pa
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