Two Eager Children in Early Morning Tales
In a review of Marion Edey’s This Tale Concerns Two Eager Children from Harper, the Armstrong siblings Noel and Marion are portrayed as adventurous youngsters living on the Hudson near Danskammer. The book mixes child curiosity with rustic lessons, including Bible reflections, animal observations, and poignant moments.
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Marion Edey
New York
Harper Bros
Armstrongs
Niel
Marion
Danskammer
Hudson
John Mason Brown
Pond
Martha
Noel
Cook
Leah
Jacob
Noah
A Rag and A Bone review in Crime Club edition
Pittsfield readers receive a brisk mystery as a mangled boy is found in Colby Park. Detectives Danaher and Malloy, with a rising young investigator, chase scarce clues to reveal the killer and a twist ending that will satisfy armchair sleuths. The tale echoes Last Seen Wearing and pleases mystery fans.
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Hillary Waugh
Garden City
N. Y
Doubleday and Company, Inc
Pittsfield
Colby Park
Mike Danaher
Dan Malloy
J.H
The Rocky Marciano Story book release
Boxing fans see a new Twayne Publishers biography by Bob Cutter about Rocky Marciano rising from laborer to world heavyweight champion. The work, published in late April, chronicles a dramatic American sports success story.
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Twayne Publishers
New York
Rocky Marciano
Bob Cutter
Boxing and Wrestling Magazine
United States
Banter on vacations and human fragility by Leon Burnett
Burnett muses on vacations and modern life showing how rest fails to relax as people chase activity and wealth. He contrasts past physical labor with today’s mental load and lists everyday costs of modern living while avowing optimism in golf books and humor. A literary gem quote from a sports piece closes the note.
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Ast
Connolly
HPC Professor Collects Historic Methodist Hymnals
Dr. William R. Locke of High Point College heads a rare hymnology collection tracing Methodist hymnals from 1847 to 1935. The catalog includes 1849 and 1878 editions, 1905 versions for different branches, and an unofficial 1856 camp meeting book The Golden Harp. Wesley’s hymns dominate the counts across the decades.
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William R. Locke
High Point College
New Hampshire
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
M. E. Church
Norfolk College
Locke
Virginia
Methodist Union
Church
M. Ek. Church
William J. Moses
Charles Wesley
Wesley
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Barney
Ook
Leon Burnett
HPC
Atlantic
Atlantic Building & Loan Association
G.I
W. Washington ST
DUKE
Marjorie Strachey
England
Duke University
C. Richard Sanders
Duke English
Lytton Strachey
Dupli
Vaice
Cafl Us
John P. Canine CO
Main ST
Goldsboro
Charlotte
High Point
Fayetteville
Cross Roads
Piedmont
Dukes Power Company
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