The Eagle and the Wind Adventure in the Revolution
A review of Herbert Stover’s The Eagle and the Wind set in central Pennsylvania. Indentured gunsmith Jeffry Claus endures bondage, escapes with Indian ally Migun, and aids Patriots while navigating Ribner’s trading post and two influential women Abigail and Susan Reiner. A vivid, adventurous portrait of early frontier life during the fight for independence.
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Herbert Stover
Pennsylvania
Jeffry Claus
Henry Ribner
Jeffry
Ribner
Fred
Migun
Abigail
Susan Reiner
J. H
Lady Jane Gray Biography From English Royalty Series
Mar guerite Vance presents Lady Jane Gray in a 184 page New York biography detailing her learned upbringing at court, brief nine day rule, and execution under Queen Mary. The work is part of a young reader series and highlights royal ambitions within Tudor England.
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Lady Jane Gray
Marguerite Vance
New York
Dutton
Jam Gray
England
Katherine Parr
Catherine
Henry VIII
Jane Gray
Dorset Castle
Royal Cour
London
Jane Oteg
Mary
Elizabeth
Ann Boeye
Henry
Young Yard
Jane
Edward
Catherine Parr
Thomas Seymour
Sudeley Castle
Tom Seymour
Lord Dorset
Lord Seymour
Jane Ducley
Mary Tudor
Jane Dudley
Library Additions The Streak and New Titles
A list of new library acquisitions includes The Streak by Paul Dar and The Hastening Ind. along with works by Edythe Latham Forrester Blake and Shirley Jackson. Other entries include Call Me and The Train 4 Meadow. authors include Bing Crosby Marie Baumer Bruce Marshall Dorothy Evelyn Smith and more.
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Paul Dar Aoe
Wien
Carter
Edythe Latham
Forrester Blake
Tine de Ha
Bing) Crosby
Shirley Jackson
Bert Creek
Humore
Marie Baumer
Bruce Marshall
Dorothy Evelyn Smith
Book Banter on Kinsey Findings Stir Hometown News
A local columnist debates Kinsey’s statistics on female behavior, noting one in four wives may have strayed. The piece defends Kinsey against charges of pornographic labeling and argues his research could aid personal and societal improvement while acknowledging controversy.
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Dr. Kinsey
Kinsey
The Light in the Forest by Conrad Richter
A review of Conrad Richter's The Light in the Forest set in the Colonial era follows True Son a white lad raised by Delaware Indians after being captured at age four. The novel traces his loyalty to his Indian family and his hatred of whites as he returns to his birth community after eleven years.
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Conrad Richter
True Son
Tuscarawas
Mr. Richter
Richter
Boston Insurance Company installs new telephone dictating system
A Boston insurance company completed the world’s first commercial installation of a dictating system that works through its telephone exchange. Workers dial one number, relays connect to a recorder, and a selector finds idle units to capture letters and reports. Filled cylinders are sent to typists for transcription.
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Boston
Boston Insurance Company
Cp. Telephone Exchange
Thomasville Library Adds New Books Spotlight
The Thomasville Library shelves seven new titles including Bing Crosby biography Call Me Lucky and Tales of the South Pacific author James A. Michener The Bridges at Toko Ri. Other arrivals span war memoirs romance and historical fiction by Marguerite Steen Edward Grierson and Janice Holt Giles with mysteries westerns and children’s titles.
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Bing Crosby
Thomasville
South Pacific
James A. Michenter
Toko-Ri
J. F. Ill
A Ton
Marguerite Steen
England
Edward Grierson
Nappleon
Eleanor Roosevelt
India
Cecile Gilmore
Virgin Islands
Kentucky
Uns
Janice Holt Giles
Rumer Godden
Ethel i
Alice
Loeb
Black Boulder Ranch
Austin
Dolph
Fox
Lomax
Shark River
Powell
Thomas
Anna
Wentworth
Colby
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Dodd, Mead and Company
Otis W. Blackwell
E. Ray
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State Farm Insurance
State Farm Insurance Companies
Bloomington, Wlinois
al Pas
Somerset Maugham
Rudyard Kipling
Maugham
Kipling
Ugham
Conan
Ed No
Imee
High Point
Blue Yoon
Dial 4217
Tno United Artists
Thunder Bay
James Stewart
Alfred A. Knopf
Thomasville Book Vows
Northeast
Africa
Adu
Paul Christian
Paula Raymond
Pluos
Trial By Trigger” Thrill Short
Popeye Cartoon
Ahomda
Forrest
W. E. Debnam
Debnam
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