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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1924
Page
7
The article recalls how Valentine’s Eve charms and signs were once believed to help secure a future husband. It cites rituals like five bay leaves on a pillow and clay balls with admirers’ names in water, plus historic customs from Pepys’s era and Charles II that paired gifts with the first person seen on February 14.
The article describes lively methods for hosting Valentine parties, urging clever verse invitations and Cupid themed decor. It suggests handwritten verses on cards featuring Cupid and arrows, red heart seals, and old fashioned valentines as fitting invitations to a St. Valentine’s gathering.
The article notes that sacristy trimmings should be tasteful and not overdone, favoring neatness in modern millinery while avoiding hardness. It discusses using gay colored hangings to harmonize dark furniture with light walls, advising against prominent patterns and recommending only one figured feature for restfulness.
The verbose historical quotation recalls Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address delivered on that field. The speech honors fallen soldiers and calls the living to commit to the nation’s enduring ideals of liberty and government by the people.
The piece argues the real Lincoln was the hungry reader who walked miles to borrow books and found life’s meaning in Shakespeare Bunyan Burns and the Constitution. It praises the book hunter who sought knowledge despite poverty and hardship, shaping his view of liberty and humanity.
Freeman Thorp created the only known life portrait of Abraham Lincoln drawn entirely from life. He began sketches in Geneva on the way to Washington for Lincoln’s inauguration. No photograph or painting captures the same expression or pose.
The Cincinnati Enquirer comments on cow milk production spanning ages two to eighteen and typical dairy herd tenure of four to six years. It contrasts this with a proverb about lending money to friends, noting the longer return time for bread cast upon the waters.
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