Seed of the Moon and Satan's Shadow Book Reviews
The piece reviews Seed of the Moon by Cale Young Rice and Satan's Shadow by Elizabeth Laroque. It praises Rice for imagination and depth in long narrative poems and lyric lines, noting Life Goes On and Lorna Quade as standout pieces. It calls Laroque a clever young poet whose work shows irony and charm, with Parker comparisons and strong love-poems balanced by softer pieces.
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Cale Young Rice
New York
the Century Co
Satan’s Shadow
Elizabeth Laroque
Charles Scribner‘’s Sons
Mr. Rice
Lorna Quade
Miss Laroque
Dorothy Parker
Miss Parker
Conrad Aiken
Scribners
Mr. Aiken
James Joyce
Ulysses
Aiken
Greatest ship elevator rises near Berlin to cut canal time
Near completion at Neiderfinew the largest ship elevator in the world will lift thousand ton boats 118 feet in five minutes. It will replace a chain of locks on the Berlin Stettin canal linking to the Baltic Sea, cutting a two hour ascent to a few minutes.
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Berlin
Neiderfinew
Stettin
Baltic Sea
Love and money mix in Paris tale
A conversation set in Pele Mele, Paris, exposes a man claiming he will marry for love while revealing a love for money. The exchange frames marriage as a financial arrangement rather than romantic union. The line contrasts a woman’s $10,000 annual income with the suitor’s pursuit of wealth.
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Pele Mele
Paris
Auto Runs 59 Miles On Gallon of Gas
An invention claims to boost fuel efficiency to 59 miles per gallon and improves start up and performance. Milwaukee advertiser E Oliver offers a free device and a money earning opportunity for reps who aid in introducing the device nationwide.
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E. Oliver
Third St
Milwaukee
Wis
Bernard Shaw Collected Works to Launch Ayot St. Lawrence Edition
William H Wise & Company announces the Ayot St. Lawrence Edition of Bernard Shaw to begin Sept 28. The 80 volume set, designed by Carl Purington Rollins and printed on Italian rag paper by Pantagraph Press, will include unpublished material such as Im maturity. The volumes will not be sold separately.
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William H. Wise & Company
West Forty-seventh Street
New York City
Bernard Shaw
Ayot St
Shaw
Literary Guild Radio Talks Open Wednesday Mornings
The Literary Guild of America offers a series of radio talks on Wednesday mornings from 11 30 to 11 45. Next Wednesday September 17 Katie Seabrook wife of W B Seabrook author of The Magic Islands will relate adventures in Arabia and Africa.
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The
Literary Guild of America
Katie Seabrook
W. B. Seabrook
Arabia
Africa
Margaret Fuller biography featured in September selection
Charles Roni's Paper Books names Margaret Fuller as the September pick. The biography is by Margaret Bell with an introduction by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Charles Roni
Margaret Fuller
Margaret Bell
Franklin D. Roosevelt
North Carolina Economic and Social Profile Published
University of North Carolina Press at Chapel Hill releases Samuel Huntington Hobbs Jrs. North Carolina: Economic and Social. Hobbs has long taught social economics at the state university and covers the state’s resources, agriculture, population, industry, education, government, wealth, and topography.
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University of North Carolina Press At
Chapel Hill
Samuel Huntington Hobbs, Jrs
North Carolina
Hobbs
The
State University
Putnam Sells Interest Joins Brewer & Warren as VP
George Palmer Putnam has sold his stake in G. P. Putnam's Sons and joined Brewer & Warren as vice president. The move places him in a leading role at the younger firm.
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George Palmer Putnam
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Brewer & Warren
Agora adds Paul Green to staff as advisory editor
The Agora literary magazine announces Paul Green Pulitzer winner and playwright will join as advisory editor. Green, a professor of philosophy at the state university, joins editor Richard A. Chace of Chapel Hill for a southern oriented issue.
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the Agora
Paul Green
Abraham
Green
the State University
Richard A. Chace
Chapel Hill
Addison Hibbard
College of Liberal Arts
University of North Carolina
Norman MacLeod
Benjamin Musser
Lucia Trent
Ralph Cheyney
The
Agora
The Atlantic Ocean Biography by Stanley Rogers
The Atlantic will be a life story of the Atlantic Ocean authored by Stanley Rogers and published immediately by the Thomas Y. Crowell company.
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Atlantic Ocean
Stanley Rogers
Thomas Y. Crowell Company
Lit Up All Day in Edenton South Carolina
Edenton, South Carolina lights up every street all day with no nightly switchings. The city once hired boys to turn lights on and off but found it cheaper to leave them burning all day rather than pay the workers’ wages.
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Edenton
S. C
New York
Silence and Solitude echo over the earth
A literary fragment asks who has heard the earth cry in solitude and the silence beating against the wrinkled breast of earth. It ponders dawn solitude and a universal plea to God for peace.
California Indians Win Right to Sue Over Treaty Lands
Congress grants permission to California Indians to sue for land losses under the 1851 treaty framework. The action seeks redress for dispossession and seeks recognition of treaty rights and compensation. The development signals a major legal push from Indigenous communities to reclaim ancestral lands.
