RASKUB AROUSED BY G O P LIBEL
A republican campaign poster asks who caused the stock market crash and implies Raskub sold short. He denounces the charge as libel and insists he did not sell short at any time. The article then shifts to The Metropolitan Opera season opening with Aida and notes attendance, financials, and notable attendees.
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Washington
Raskub
Democratic National Committee Today
Raskeb
Hoover
Thea Metropolitan Opera House
Opera
Mr. Gatti-Casazza
Spouting Water Used To Heat Schoolhouse
Hot water from a natural spout near Brawley California will heat a new schoolhouse. The water, at 108 degrees, flows at 140 gallons a minute and will be piped to the building to provide all heating. Contractors project the system will warm all rooms.
Novel Based on Gastonia Mill Strike
Mary Heaton Vorse curates a vivid if partisan portrait in her new novel centered on Fer Deane, a northern organizer, and the Gastonia strike. The book blends stark depictions of hardship with dramatic police action, evictions, and tent colonies, while drawing scrutiny for sympathetic bias toward mill hands.
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Gastonia
Vorse
W York
Lawrence
Mass
Missispi
Aderholt
North Carolina
Fer Deane
Deane
Ice
The Pursuit of True Happiness: What Mad Pursuit
Book review by Jessie Douglas Fox discusses the 1930 publication The Pursuit of True Happiness, examining its themes, authorial intent, and the author’s portrayal of happiness as a quest. Brewer and Warren, Inc. published in New York with 299 pages priced at $2.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Douglas Fox
New York
Brewer and Warren, Inc
An Anthology Inspiring Poems Review and Notes
Knoxville journalist John Tevis Hearn compiles an Emory University Press anthology of inspirational poems. The collection includes Ernest Neal Henry Van Dyke Sidney Lanier and Yeats with critique praising selection for personal appeal over market aims.
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John Tevis Hearn
Banner Press
Emory University
The
Knoxville ‘Sentinel
Hearn
Ernest Neal
Georgia
Henry van Dyke
Sidney Lanier
W. B. Yeats
Youthful Passion Bends to Evening Prayer
The poem reflects aging and reflection as youth fades. The speaker notes a tired head bowed in prayer at day's end. The refrain suggests diminished energy and reverence as life progresses from carefree days to contemplation.
Tractors Used by Wealthy Hunters in Scottish Moors
In Scotland wealthy hunters will use tractors this winter to access rough moor terrain. Noted sportsmen include Captain Clarence Gardner of Perthshire and Alexander Keiller of Dundee. The caterpillar treaded vehicles can cross ground ordinary cars cannot. Keiller has piloted his machine to the summit of Morvan of Snow, 2900 feet high, where no road or sheep track reaches.
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Scotland
Clarence Gardner
Perthshire
Alexander Keiller
Dundee
Bead Embroidery Yokes and Cuffs For Velvet and Crepe
You can now buy yokes and cuffs all embroidered in colored beads to touch up that black velvet or that monotone flat crepe frock.
Poets and Philosophers Mentioned in a Short List
A compact roster lists John Greenleaf Whittier Hans Christian Andersen Edwin Markham Ben Jonson Tennyson Daudet Paul Fort Phoebus Apollon Swinburne and Schopenhauer as referenced figures across literary and philosophical domains in a historical note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Greenleaf Whittier
Hans Christian Andersen
Edwin Markham
Ben Jonson
Tennyson
Alphonse Daudet
Paul Fort
Phoebus Apollon
Charles Algernon Swinburne
Arthur Schopenhauer
Quaker poet named in clues and titles
Answers elsewhere on this page identify figures such as the Quaker poet, the great Danish storyteller, and the author of The Man With the Hoe. The list also covers Poet Laureate history, Sapho, Paris’s prince of poets, music and poetry patron, Patience in Calydon, and the great apostle of pessimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Paris
Calydon
Notable Diversions of Lou Tellegen and Contemporaries
Lou Tellegen has worked as a baker prizefighter actor bullfighter gambler prospector and model. The Vanguard Press will publish his memoirs in spring. Dr William D Crockett died at State College Pennsylvania from a heart attack while saving his library in a fire. He authored The Satchel Guide to Europe with new editions for Houghton Mifflin since Dr William J Rolfe. Rafael Sabatini arrived in New York for his first U S visit. Houghton Mifflin has published Sabatini 22nd novel The King’s Minion and his Broadway play The Tyrant opens November 12. He plans to stay in the U S until late November.
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Wes
Olin Downes
New York Times
Broadway
Powers That Be
Metropolitan
Tulio Serafin
Martinellas
Radames
Celeste Aida
Harry Payne Whitney
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Francis P. Garvan
Whitney
Harry C. Cushing
Deems Taylor
Peter Ibbetson
Felice Lattuada
Moliere
Moussorgsky
Soroshintzy
Wagner
Jolita
Giulo Gatti-Casazza
Lou Tellegen
Vanguard Press
William D. Crockett
State College
Pennsylvania
Crockett
Europe
Houghton Mifflin Company
William J. Rolfe
Rafael Sabatini
New York
America
Mr. Sabatini
The Bondage of a Woman's Dreams review
A critical portrait of Lucy Lamerton in Donald Joseph's novel The Bondage of a Woman's Dreams. The review highlights Lucy's sheltered upbringing, marriage to Nathan January, and years of unfulfillment before self realization. Strong praise for Joseph's simple, unruffled style and the book's insightful sections on early life and personality.
