Humorous books shine in World of Books review
The review surveys new humor and serious works amid World War era anxieties. Will Rogers and Marquis offer light relief with sharp wit, while Evelyn Dewey and Horatio W. Dresser present educational and wartime reflections. Kawakami, Radomtzeff, Chekrez i and Osborn expose varied national views and adventures.
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Harper
Will Rogers
Sully
Horatio W. Dresser
France
Mr. Dresser
Coningsby Dawson
Russian Mercantile Corporation
Boris Radomtzeff
Russia
Sleep's Natural Restorer Prompting Drug Free Plan
The piece urges natural sleep for health and happiness. It claims millions struggle nightly, affecting prosperity, pep, and daily productivity. It warns that drug-store sleep is habit forming and suited only for invalids, urging natural rest instead.
Classmates Mary Haley and Alice Gordon Earn Honors Twice
Miss Mary Haley and Miss Alice Gordon, Cambridge residents, graduate with honors from Cambridge High and Latin School and Radcliffe College. Haley won the John Hopkins prize in 1915 and both earned cum laude degrees with Radcliffe's class of 1919. They are active in Cambridge and Somerville social circles. Haley is daughter of Mr and Mrs T F Haley of Ridgefield Street.
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Cambridge Latin School
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Alice Gordon
Cambridge High and Latin School
Miss Haley
Chums
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Cambridge
Somerville
T. F. Haley
Rridgefield Street
Indian Newlyweds Return to Wigwarm on Cape Cod
Allen Thorndike Oakley and Miss Lillian Day Simons wed in Cambridge and now live at 78 Amory Street Cambridge in a Wigwam. She is Carlisle Indian School graduate and classmate of Jim Thorpe. He works as a machinist at the Watertown Arsenal.
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Congress
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America
Harper
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Cape Cod
Cambridge
Lillian Simons
Carlisle Indian School
Lillian Day Simons
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First Baptist Church of
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Elmer W. Powell
Mashpee
Oakley
Jim Thorpe
Watertown Arsenal
Condensed Novels Series Announces 100 Day Rollout
The Boston Sunday Post reveals the 100 condensation novels contest results with June 29 as the public print date for writers' names. Tomorrow's condensation is Sir Gilbert Parker’s Right of Way by Helen B. Dole, followed by other classics each day through midweek.
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Boston Sunday Post
Sir Gilbert Parker
Helen B. Dole
Parker
Parachute Demos Highlight Early Air Travel Efforts
The article reports daily parachute demonstrations at flying fields with volunteers including Sylvia Boyden, Eddie Stinson's plane, and crowds in Atlantic City. It notes US Air Service adoption of a 28 foot parachute, German trials, Aero Club prizes, and plans by American manufacturers to promote aviation in Latin America with Handley Page and Vimy bomber visits.
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Sylvia Boyden
Eddie Stinson
United States Air Service
Germany
Aero Club of America
South America
Continent
Newfoundland
Boston
New York
London
Phelan Urges End to Japanese Immigration and Land Ownership
Senator Phelan of California pressed a House immigration committee plan to cancel the gentleman's agreement with Japan and ban all Japanese immigration. He called for prohibiting Japanese land ownership and a ban on picture bride marriages, arguing Japan seeks a silent conquest of the western hemisphere and urging total elimination of Japanese entrants.
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America
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Washington
House Immigration Committee
California
Pacific
Atlantic
Appeal for a Resurvey of Merrimack River
Three congressmen Rogers Phelan and Lufkin plan a conference with General Black head of the engineers War Department to name a top engineer to resurvey the Merrimack River and report on the cost and feasibility of making the river navigable from Lowell to the sea, following the waterways committee decision.
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