Early Quakers In North Carolina
Col Fred A Olds discusses Pasquotank and Perquimans Quakers from 1699 to 1785, detailing early meetings, marriages, disputes, and anti slavery sentiments. The article notes manumission efforts, oath debates, and a 1780 memorial to North Carolina's General Assembly urging protection for Friends amid land acts and displacement pressures.
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Col
Fred A. Olds
North Carolina
The
Friends
Symonds Meeting
Pasquotank County
Henry Whites
Ralph Pierce
Damaris Nixon
Joseph Overman
Sarah Nicholson
Perquimans Monthly Meeting
Stephen Scott
John Newby
Henry White
Elizabeth Nicholson
Thomas Symonds
Caleb Bundy
Robert White
Tabitha Alford
Ostran Scarborough
Lord
Henry Heaton
Henry Keaton Whites
Court House
Clearing of Friends
Pasquotank
Joseph Jordan
Little Creek
Benjamin Pritchard
Jeremiah Symons, Jr
Edward Chaney
Stephen B. Weeks
New Garden
Weeks
Washington, D. C
Virginia
Southampton
Nansemond
Isle of Wight
Perquimans
Edmundson and Fox
Northampton County
Tarboro
Hyde
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Jones Counties
Goldsboro
Perquimans County
Hertford
Atlantic Coast Line
Pennsylvania
Penn
Maryland
Bluse Ridge
Lynchbore
Lynch
Middle North Carolina
Cane Creek
South Carolina
Georgia
West
Jones County
Middle West
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Ohto
Indiana
William Skinner
General Assembly of
General Assembly
Society of Friends
New Quatrains of Omar Khayyam Illuminate Persian Verse
Rosen translates the oldest Khayyam quatrains and a Berlin manuscript 329 quatrains. The preface notes Khayyam as a modern thinker, unorthodox in religion, often pondering life’s futility and searching for purpose. A prose Nouruz Nameh reveals virtues of wine and Omar’s restrained stance.
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Friedrich Rosen
Edward Fitzgerald
Omar Khayyam
Khayyam
Mirza Muhammad Khan-i Kazvini
Muhammad bin Badr-i Jajarmi
Mr. Rosen
Berlin
Omar
Nouruz-Nameh
Music Notes Remembering Leopold Auer Master Violinist
The music world mourns Leopold Auer master violinist conductor and teacher. His legendary pupils include Heifitz Zimbalist Elman Rosen Seidel and Parlow. Born 1845 in Hungary he taught in Paris Düsseldorf and London and became an American citizen in 1926.
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Leopold Auer
Jascha Heifitz
Efrem Zimbalist
Mischa Elman
Max Rosen
Tosch
Heifitz
Auer
Hungary
Paris
Joachin
Brahms
Dusseldorf
Patti
Russian Musical Society
Rubenstein
Wieniawaski
Rossini
Strausses
Carnegie Hall
Zimbalist
Hoffman
Ossip
Gabrilowitsch
Rachmaninoff
Dresden
New York
Schubert
Ave Marie
Books Received At the Public Library
Public Library lists new acquisitions including Forsythe change by John Galsworthy Norris titles Lucky Lawrences The Little Dog Laughed Washington Past and Present The Fire Within 24 Hours Seed Wild Wind by various authors.
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John Galsworthy
Lucky Lawrences
Kathleen Norris
Leonard Merrick
Washington
Moore
George Gibbs
Louis Bromfield
SEED
Charles Norris
Tempie Bailey
France may require two wand writing for pupils
French education authorities consider a suggestion from a renowned doctor that school children learn to write with both wands. The proposal aims to improve penmanship and language skills across classrooms.
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France
Rue My Heart Is Laden Poem Fragment
A brief verse fragment by A. E. Housman reflects on lost friends and youth. It contrasts rueful memory with slender, lightfoot lovers who now sleep by brooks and in fields where roses fade.
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Lightfoot
A. E. Housman
Stephen King-Hall Naval writer and relation of two authors
Stephen King-Hall commander RE. N. collaborates with Lan Hay on The Middle Watch about naval life. He is brother of Louise and Magdalen King-Hall authors of The Well Meaning Young Man. He authored Strange Tales from the Fleet The Romantic Adventure The War at Sea 1914 18 and Western Civilization and the Far East.
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Stephen King-Hall
RE. N
Lan Hay
Middle Watch
Louise
Magdalen King-Hall
Average American intake of ice cream and pickles cited
A statistics note claims the typical American consumes 25 pints of ice cream and 25 pickles annually. The figure highlights food preferences but lacks context or source details.
Sabatini Stage Show Opens in New York November 12
Charles L. Wagner presents The Tyrant by Rafael Sabatini with Joseph Schildkraut leading. Sabatini plans to attend the opening in New York. Houghton Mifflin lists The King’s Minion on its fall catalog.
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Charles L. Wagner
Rafael Sabatini
New York
Joseph Schildkraut
Mr. Sabatini
London
Sabatini
Houghton Mifflin Company
Uncelestial City poem to be published by Knopf
Humbert Wolfe presents a tragic satire in The Uncelestial City about a deceased judge forced to retrace his life to reach the Celestial City. The verse centers on a murder trial and comments on murder, capital punishment, and a social system blamed for both killings.
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Humbert Wolfe
Alfred A. Knopf
New Law Clauses Cast as Felony For Liquor Contacts
Henry Alan Johnston argues in What Rights are Left that the Volstead and Jones Acts criminalize ordinary behavior around alcohol. He notes sellers face felony charges and buyers may incur misprison of felony for failing to report sellers, stretching to far reaching penalties.
