Browsing Among the Books By David N Donnan and John Van Druten
The Helena high school lecture purse hosts John Van Druten with a talk on current plays on Broadway. The column reviews Young Woodley and notes its English setting, styles, and the actors, contrasting early fame with Van Druten’s evolving career. It also discusses Harry Hervey’s travel book King Cobra, praising its vivid atmosphere and critique of colonial life in Cambodia while cautioning on wine-soaked perception.
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Donnan
John van Druten
Helena High School
Dantaist
University of London
University of Wales
Punch
London Mercury
Ife
Youny Woodles
London
New York
John van Drmn
Anmerica
Centire
Woodley
Agene O'Neill
O'Neill
Lazarus
Metropolitan Dramatic
Glenn Hunter
Ubief
van Druten
Simmons
Laura Simmons
Laura
Aus
Singere
Lcadmnas
Clas Ui
Cobra
Paige
Kambodia
Indo-China
Larry Hervey
Hirly
Hervey
Angkor
Occidentals
Orient
King Cora
Harry Hervey
Gospopolitan Book Corporation
Hill Country novel praised in serial form in Hill Country column
The reviewer discusses Ramsey Benson’s Hill Country appearing in a March issue, noting its setting in Minnesota's Red River valley and the Northward cultural theme. It explores tensions between Yankee and Swedish settlers led by Jim Hill, with the author’s background and contest win highlighted.
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Fortin
Willa Cather
Stokes Publishing Company
Hill Country
Whlich
J Im
Hill
Minnesota
Red River Valley
Jim Hill
Florida
California
Golden State
Pickering Overturf
Louise
Weese
Gumbo
Ohio
Ramsey Benson
Benson
Red River
Henson
Red School
O. &. Rofraag
Not Many Sounds Exceed in Tier Knock at the Dons
A college English club prize story recalls writing days and an amateur press club ritual. A standout tale by a female author, tied to Lambs Valentine theme, is praised for stark realism and personal experience on High Line among dyland farmers facing yearly threat of failure.
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Jes Lamb
St. Valentine’s Day
Benson
Rolvaag
Witeh
Unnamed Judges Choose Writings Reflecting Familiar World
The passage notes a judge’s unanimous choice for a writer who showed vitality, contrasting with amateur authors who seek distant worlds rather than the familiar. It highlights the value of authentic experience over imagined themes.
Christ at the Round Table and the Indian Road
The article reviews E Stanley Jones's Christ at the Round Table, noting its continuation of the India oriented thesis from The Christ of the Indian Road. It describes Jones hosting round table discussions with Indian religious leaders to reveal inner thoughts and aims, portraying him as a seeker rather than a doctrinal promoter.
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White Lami
Tagore
Jesus
America
Stanley Jones
Ins Hook
E Linedon Press
New Books Review Covers Foy Memoir and Napoleon Love Tale
A critique contrasts Eddie Foy’s autobiography with Isa dora Duncan’s frankness, noting Foy’s life around peers and events rather than self. It also reviews Octave Aubry’s The Emperor Falls in Love, which frames Napoleon Bonaparte’s marriage in human terms via diaries and letters, preserving facts while exploring his personal sorrow.
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Isadora Duncan
Isadora
Eddie Foy
Dutton
Foy
New York
Chicago
Emperor
Octave Aubry
Stendbal
M. Aubry
Emperor Bails
Einrom
Napoleon
Herper and Bros
Fone Wooth Tarkington by Josepi Cummings Crise
The passage reflects on Booth Tarkington with mixed reverence and fear, noting the author’s intimate understanding of Tarkington’s career and the narrator’s evolving memory of him through the Werary period. It hints at admiration and concern for Hal Tarkington as a figure tied to Tarkington’s legacy.
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Tarkington
Josepi Cummings
Crise
Booth Tarington
Hay
Hal
Questioning the fate of five million third party votes
Washington notes mark how the 1924 La Follette Wheeler third party bid faded from public view. The piece traces why hopes collapsed, cites vote totals, recalls Tarkington anecdotes, and compares past third party waves from 1872 to 1912, concluding the 1924 effort yielded little lasting impact and Norris’s anticipated candidacy seems futile.
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la Follette
T Ucket
le Follette
Coolidge
Itartling
Follette
Wheeler
Fremont
Greely
Grant
Horace Greely
Bryan
iSoi Ic
Conscious Dore
George W. Noftis
Nebraska
Norris
Haskin Answers Show Liberal Education Close Reading
The survey features questions and answers on accidents, science, and general knowledge. It covers mortality from accidents, chemistry growth postwar, radio ranges, Lent origin, oyster values Pacific vs Atlantic, Canadian entry and taxation, milk calories, divorce laws in China, U boats, cover charges, Hudson River length, bamboo, czar jewels, steam ships, and other quiz facts.
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China
Jou. L. A
Hudson River
Russia
Tittle
Washington
Potomac Steamboat Company
Federal highway control seen inevitable says congressman
Washington Feb 28 Rep Tilson of New Haven says federal supervision of interstate traffic will come. He backs Farlow plan for a mixed highway study commission with two Senate two House members and two chosen by the president. House rules push limits on a mixed panel while experts could research traffic issues full time. Connecticut cites heavy congestion as example where highways carry trucks and buses.
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Congress
Tlson
New Haven
Danis
House Committee
Tilson
Furrow
Rochester
Minn
Farlow
Michener
Irian
Mich
Senate
House
Citi
Connecticut
Boston
New Jersey
New York
Philadelphia
Worries Of Warden Over Lifelong Prisoner Incident
Columbus reports Warden B P E Thomas faced many worries at the state penitentiary. Prisoner John Weber serving life for murder swallowed a thermometer after chewing the tube. Temperature rose but medical staff controlled it. Weber will return to his life job with the state.
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BP. E. Thomas
State Penitentiary
John Weber
Althoug
Thomas
Weber
Cruelty to Animals Retold in a Lively Dialog
A fragmentary historical note recalls a dog bite incident with sharp humor. It hints at local attitudes toward animals and domestic life, mentioning a man and his dog in a terse exchange. The excerpt reflects a colloquial, period voice from a community newspaper.
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