[…] No, Nanette; on TV Howdy Doody. Novels are appearing which have a bitter-sweet flavor of love turned tragic. Biog­ raphies of men who were great in their past environments ( Passions of the Mind, Sigmund Freud’s Life by Irving Stone) and the senes of historical narratives about the Winning of America by Allan W. Eckert ( of Ohio) are a […]

[…] a dialect poem which Samuel Schierloh, Cincinnati poet, wrote more than thirty years ago are quoted on a bronze historical marker com­ memorating the Miami and Erie Canal where it passes through Lockland. When the marker was dedicated last December nobody told Mr. Schierloh, that his lines were quoted. Apparently they just thought he was dead. He is very much […]

[…] New York, NY: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2021. Artemisia is training to be a Gray Sister, a nun who cleanses the bodies of the deceased so that their souls can pass on; otherwise, they will rise as ravenous, hungry spirits. When her convent is attacked by possessed soldiers, Artemisia defends it by awakening an ancient spirit bound to a saint’s […]

[…] for Kids: Secret Communications Throughout History, with 21 Codes and Ciphers. Chicago Review Press (Chicago, IL) 2019. PB $16.99. People throughout history have written messages in code and ciphers to pass along closely held, secret information. Today, countries around the world enlist cryptanalysts to intercept and crack messages to keep our world safe. Code Cracking for Kids  explores many aspects of […]

[…] of Toledo Press (Toledo, OH) 2006. PB $14.95. In this book, Barbara Alice Mann’s purpose is not to prove facts or to give an interpretation of historical events, but to pass along essential, traditional cultural narratives and knowledge to her granddaughter. Her readers are in the privileged and rare position of being allowed to listen. McCullough, David. The Pioneers: The […]

[…] of $1.25. 0 0 0 OuR GALLIA COUNTY CHAIRMAN, Mrs. W. A. Lewis, of Rio Grande, reminds us that we must not let the centennial anniversary of the Civil War pass without a tribute to Miss Eliza Symmes Lucas (better known as Lida S. Lucas). Mrs. Lucas, a graduate of Rio Grande College, was for thirty years state secretary of […]

[…] (July 15th) By Celia Ditnmette If rain will fall on this pure summer day There will be rain through forty days, the grass Trailing and tender like the rills that pass, When earth drinks deeply there and sends away The clover-covered stream. We do not know St. Swithin’s words nor thought of life, but all The Bishop’s deeds were good, […]

[…] from the rustling com, And low-voiced brooks, that wandered drowsily By purpling clusters of the juicy grape, Swinging upon the vine. And now, ’tis here! And what a change both pass‘ d upon the face Of Nature, where the waving forest spreads, Then robed in deepest green ! A!l through the night The subtle frost both plied its mystic art; […]