Lincoln Announces New Luxurious Auto With Free Wheeling Transmission
Lincoln Motor Company unveils a striking new Lincoln with a 145 inch wheel base chassis and a vastly more powerful engine. The car debuts at the Automobile Salon opening tonight in New York City and will roll out to Lincoln dealers nationwide by late December. Seven top coach builders display 12 bodies on Lincoln chassis at the Salon, chosen for design freedom and excellence.
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Lincoln Motor Company
Automobile Salon
Commodore
New York City
Advertising and Sales Push for April Refrigerator Demand
He stated next month will see refrigerators for April sales. He pledged there will be no let up in advertising and sales promotion. He argued current trouble stems from under selling rather than over production.
A Saturday Life by Radclyffe Hall reviewed in depth
A Cape and Smith edition of A Saturday Life analyzes Sidonia Shore a beautiful difficult British girl who pursues dance piano sculpture and singing. Frances Reide guides her as Sidonia marries and lives a contented life after a chance discovery about reincarnation and the concept of The Final Path. The review lauds Hall for precise style keen observation humor and an intelligent grasp of life.
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Amelin
Radclyffe Hall
Sidonia Shore
Sidonia
Vis
Italy
Earth
Frances
A Play of Love and Fanaticism by Olga Petrova
Boston Four Seas release reviews Olga Petrova play using seances and spirits to drive a love triangle. A Russiano man courts Kasha while the moral fanatic Morgan leads a Purity League. The lovers Lyons and Morgan die in a struggle. Kasha dies by poison after hearing Lyons through a séance, with weak characterization.
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O'Neill
Philip Barry
Miss Petrova
Lyons Johns
Morgan Western
Lyons
Kasha
Olyve
Morgan
Russia
Maine
Irish Songs and Tales by Padraic Colum review
A critique of Padraic Colum's Irish Songs and Tales noting disappointing overall impact and weaker development. The reviewer praises only A Man Bereaved for its clear, simple, poignant portrayal and calls the Hawaii pieces well done translations.
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Padraic Colum
Ireland
Hawaii
Oldest U S colleges by founding order
The six oldest colleges in the United States in order are Harvard 1636 Harvard University, William and Mary 1693, Yale 1791, University of Pennsylvania 1704, Princeton 1746, and Washington and Lee University 1749.
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United States
Harvard
William and Mary
Yale
University of Pennsylvania
Princeton
Washington and Lee University
The Old Woman Poem By Joseph Campbell
A short contemplative verse in which an aged woman is likened to a white candle in a sacred space and to the fading winter sun. The poem contrasts her endured labor, absent offspring, and quiet thoughts with still waters after a ruined mill.
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Joseph Campbell
Weather Stripping Adds Warmth and Savings for Winter
Consider applying weather stripping to all windows to keep your home warmer during winter. The investment pays off in reduced heating costs and improved comfort throughout the season.
Stories of the Old Negro Slaves and Songs
A review of William Emerson’s Boston edition of 79 pages at $2, collecting eleven former enslaved narrators and their folk songs. The work notes the fading Old South, the aging ex-slaves, and the recorded recollections drawn from questions and interviews, preserving oral histories before they vanish.
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William ©. Emerson
Boston
Richard G. Badger
Emerson
Darkies
Public display highlights Clare Leighton wood engravings at Art Center
The Literary Chronicle notes Clare Leighton’s twelve plate wood engravings for the forthcoming Wuthering Heights edition sponsored by Random House. The artist lived in the Heath country, and Random House will publish next spring while a set of engravings was purchased by the Boston Museum.
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Art Center
Clare Leighton
Critique of Negro Church Hymnals and Slave Narratives
The writer argues the author should focus on one or two slaves to deepen their stories. The current sketches offer only brief, repetitive notes on slavery, emancipation, and choices after freedom, leaving the lives portrayed thin and dull.
Books Received in Current Listings
The page lists new titles including AMBITION by Bernhard Guttmann, A YACHT IN MEDITERRANEAN SEAS by Isabel Anderson, ISABELLA OF SPAIN by William Thomas Walsh, NORTHCLYFFE by Hamilton Fyfe, PETTICOAT COURT by Maud Hart Lovelace, IN DEFENSE OF SENSUALITY by John Cowper Bowen, AMERICAN FIGHTERS IN THE FOREIGN LEGION by Paul Ayres Rockwell, POINTS OF THE COMPASS by Robert Hillyer.
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Bernhard Guttman
Harpers
Isabel Anderson
Marshall Jones
Mail traffic in Sweden up 74 percent this summer
Mail shipped in Sweden by air during the summer rose over 74 percent from the previous year. From June 1 to September 15, 5674 kilos of mail were carried between Abo, Finland and Stockholm. Four hundred twelve passengers were transported in that period.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Abo
Finland
Byrd Flies Poles in Tri-Motor Aircraft Feats
Admiral Byrd completed flights over the North Pole in a tri motor Fokker and over the South Pole in a tri motor Ford securing historic high altitude polar routes and aviation milestones.
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Admiral Byrd
North Pole
South Pole
Relief Organization Forms in Eastern North Carolina
Eastern North Carolina counties organize for winter relief work. Miss Lois Dosher, field agent for the state board of charities and public welfare, met with leaders in Washington, Martin, Tyrrell, Pamlico, Jones and Carteret counties to plan organized relief, following a prior emergency drive.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Lois Dosher
State Board of Charities and Public Welfare
General Electric Refrigerators See Rapid Market Growth
General Electric refrigerator sales are rising and will require boosted output across all GE plants. L W Driscoll of Southern Refrigeration Company in Charlotte NC, GE distributors for North Carolina, says factories must speed production to meet current demand and the expected 1931 rise. He notes inventors are in a healthy state and warns warehouse stock could deplete in spring if production does not accelerate.
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General Electric
General Electric Company
L. W. Driscoll
Southern Refrigeration Company
Charlotte
N. C
General Electric Refrigerator Distributors
North Carolina
Missionary Rescue Party Forms at Peiping
An Anglo-American rescue party assembles in Peiping to contact American missionary Mrs. H. G. Hayward and British nurse Miss E. Gomersall who were kidnapped by bandits. The team includes Lt. C. J. Kanaga, Capt. Stables, and Rev. G. Finlay Andrew.
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Peiping
China
H. G. Hayward
E. Gomersall
C. J. Kanaga
United States Field Artillery
Captain Stables
G. Finlay Andrew
China Island
World’s Largest Show Building Opens in Toronto
The Coliseum and Live Stock Pavilion in Toronto is described as the world’s largest show building of its kind. It spans sixteen and a half acres under one roof and provides seating for 12 000 people.
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Toronto
Canada
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