Horatio Alger Books See Rising Value On Rare-Book Markets
Horatio Alger Jr famous for tales of American boy virtue gains renewed attention as rare first editions appear in catalogs. A Boston 1870 edition of Ben the Luggage Boy with an annotated letter sells for 7.50 dollars, signaling growing collector interest in Alger. The centennial birthday of the prolific writer is noted but not celebrated.
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Horatio Alger, Jr
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Alger
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Varied Personalities Merge In United States Delegation To Disarmament Conference
Dr Mary Emma Woolley of Mt Holyoke College is the only woman named by President Hoover to the Geneva Disarmament Conference. A noted peace advocate, she has led international peace efforts and taught at Mt Holyoke for 31 years. Her appointment marks the first time a woman serves as an official diplomatic representative at a major League of Nations conference.
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Julia Blanshard
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New York
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Mt. Holyoke College
Hoover
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League of Nations Association
World Alliance For
American Society For the Judicial Settlement
Brown
Mt. Tom
Woolley
Mt. Holyoke
Wellesley College
Wilson
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League of Nations
Oscar Leiding
Washington
America
Geneva
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Dawes
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Daughters of the American Revolution
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Claude Augustus Swanson
Virginia
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Senate
New Yorker
Norman H. Davis
Stanford
Cuba
Woodrow Wilson
Gibson Young
Hugh S. Gibson
Belgium
Fate of Mercy Killer hinges on grand jury in Ohio
In Millersburg Ohio a grand jury weighs whether James Stanhouse a war veteran who killed his two year old child to end suffering and save his wife will be indicted. Stanhouse confessed after three years of secrecy describing the childs incurable brain illness and his fear of arrest. The panel may pursue a sanity hearing rather than an indictment.
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Elmo M. Estill
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Canada
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Wandering Pussy Returns After Five Years Missing
Mrs Mary Thom of Hempstead reports her cat Peter a black feline now twelve years old comes home after five years away. He arrived scratched with a missing ear a torn claw and shaggy fur in parts indicating long travels and hardship.
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London
Peter
Mary Thomas
Hempstead
Christmas Card Prank Reveals Valentine Sender
Detroit reports a practical joke backfired when Francis X. Norris, assistant district attorney, disclosed a signed Valentine card sent last February. A friend kept the unsigned comic valentine and later matched it to Norris’s handwriting.
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Detroit
Francis X. Norris
Museum Removes Washington Painting Critics Call Not Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art shelves Emanuel Leutze’s Washington Crossing the Delaware amid debate over its artistic merit. Critics argue the 21 by 12 foot canvas is more a historic narrative than true art, noting anachronisms and questionable realism. The work has lingered in storage since last spring as officials consider a future home in a historical collection.
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Delaware
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Lentze
Porterville Man Fends Off Gunman With Defective Bullets
Jack Bassler of a local auto camp was interrupted at breakfast by a stranger who pressed a revolver to him and threatened murder. The gun misfired twice before Bassler, crashing the tent, wrestled the weapon away. the revolver contained defective bullets.
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Porterville, Califf
Jack Bassler
Kiwanis Heads Meet In Charlotte For District Plan
About 200 Kiwanis officers and trustees from 79 clubs in the Carolina district gathered in Charlotte to plan club dues for the two states for 1932.
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