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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1909
Page
10
Loren H. B. Knox argues in the December Atlantic that mass production turns individuality into a mass. Consumers are offered uniform, ready made foods, clothing, medicines, travel, music, education, and housing, erasing distinct personal tastes and the American home.
In the Season of Long Evenings The Youths Companion highlights a rich winter program with nearly a hundred complete stories, absorbing serials, articles by famous contributors, and many sketches. Subscriptions are offered at $1.75 for remaining 1909 issues plus a 1910 Venetian Calendar lithographed in colors.
A perceptive quote from Woman's Home Companion November article compares Pittsburgh to a pie with a light top crust and a sinking middle class. It describes a precarious social gap where many with comfortable salaries see life as a hopeless game, a view labeled unique to Pittsburgh.
A color distinguished Christmas Harper's Weekly features a three color cover of a Winning phase of child life by Alice Barber Stephens. Other artists represented include Elizabeth Shippen Green J A Williams Harold Matthews Brett Harry G Dart Dan Sayre Groesbeck Albert Levering Horace Taylor Arthur William Brown Howard V Brown J Conacher and H C Wall.
Gilbert Parker William Dean Howells and Mark Twain join George Eliot in a notable literary lineup. New reprint editions include Northern Lights Fennel and Rue Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven and The Mill on the Floss.
Edward Stratemeyer’s First at the North Pole follows two boy heroes in the Maine woods who meet a wealthy hunter and explorer and board his polar ship with a scientist. They experience thrilling polar adventures and learn about exploration history, framed as a vivid boys’ romance reading experience.
Edward Stratemeyer’s Shakeport Series volume depicts Lakeport boys forming an eleven, coached by a college man, in a season of exciting football contests. The tale blends on field feats with jovial adventures on water and an island, highlighting self belief and perseverance.
J T. Trowbridge author of A Pair at Madcaps to sail from New York with Mrs. Trowbridge on December 21 aboard the Manic of the White Star line for Naples and Genoa. They will stay in Alassio Mentone and Riviera resorts before returning in April.
Four year old Philip, a habit of crossing to a neighbor for milk, returns one December day with an empty bucket and a grave face. He announces the cow is dried up and adds that they may not get milk until spring, a sober observation from a child's view.
Mgr Aaron Martin Crane, noted author of Right and Wrong Thinking and Their Results now has a second work titled A Search for Ultimate Truth, the Divine Perfection Inherent in Man and in All Creation. Lothrop Lee Shepard lists it as the spring 1910 lead title. A critic who reviewed the manuscript calls it a discovery rather than a search.
Edward Stratemeyer writes for Lathrop Lee and Shepard Company. The December 1 release has already become a leading juvenile title of the year, with brisk sales and strong demand. An edition larger than planned was issued and a larger second edition is ordered.
Crane and Company of Topeka Kansas announces the Charles M Sheldon Year Book. Printed on handmade silk tissue Japanese paper of high quality. It features daily quotations from Mr Sheldon’s published writings and sells for one dollar postpaid.
Leah explains punctuation to her brother noting that a period is a dot and a comma is a period that sprouted in a January issue of The Delineator. The item reflects teaching on marks and their names in a young reader context.
In Betzville Rev Ebenezer Spillgath faces a scandal as his horse Moses rears and dances after the preacher tries to discipline him with curses spoken by Alderman Bud Winters. The pastor’s attempts to “spoil the Egyptians” backfire, drawing ridicule from townsfolk and threats of dismissal.
A humorous exchange unfolds at the Hungry club where a short story writer laments hunger and a poet retorts about differing appetites. The dialogue playful banter highlights creative types and their appetites in a literary setting.
The item promotes Hamlins Wizard Oil for tired swollen feet and Allan’s Lung Ralsam for deep seated coughs and colds. Claims travelers or readers can find relief by nightly rubbing and familiar herbal cures, urging readers to use these products for happiness.
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