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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1909
Page
2
Isabel New and Dudley Jones share a playful Valentine scene as he delivers a dripping lard can and declares a comic gift. The exchange, filled with flirtation and humor, ends with a vow of quick returns and love.
Isabel Newman's plan to rise above sentiment collapses into a chaotic day as her household runs without a cook and water is cut off during a major cleaning spree. Amid social aims and self discipline she battles chores, a missing servant, and a stubborn water supply in a comic domestic crisis.
Miss Newman battles a grimy morning in a cluttered home while two dainty visitors arrive. Dudley Jones questions if she is at home as a suave intruder enters and recognizes a staged likeness. The scene shifts to a heated confrontation about last night and a forced kiss amid dirt and decor.
The piece argues hate has no antidote but love and asserts love heals wounds. It describes love as true, ingenuous, blind, gentle, and fearless, contrasting it with envy and deceit and likening it to a healing remedy.
The piece argues Valentine’s Day stems from a pagan bird mating belief dating before Christianity. It notes St Valentine’s martyrdom on February 14, 270 A.D. and cites Shakespeare and Herrick to illustrate ancient associations with birds pairing on that date.
A devotional passage extols love as life renewing the soul and heart. It speaks of love forgiving without request, seeking goodness, and remaining blind to evil, treating all as sacred. It elevates love above moral labels as a universal, purifying force.
A poetic Victorian piece urges a young girl to choose a Valentine from a noble lineage. The speaker honors the name Valentine as linked to martyrs and Christian soldiers, praising Saint Denys George Martin Maurice Theodore and countless others who bled for their lord. It frames Valentine as a virtuous ideal and a chosen service.
An Osage leader and three braves bought and sent hundreds of Valentines to U S officials in Washington D C This spree totaled about 520 dollars and the chief paid from a large cash stash He refused to mail to Indian women saying squaws do not receive Valentines and named many officials including senators representatives and the president
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