BOOK REVIEW Esther Gould Christmas Suggestions And Notes
A 1956 book review column by Esther Gould surveys Christmas reading options from Antimats to Twenty-one Nursery Rhymes. It highlights My Studio Window by Marietta Minnigerade Andrews and The Feathered Nest by Margaret Leech, noting silhouettes, intimate portraits, and the authors’ established reputations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart
Byrd Dreier
Russi Mert
Grant
Tlizabett
Essex
Anthony Persian
Mary
Lincoln
Wooten
Annie Spragy
Lore Oclante
Casper Mauser
New Temple
Gail Fintes
Shanghai
Joshua
Pooh Corner
Lear
Doctor Dolittle
Ghond the Hunter
Dronis
Sweetwater Trail
Theodore Roosevelt
Marietta Minnerode Andrews
E. P. Dutton
Marietta Minnigerade
Andrews
Memira
Washington
Mia
Christmas Books and New Titles on Sale
A collage of book blurbs lists titles and authors including Ahan Gopal Mukerji, John Arnold, Henri Narbut, Elizabeth Muck Kinatry, and Dorothy Gordon. It highlights crime mysteries and war censorship pieces, with prices shown and an invitation to request a free illustrated catalogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyndhown Lawls
Ahan Gopal Mukoeit
Gay Neck
Surrey Wood
John Arnold
Dutton
Henri Narhurac
Ty Clement
Mooro I
Elizabeth Muck
Assessors Start Work on Revaluing County Properties
The Chicago Cook County Board of Assessors launched a program to revalue land and buildings for taxation. Directors and experts plan careful surveying of homes, flats, offices, stores, factories, and other properties to ensure a fair, uniform assessment basis across the county amid concerns of under and over taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dildi
Munday
Darey Catinate
Diay
Cutmore
Board of Assessors
Chicago
Cook County
Camp of Philosophers Returns to Adirondacks for Leaders
A historic spot near Barande Lake in the Adirondacks marks a 19th century camp where Ralph Waldo Emerson James Russell Lowell Louie Agnesse and contemporaries gathered for philosophical discussion. The same pines are still pointed out as witnesses to the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philophers
Adirondacka
Barande Lake
Ralph Waldo Emerson
James Russel Vowell
Louie Agnesse
West of Agmabar at the Chicago Theatre stars Chaney in Dark Chine tale
Lan Chaney headlines the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production West of Agmabar a jungle romance at the Chicago Theatre December 11. He plays Dead Lop Eliat a white voodoo priest opposing a physician in a story of love and peril with Mary Nolan and Lionel Barrymore among the cast Roscoe Ward Jane and others. The program also features House Beate a Broadway revue directed from Broadway and a second act spectacle Ceinoline Days with Brooke and an ensemble of singers and dancers promising a lively night in the Windy City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agmabar
Lan Chaney
Eliat
Mary Nolan
Warner Box
Jungles
Lionel Barrymore
Chaney
Kalla Pasha
Roscoe Ward
Jane
Val Browning
Chaney Its
House Beate
Anuwel Sytiiagerread
Browsway
York
el Iit
Disrupted Text Skews Toward Unclear Stage Details
Fragmentary OCR hints at a mammoth presentation with a cast and supporting performers. Mentions Leutern sekidies and Biwoke related to the event, with Billie Mowe possibly involved. Text is garbled, obscuring roles, dates, and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biwoke
Iyittel
Billie Mowe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Esther Gould
Margaret Leech
Horace Liveright
Johan Bojer
Eleanor Gizycka
Fanny Huener
Chicago Tribune
Dorothy Aldis
Minton Balch & CO
Reading
Ferdinand
Love
William Lyon Phelps
Ty Mariotty M
Androwa
Dorothy Gordon
P. Dutton & Co. Inc
Fourth Ave
N. Y
Annie Spragg
Mr. Aramield
Frederick A. Slokra
Grant Dy W. E. Woodward
Georgs
Tuloeram
Mohr & Sons
Harrison Street
Chas. Hutter
Madison
Phowe
Forest Park
Circle Ave
Chicago Theatre
Oriental Theatre
den van Redal
Oriental
Tiis
Temple of Syntion
Uronke
Klimmer's Greenhouses
Dunlop Avenue
Vhcal Foret
Kendra
Rvienione
Blinnat
Frank Habel
Chas. F. Drechsler
Undertaker
Lake St. Tet. O.P
Christmas Club
Fei Teme
Christ
D’angelo
Euclid
Oak Park
North Blvd
Dundee
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