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...Pope presented him as the Patron Saint of the Catholic Press. He was Bishop of Geneva, Switzerland, 1602-1622, in the days when the Calvinistic "heretics" had to be withstood. He was noted for the energy and zeal displayed in his missionary work in the province Chablais, a stronghold ot Calvinism. His practical advice to defenders of the Faith was given to the world in 1608, when he published his Introduction to the Devout Life...
...that it has been necessary to divide the $200 between the two originators, Henry Irving Dale of Andover, and Miss Kate L. Butler of Fields Corner. Despite the alleged unpopularity of the wets in the West and the many entries received from that section of the country, Massachusetts, the stronghold of anti-Volstead sentiment, has furnished the chosen epithet...
...group of Sophomores known as "Mr. Levinsky" have hoodwinked lower classmen from the mysterious stronghold, "Porter 1367," for several days, with a marvelous mind reading phenomenon. Their prestige is falling off, however, since the discovery of their domicile in Russell Hall...
Underwood. Quite different from the submarine jockeying for position that goes on among his Republican opponents and Democratic rivals, Senator Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama is out in the open with his candidacy. He toured Texas, the supposed stronghold of William G. Mc-Adbo, and at Nocona made this speech...
...Fighting Blade. Richard Barthelmess appears a trifle more romantic than ever in round helmet and shiny breastplate-a Roundhead Captain in the forces of Oliver Cromwell. Divesting himself of these friendly ferries, he enters the enemy stronghold at Staversham as a spy. Spying he is spied upon, detected, made prisoner. There follows a hideously tiresome torture scene-the only blemish of the production. Finally the lovely heroine files his fetters and he escapes via the water route beneath the castle walls...