Touched With Fire A La Salle Adventure Biography
Tebbel's historical novel follows Robert Cavelier de La Salle from St Malo to Canada. Philippe Brisson narrates a tale of exploration, danger, mutiny, Indian encounters, and La Salle's doomed quest to reach the Mississippi mouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Cavelier
Sieur de la Salle
la Salle
Mississippi
John Tebbel
Canada
Great Lakes
Philippe Brisson
St. Malo
Brisson
Conflict Brisson
Madeleine
Canadian
Tebbel
Library Additions Brighten Shelf With New Titles
A list of new arrivals includes The Silver Chalice by Thomas B. Costain Touched With Fire by John Tebbel The Black Dream by Con stance and Gwenyth Little The Red Carpet by Dan Wicken den The Donkey Shoe by G. B. Stern The Key Man by Clarence Buddington Kelland The Way to Glory by John D. Scott Escape from Paradise by Katharine Newlin Burt The Missing Heiress by Bernice Carey Necessary Evil by Lawrence Hanson One Man Show by Michael Innes Catherine Carter by Pamela H. Johnson The Elk and the Evidence by Margaret Scherf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas B. Costain
John Tebbel
Constance
Gwenyth Little
Dan Wickenden
G. B. Stern
Key Man
Clarence Buddington Kelland
John D. Scott
Katharine Newlin Burt
Bernice Carey
Lawrence Hanson
Michael Innes
Catherine Carter
Pamela H. Johnson
Elk and the
Evidence
Margaret Scherf
The Black Dream mystery review
A positive appraisal of The Black Dream by Dou bleday & Company. Agatha Bunson, a sleep walking boarding house owner, discovers a murder scene with Inspector Lewis and Dr Christine Herser aiding in unmasking the killer. The reviewer praises characterizations and suspense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constance
Gwenyth Little
Doubleday & Company, Inc
Garden City
N. Y
Agatha Bunson
Miss Bunson
Inspector Lewis
Lewis
Stinky
Christine Herser
Allen Gremson
Miss Brunson
E. W
New Nickel Plate Caboose Brings Modern Comforts
In Toledo Ohio workmen at Lionville shops built a new caboose for the Nickel Plate Road with own generator and electric light system, automatic brake light visible five miles, comfortable beds and screened windows. The cupola is removed and bay windows provide side views for the brakeman to spot hot boxes and derailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
America
Lionville
Nickel Plate Road
Casey Jones
Bronx Has A Cowboy Rides In Modern Burroughs
New York AP reports Harry Abramowitz, a 64 year old Bronx resident, maintains a makeshift ranch across a three story stable with 43 horses 12 goats and a dog. He stores a diverse fleet of wagons including covered wagons buckboard surreys tallyhos victorias and barouches across five lots and rents them to advertise bonds rallies movies parades political campaigns and products. Abramowitz began the collection in 1910 after purchasing 64 carriages from a Vanderbilt family member for 50 dollars. Swimming was commonplace for many ancient Greeks and Romans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry
Hopalong) Abramowitz
Bronx
Catherine Carter in Victorian Theatre Era
A review of a Knopf novel set in Victorian England centers on Catherine Carter a rising actress and her complex relationship with Henry Peverel. The narrative follows marriage divorce and professional ascent with emphasis on character study and theater life details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Carter
Pamela Hansford Johnson
New York
Knopf
England
Henry Peverel
Henry
Catherine
Malcolm Rivers
Malcolm
Duke Grad Awarded Book Grant for International Law Study
Dr. David Russell Deener of Durham received a $500 Duke Graduate School grant to subsidize publication of his doctoral dissertation titled International Law and Practice in the Official Opinions of the United States Attorneys General. The award was funded from the thesis publication fund and will precede Deener’s move to Tulane University as associate professor of political science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
Duke University
David Russell Deener
Duke Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
United States
Paul M. Gross
Duke
Graduate School Council
Deener
Robert R. Wilson Ore
Uke
Duke Department of Political Science
Tulane University
Angier Duke
Weverton
Maryland
Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Nuns Run Key German Drug Addiction Center
WASSENBERG Germany A Catholic nuns run a small hospital in a forest area serving as Germanys main asylum for women drug and alcohol addicts. About twelve hundred women have been treated here in recent years and officials praise the facility for its role amid rising addiction among youths and women. The Detroit Windsor tunnel links the United States and Canada as the only underwater vehicle tunnel between nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wassenberg
Germany
West Germany
Detroit-Windsor
United States
Canada
Amusing Tale Dealing With Modern Art
Review notes a one man show by Michael James from Dodd Mead about a young painter murdered, an art dealer capitalizing on notoriety, and a theft witnessed by John Appleby of Scotland Yard. Characters include a comic English speaking dealer, a junk dealer, a reforming noblewoman, and frustrated artists. The mystery resolves with a flamboyant solution.
Friends Honor Estelle Tomlinson Smith Memorial Service Planned
The Springfield Memorial Association annual meeting next Sunday August 17 at Springfield Friends Meeting will include a memorial service for Estelle Tomlinson Smith longtime Springfield resident and former North Carolina home demonstration agent. Her son Charles Egbert Smith prepared the memorial. services led by H Millard Jones will blend with regular church services at Springfield in Archdale area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield Memorial Association
Springfield
North Carolina
Scott
Half-Dime Valued Up to 30 Dollars in Lettuce Patch
Mrs Helen Johns found a half dime in a Portsmouth lettuce patch. Coin collector John Wiggin suggested the piece could be worth about 30 dollars.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Helen Johns
Ice That Never Melts Sno Gel Debuts
New York report says Sno Gel remains solid in heat and can be reused without shrinkage. It can be molded or poured into shapes and set between minus eight and thirty two degrees. It freezes water and hardens ice cream but does not freeze flowers or cottage cheese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
N. Y
Man Surrenders To Fish On Buccaneer Trail
Fernandina Beach Florida report of a tarpon incident along Buccaneer Trail where a 85 pound silver king tarpon hooked by W J Richards Jacksonville jumped into another fisher man s boat. The other man surrendered the boat and fled to sea leaving Richards with the fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fernandina Beach
Fla
Florida
W. J. Richards
Jacksonville
Richards
High Point College Plans Opening and New Course
High Point College prepares for a September opening with dormitory spaces for married couples on McCulloch Hall third floor and new library staff additions led by Mrs. M L Patrick. A required freshman course Successful Adjustment in College will be offered, focusing on study skills social life and vocational planning.
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High Point College
N. P. Yarborough
M. L. Patrick
South
Hamilton Street
Dennis Cooke
Patrick
Ina McAdams
Marcella Carter
William and Mary College
HPC
Cooke
McCulloch Hall
College of Millikan Hall
Five Points
J. H. Allred
Faceulty
Duck family halts traffic on Route 222 near Kutztown
A wild duck and eight ducklings blocked traffic on Route 222 near Kutztown Pennsylvania until district game protector Harry H. Rickert moved the birds to a nearby field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kutztown
Harry H. Rickert
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New France
Madeleine Lamoreaux
Duke Grad
Michael
Dodd Mead
L. Cc
Charleston
South Carolina
Estelle Tomlinson Smith
Borden
W. C. Brown
E. Washington St
Elsie
Elmer
Little Beauregard
Borden’s
Ford
the Borden Co
Mae. T
The
Borden Company
High Point, North Carolina
Khaie
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