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Lucius Deering
October
Donald Joseph
Lucy Lamerton
Lucy
Nathan January
Lucy Lanerton
Nathan
Lacy
Mr. Joseph
Somber Colors Prevail In Fall Auto Fashions
Detroit report notes flashily painted cars have faded as somber tones dominate autumn finishes. Du Pont survey shows black remains leader, blue second after July decline, and brown dropping from the top tier.
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Detroit
du Pont
Fall of Man Beauty Specialist Scene Prompted Banter
Dialogue captures a comic exchange where a beauty specialist notes lifting a client’s face and the client asks to lift her husband’s. The client reflects on the billed amount as a joke about the bill dropping badly.
Tweed Frocks Feature Fastened Skirt Pockets
Many new tweed dresses showcase pockets at the skirt fastened with buttons or snaps to hold cigarets money and makeup. The style recalls old-time pockets once common to skirts.
Literary figures and books highlight 1931 Harper editions
Ed mund Blunden profiles Leigh Hunt’s life in a biography from Harper & Brothers. Other notes cover Robert Nathan’s marriage and musical talents, Bernard Guttman’s Ambition and its German prize, Jenny Fowler dress tie‑in, Sir Claude McKay’s move to Morocco, Irish Free State ban on Home to Harlem, Basquerie Basque inspired home near San Diego, plus a romantic poem embracing silent intimacy.
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Bernard Guttman
Harper & Brothers
Germany
Bernhard Guttman
London
Frankfurter Zeitung
Belgium
Ludwig Lewisohn
Claude McKay
Harlem
Banjo
Paris
Morocco
Pre-War America by Sullivan revisits Roosevelt Taft era
Richard Maslock reviews Sullivan’s Pre-War America third volume. The book covers the Roosevelt Taft friendship, Wall Street scandals, Hughes’ rise, Bellamy Storer controversy, exposure magazines, nature faker rebuke, simplified spelling, Harriman and Morgan finances, and Stiles hookworm. It surveys scandals, manners, politics, theater, sports, songs, and books of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Maslock
New York
Mark Sullivan
America
Sullivan
Roosevelt
Taft
Pan
James Hazen Hyde
Wolves of
Wall Street
Equitable Society
Charles Evans Hughes
Bellamy Storer
E. H. Harriman
J. P. Morgan
Dr. Stiles
Flowers Aid Swiss Paving Effort In VEtivaz
Flowers decorate the outskirts of VEtivaz as tourists on Sunday mornings are welcomed. Local girls in national dress sell mountain bouquets at the village square to raise funds for the main road paving project kept clean and well maintained.
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Vetivaz
Switzerland
Wine-colored wool frock with bone button details
A daytime office dress described as wine colored wool frock features four square bone buttons in a shade matching the fabric for restrained decorative touch.
Wet Feet and Wading Lists in Tit Bits Humor
A lighthearted Tit Bits squib plays on romantic chat about love and devotion with a pun on wading. The exchange centers on playful banter and tongue in cheek affection.
Colored concrete tones Canal Street in New Orleans
A 660 foot section of concrete, colored pinkish red, was laid along the center of Canal street in New Orleans signaling a new trend in road building and paving methods.
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Canal Street
New Orleans
Communications to Column Addressed to Box 705
A note directs all column communications to box 705 in the city. The instruction suggests a central mailbox for reader submissions or queries.
Silk Stockings Care Tip Prevents Early Runs
Rinsing new hosiery before wearing removes dressing that could make silk brittle, reducing chances of runs. This simple step helps preserve the wear life of stockings.
Velvet wraps flaunt fur lined elegance in velvet
Fashion notes highlight velvet evening wraps trimmed with shaved lapin fur dyed to match the velvet. The looks mix luxury textures to create a refined, warm silhouette for social wear.
Shakespeare's Vocabulary Size Reported at 23000 Words
A scholarly note states that William Shakespeare's vocabulary reached about 23 000 words. The figure reflects his prolific use across plays and sonnets and is cited in language history discussions.
Water and Sewer Improvements Placed for High Point Bids
The City of High Point invites sealed proposals for water and sewer improvements through trenching, pipe laying, manholes, valves, hydrants, and furnishing materials. Bids due by 8 p.m. November 4, 1935, with 5 percent certified check. bids to be marked Proposals for Water and Sewer Improvements.
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High Point
North Carolina
C. S
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Baseas
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Giovanni Marinelli
Pogmbee
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Giuseppe Se Luca
G. Paltrinieri
Aida Doninelli
Tullio Serafin
Prike
Mary Heaton Forse
Horace Liveright
South
Miss Fox
Nora Lake
Villa Rosa
Italy
Nicholas Taylor
Nicholas Thayer
Nicholas
Nora
Fergus
Harry
Age
Arthur Riding
Chrysler
Gate City Motor Co
Jack Burris
Wrenn Street
Edward Dean Sullivan
Chicago
Frederick A. Stokes Co
Betty Gaut
the Literary Chronicle
Leigh Hunt
Guttman, Jackson and McKay
Keats
Lamb
Coleridge
Byron
Edmund Blunden
Robert Nathan
Heaven
Nancy Wilson
Edmund B. Wilson
Columbia University
Jenny Fowler
Margaret Weymouth Jackson
Pettis Company
Indianapolis
Eleanor Mercein Kelly
San Diego
Urruty
Eileen Keliber
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