In the penultimate chapter, the protagonist walks up Waterworks Hill with the girl he likes, and after they kiss she trips him and sends him rolling downhill.  
The third chapter describes the courtship of a "tall dark girl" and the doctor, though she died the spring after they were married.  In the penultimate chapter, the protagonist walks up Waterworks Hill with the girl he likes, and after they kiss she trips him and sends him rolling downhill.  David Hardy escapes from the titular place after knocking out his grandfather Jesse, who was "too greedy for glory," while the chapter called "The Strength of God" chronicles Reverend Curtis Hartman's lust for the local teacher, Kate Swift.  Seth Richmond is the main character's rival for the affections of Helen, and other residents of the titular town include Doctor Reefy and Doctor Parcival, who is accused of molesting children. Linked by the presence in every story of the reporter for the Eagle, FTP, identify this work centered on George Willard, written by Sherwood Anderson.
The third chapter describes the courtship of a "tall dark girl" and the doctor, though she died the spring after they were married.  
Winesburg, Ohio