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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1920
Page
3
A poetic verse about valentines arriving in town with lace and glitter detailing love, youth, and memory. It contrasts festive adornment with a ghostly street and hints at a maiden who died and a businessman marked by wealth. Minna Irving is cited from Lipincott's.
A historical note on St Valentine’s Day detailing its timing February 14 and customs of exchanging verses and letters. It discusses the saint’s life, origins of the Valentine name, and various theories from scholars. The piece ends with a literary allusion to Ophelia and Valentine greetings.
A reflective column recalls the old parade of valentines and trophies once shared by a maid and rivals. It laments modern courtesies as the twentieth century girl receives a lone token, hinting at changing social customs.
In medieval belief Saint Valentine links love to spring as poets note. The piece traces Valentine’s martyrdom on February 14 and its Christian adoption, contrasts with Santa, and explains how lovers once sought trysting places on the old Flaminian Gate while birds pair in mid February.
Miss Mabel Head announces new nationwide and world wide YWCA programs for town girls. Citizenship forums will be organized in small communities to teach responsibility and global citizenship, with tea courses from National Headquarters in New York and thirty nine secretaries aiding county work across the country.
Red Cross and American Jewish Relief Committee workers report in Bialystok that destroyed water towers left the city without pressure. With medicine and soap scarce, typhus rages amid dry wells and disrupted markets, as invaders disrupt supply lines and sanitation efforts.
Ladd reports indicate several local residents ill, visiting relatives, or traveling during the week. Notables include Emma Fessinati’s surprise shower for John Postoinia, new arrivals at homes vacated by the Wheeler family, and a birth for James and Mrs Hurley.
On January 9 1861 the steamship Star of the West sailed from New York with supplies and troops for Fort Sumter. Confederate batteries fired on her at Charleston harbor forcing a return to port marking the first gunfire of the Civil War.
The article notes Christians, Muslims, and Jews unite for relief efforts. The American Red Cross has handed medical supplies to American Jewish relief groups, aiding Jewish populations, while Jews repurpose recent U S food shipments. Muslims participate in Palestine relief industrial rooms, with Jewish women as farmerettes.
A country dweller neglected worship. A deputation urged his return and he joined a prayer meeting giving thanks for gathering. Suddenly a representative shouted a skeptical line about bringing him back, reflecting the crowd’s mixed reception.
The custom spread from Padua where German students studied. They paid farewell visits to professors after college, leaving their names on slips of paper when hosts were away.
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