Book on Modern Religions Adds Value to Library
Howard Olive reviews The Great Religions of the Modern World edited by Edward J. Jurji Princeton University Press 387 pp 3.75 praising its layman accessible full descriptions of Hinduism Buddhism Shinto Islam Judaism and Christianity and its use for reference and comparison in a city library.
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Edward J. Jurji
Princeton
Princeton University Press
High Point
Confucius
Abraham Lincoln
China
Lao Tzu
Brotherhood Week
Howard Olive
1952 Fire Loss May Reach Billion Mark
The National Fire Protection Association reports 12 535 fire deaths in the United States and Canada in 1952. Incomplete data indicate U S losses reached 896 8 million dollars with Canadian figures likely pushing total to over one billion for the first time.
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Boston
United States
Canada
National Fire Protection Association
Proud Kate Chase Biography Review by Ishbel Ross
The review profiles Kate Chase as a glamorous Washington figure and daughter of Salmon P. Chase, detailing her social power, marriage to William Sprague, and a fraught alliance with Mary Lincoln. It notes Lincoln’s 1860 nomination, Kate’s gossip influence, and a later divorce after her father’s resignation and death, ending in poverty.
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Kate
Ishbel Ross
New York
Harper & Bros
Salmon P. Chase
Lincoln
White House
Kate Chase
Washington
William Sprague
Rhode Island
Chase
Mary Lincoln
Washington Society
Illinois
Roscoe Conkling
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Book Banter and Fishing Fever in a Humble Column
A writer confesses a persistent fishing obsession during sunny days and seeks literary material on fishing. He recalls a joke about a disease called fishitis and reflects on fishing fever in books, noting his wife’s diagnosis and his mother’s tale of a spring virus. The piece blends humor with a personal, bookish spin on fishing.
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Ander
Music Students Are Old Pros
Music students Bill and Taudie Simons at the University of Colorado brought decades of professional performance into their college careers. Taudie, born Floyd Dalton in Dalton, Georgia, began minstrel work at four and later led her own program at KVRO Tulsa. Bill, dating to the 1920s, sang in bands and radio before serving in World War I. They both pursued further study under the GI bill, with Bill pursuing a master's in composition and Taudie studying voice, set to graduate in June.
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Boulder
Colo
Bill
Taudie Simons
University of Colorado
Taudie
Dalton
Floyd Dalton
Dalton Boys
Tulsa
Okla
Iape
Hoa
Steel Firm Promotes Highway Safety Campaign
United States Steel Corp launches a public safety drive by auto driving steelworkers to reduce highway crashes and fatalities. Mill safety gains contrasted with rising highway accidents. banners will urge careful driving with a bumper sign reading A Treacherous Season Another Good Reason For Driving Safely.
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Pittsburgh
United States Steel Corp
United States Steel
Mystery Story Popped Up By Punchy Ending
Kath leen Moore Knight writes a Pember ly Island mystery featuring sleuth Elisha Macomber. Sylvia Gibbs Winsted and Ricky contend with a million dollar inheritance, a scheming husband, and murder as clues unfold toward a surprising finale.
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Kathleen Moore Knight
Pemberly Island
Elisha Macomber
Gibbs
Sylvia Gibbs Winsted
Ricky
Isand
Sophia
Wylie Brock
Niki Roza
Sylvia
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