Autobiography Highlights Theater Stars and Far East Exposes
Ian Maclaren's Doctor of the Old Shoot is praised as a moving tale. Daniel Frohman, aged 84, recounts his eight decades in American theater with anecdotes about Bernhardt Modjeska and Booth. Gordon Enders and Edward Anthony publish Nowhere Else in the World, a brisk adventure memoir linking India Tibet Panchen Lama and a look at the political future of the Far East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Frohman
Dash Fer Wrolman
Kendall & Shanp
Bernhardt
Modjeska
Mark Dressler
Mary Pickford
H. Sothern
Joseph Jefferson
Edwin Booth
Caruso
the Barrymore
Gordon Enders
Edward Anthony
Farrar & Rine
Hart
Tiet
Far East
Enders
India
Tibet
Edyard Anthony
Gift catalog brims with books for readers and collectors
A Christmas appeal highlights treasured reading matter for 1985 from Heritage Press editions to Woollcott and Peattie. It lists titles by Copp enfield, A Shropshire Lad, The Stars Look Down, Paths of Glory, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphrey Cobb
T. B. Lawrence
England
Donald Culross Peattie
Limited
Admiral Richard &. Bynd
Amy Morrow Lindbergh
Y. Vincent Sheean
Random House
Stion & Schuster
Columibty
Nmination
Captain ‘Eddy
Tiler
Creighton Peet
Christmas prospects brighten in Corry and nation
The Mehaier Christmas column lauds improving business and a buoyant mood for 1986, noting higher holiday trade, industrial activity, and welfare efforts easing hardship. It cautions many families still face limits, while urging hope that Christmas and the year ahead bring broader prosperity. Venezuela's long-time president Vicente Gomez is remembered as a strong man who boosted national development but faced criticism for foreign exploitation and wealth drained by oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry
Comny
Wight
Elks
Wells
Goriy
York State Grange
Gemup
Yurat
Amerivan Farm Bureau Federation
Oes
New York State
Venezuela
Tuan Vicente Gomez
Latin-America
Maxico
Algo
Gomez
Deby
Omez
Oolike Howe
Hielo
Enders
Tha
Tiheb
Linwly
Evies
Emers
Super-liners proposal targets giant passenger ships
A former US Lines head urges government support for two 100000-ton super-cabins, 0.25 mile long, 14 feet wide, 10000 passengers each, at 100 million dollars. He notes many nations’ superliners lose money while prestige drives the race. Critics say sensible travelers prefer smaller ships and true voyage experiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Lines
United States
Nea
Atu
100 Million for Colds Warns Arnold at Illinois Univ
Bloyd Arnold of the University of Illinois predicts the common head cold will cause vast illness and economic losses through Easter. He cites eight day work absences from colds and related infections, urging health rules and climate moves as practical safeguards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloyd Arnold
University of Tlinois
Dueze
Dr. Arnold
Paris styles Ski fashion dominates winter showrooms
Paris fashion houses reveal spring and summer lines early while winter wear peaks in mid-season. Designers, cutters and fitters buzz in studios as summer fabrics like chiffons mix with winter outfits. Ski costumes feature bold colors, water proof velvet, turquoise flannel, and heavy knit accessories, emphasizing warmth and practicality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Pavia
Ardanse
Arcanse
Star Signals December 26 Births and Days of Social Life
Horoscope style notes predict a day focused on dignity and scholarship for readers born late December and those around early January. It mentions mixed fortunes in love, optimistic social events, and possible profitable changes, with vague dates and scattered cosmic references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y Dung Marek
Hollywood film shop diet policy for dancers sparks controversy
A sensational 1920s style ad reveals Boboy Connolly, a film studio head, detailing a rigorous diet for young dancers. He sets precise weights and heights, claiming the troupe must stay between 108 and 185 pounds and under five feet. The diet lists oatmeal, eggs, bacon, toast, milk, juice, oil, soups, chops and fish. The ad asserts this policy to maintain strength for routine acting and dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connolly
Twenty Years Ago Christmas in the City Observed
From the Journal Files December 24 1915 Christmas will be celebrated in churches citywide with programing. First Methodist Church members will sing carols at Corty hospital for patients. Train delays due to heavy express and mail traffic. People traveling for Christmas with relatives and friends. A book review describes a Tibetan frontier tale as paradoxical yet compelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lie Coly
First Methodist Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iscorrs Sc
Cyrensica
Ian Maclaren
Soprel
Betilenem
Beloua
Novones
Yeuss
Moxander Woollcott
Barnum
Woolleatt
Viking
Woolleatt Reale
Alec
Woollcott
Thornton Wilder
Barrie
William Allen White
Farmers
Sydney
N.S. Wi
Royal Society New South Weses
Nest
Hollywood Film Shop
Root’s Furniture Store
South Center Street
Covry, Benn
Worlnd
Elizabeth Bentley
Mars
Clarence J. Smith
Pradford
Lena ‘Chutston
West Church Street
Warren
Skayer Ami Pathoe
Meadville
Arthur Duffy Bayrived
Hore
Washington, D. C
Wullege
Riversides
Riverside
Etry Ea Tr
Montgomery Ward
EG EN
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!