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Henry Alan Johnston
New York
Li Po's Death Rumor and Li T'ai Po's River Rowings
The text recalls Tu Fu's rumored death by hunger and recounts Maude Meagher's note on Li Po's death story. It questions the tale of Li Po rowing on the Great River while drunk and watching petals drift on dark waters, implying the story may be untrue.
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Tu Fu
Houghton Mifflin
Maude Meagher
Li T’ai Po
Li Po
A 100 Mystery Holds Thrill on Cedar Street
Bruce Harrison’s novel A 100 follows three murders on Cedar Street with chalk marks near each body. Detective Panny Golan and reporter Jimmy Satterlee collaborate to unravel the puzzling clues while the outcome remains plausibly unexpected.
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Harrison
Cedar Street
Panny Golan
Jimmy Satterlee
Brooklyn Call
Danny Golan
Enigmatic Moonlit Drift Ends in Enviable Death
Fragmentary report describes a man drifting from a moonlit scene and leaning from a boat before a fatal fall. The sparse text hints at a peaceful demise rather than violence. Further details are unreadable in the surviving print.
Phyllis Bottome Plans American Visit Next August
Phyllis Bottome, author of Tat ter'd Loving, has studied in Munich with psychologist Dr. Leonard Seif and motored through England. She will come to America next August and stay until Christmas, after meeting writers in Paris and London and visiting Harrowgate.
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Phyllis Bottome
Munich
Leonard Seif
Paris
England
Austin
London
Harrowgate
America
Nevis Shane Reveals Early Writing Beginnings
Author Nevis Shane discusses an upbringing shaped by a governess who acted as her first literary agent. She wrote her first short story at eight, sold later to a children's page, and earned her first magazine sale in person to an editor. She is American with extensive overseas residence.
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Nevis Shane
Putnam's
Miss Shane
Quatrain by Omar Khayyam in Rosen translation
A market potter tramples fresh clay and the clay speaks asking gentler treatment. The brief verse, attributed to Omar Khayyam and translated by F. Rosen, features a quoted line about how one should deal gently with clay. Short note by John Mebane accompanies.
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Quatrain
Omar Khayyam
F. Rosen
Crane with a migratory ring and famed locket's tale
Book notes recount Bengt Berg's method of tagging migratory birds with numbered rings bearing origin addresses. A crane with a locket gained renown after a Russian magnate sent a multilingual request inside. Slatin Pasha’s Sudan memoir later mentions the bird, captured during the Dongola conflict, as Khalifa Abdallah’s forces displayed the locket. Putnam's published the work last Friday.
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Bengt Berg
Africa
Russia
Slatin Pasha
Sudan
Khalif Abdallah
Dongola
Putnaan
Mystery Tale with Love and Murders Keeps Readers Guessing
A mystery bridging romantic entanglements and a chilling murder riddle offers suspenseful entertainment. Readers follow a tangled plot with several love affairs as clues unfold, inviting detective instincts to piece together who commits the murders and why.
Subtleties and Cleverness in Merrick’s Book
Leonard Merrick’s The Little Dog Laughs is praised for humor pathos and vivid human portraits. The reviewer compares him to O Henry noting clever dialogue precise prose and mastery of both French and English idioms. The collection is deemed well worth reading and carries Merrick’s brilliant promise.
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Leonard Merrick
Mr. Merrick
Merrick
O.henry
Lulu
O. Henry
Shaft of Cypress by Guy Nearing review
A concise review praises Guy Nearing for returning to lyric verse in Shaftes of Cypress. The book centers on simple rhythmic poems with keen observations of life, balancing old fashioned expression with hints of modernity. The critic highlights Nearing’s mastery of rhythm and perceptive imagery.
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Guy Nearing
Mr. Nearing
George Slocombe Back from India with Gandhi Interview
George Slocombe, author of Paris in Profile, returned after a three month absence in India where he worked as special correspondent for the London Daily Herald. He secured permission to interview Gandhi in gaol becoming the first visitor after arrest and his account of their conversations attracted attention in England and prompted a Parliament question.
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George Slocombe
Paris
Houghton Mifflin Company
India
London Daily Herald
Gandhi
London
Oectober
England
New York Times
Slocombe
Henry of Navarre
Downward Bullet Force Could Kill A Person
A bullet fired straight up from a pistol or rifle can travel back down with lethal impact, posing fatal danger to anyone below.
New Verse Of Everyday Life Whistle Of Day
Ruth Ivelyn Henderson offers a small poetry collection from The Bozart Press with sketches of daily life. Pages note humor and pathos, praising a few verses such as the sonnet Edipus and the domestic epic Paradise that evoke realism and restrained sentiment.
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Ruth Ivelyn Henderson
Atlanta
Ernest Hartsock
the Bozart Press
Edipus
Pertwee in Iceland After Finishing Pursuit
Roland Pertwee, after completing his novel Pursuit, escaped to Iceland with friends. They stay in a tin house by the Nordura river where cold light and wind meet good fishing. Their Gillie translates Teni son and now plans to translate R Pertwee into Icelandic.
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Pertwee
Iceland
Houghton Mifflin Company
Roland Pertwee
Friend and I
Nordura
Gillie
Tenison
R. Pertwee
Painted Desert Colors Along the Colorado River
The Painted Desert in Arizona features striking red brown blue purple yellow and white sandstone clay and shale formations along the Colorado River, noted for its vivid multi colored geology and scenery.
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Painted Desert
Colorado River
Arizona
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