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California
Hotel Universe Work Of Genius
A short analysis praises Philip Barry first for a modern theatre contribution with Hotel Universe. A troupe of middle aged actors visit a friend in southern France and near Toulon face mental strain. An old man exerts a controlling influence, guiding memories and revived desires before the spell ends.
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Eugene O'Neill
Philip Barry
France
Toulons
Barry
Forsyth Fair to Feature Record Exhibits and Prizes
Winston-Salem Forsyth county fair runs October 7 to 11 with top quality agricultural livestock and poultry exhibits expected. County agent R W Pou says past fairs drew growers from many counties and states, large cash prizes spur participation, exhibitors urged to place entries by Monday October 6. no entry fee.
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Winston-Salem
Forsyth County
R. W. Poll
Forsyth
Winstonsalem
North Carolina
Pou
Wilkes
Surry
Yadkin
Davidson
Davie
Stokes
Rockingham
Iredell
Watauga
Fair Grounds
R. W. Pou
T. N. Spencer
Practical Experience in Giving and Return Follows Path
A cheerful philosopher and Pathfinder discuss the idea that giving away returns twofold. Whifflebaum agrees, recalling a personal anecdote about giving away his daughter who then returned with her husband in July.
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Whifflebaum
Pathfinder
Badge of a lodge lands man in hot water
Walter Jewell of Baltimore, 40, bought a badge that supposedly allowed him to kiss any girl. He kissed the first girl he saw and was arrested. He later learned the girl and the judge did not belong to his lodge.
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Baltimore
Walter Jewell
Sure Sign Brown- Williams Owes Twenty-Five Dollar Dispute
A brief dialogue centers on a creditor named Brown upset that Williams forgets a twenty five dollar debt. Jones questions why Brown claims Williams avoids repayment. Brown asserts Williams often avoids direct contact when money is involved.
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Brown
Williams
Jones
Governors of California Resign Before Term Ends
A report notes that by late 19th century a group of American governors in California resigned before completing their terms. The piece discusses political volatility and leadership changes affecting state governance and policy direction.
We Ask You This list of cultural and literary references
A compact prompt listing names and works including Romain Roland Hotel Universe Steele and Addison Mary Ann Evans Spencer's The Fairy Queen Temperance a Gulliver travel locale and Swift giants a Johnson apologue 1759 and Surrey.
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Romain Roland
Hotel Universe
Steele and Addison
Mary Ann Evans
Spencer
Temperance
Gulliver
Swift
Samuel] Johnson
Surrey
Benjamin Musser Poem Books Reviewed in 1920s Atlanta
Review praises Benjamin Musser for honesty and passion in two books, Bucolics and Caviar and The Passion Called Poetry. It notes occasional uneven lines but consistent sincerity, with essays on poetry, editors, and the poet’s critical stance toward modern verse and conventional trends.
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Benjamin Musser
Atlanta
the Bozart Press
Musser
JAPM
Mr. Musser
Jenny Heysten's Career by Jo Van Ammers-Muller
A New Novel by A Dutch Writer reviews Jo Van Ammers-Muller's Jenny Heysten's Career. It portraits actress Jenny Heysten who confuses stage life with real life, torn between Nico Maes and Ricor, with themes of love, war, and social change.
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Jenny Heysten
Jo van Ammers-Muller
New York
E. P. Button Co
Louis Couperus
Couperus
Ammers-Muller
Tantalus
Jenny
Nico Maes
Nico
Rico
Sodom Excavated Under Roman Institute Direction
Father Alexius Mallon of the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome directs a Transjordan excavation near the Dead Sea, claiming the dig has unearthed the biblical wicked cities Sodom and Gomorrah.
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Rome
Alexius Mallon
Pontifical Biblical Institute of Rome
Sodom
Gomorrah
Transjordania
Dead Sea
Stepney Names Dr Julian M Brown Medical Officer
Dr Julian M Brown is appointed Medical Officer for Health at Stepney with a salary of 7500 dollars, becoming the third woman in England to hold the position.
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Julian M. Brown
Stepney
England
Recent Books of Worthwhile Verse and Non Fiction
A literary roundup lists new verse volumes and non fiction titles. Notable verse works include Joseph C. Lincoln and Louis Bromfield titles with publishers Appleton Stokes, Bobbs Merrill and Cape. Non fiction highlights feature Harold Nicholson portrait of a diplomat and Henry of Navarre by Sedgwick with several presses.
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Joseph C. Lincoln
Appleton
Louis Bromfield
Stokes
Emily
MacGregor Jenkins
Bobbs-Merrill
Wm. J. Locke
Dodd, Mead
Dixons Cubs
John C. Moore
Houghton Mifflin
Francis Steegmuller
Cape & Smith
Denise Robbins
the Dial Press
Floyd Gibbons
Douglas Gilbert
McBride
Harold Nicholson
Henry OF Navarre
Henry Dwight Sedgwick
Bobbs Merrill
Westward
E. Douglas Branch
Naples
Elmer Rice
Samuel French
Take Care of Your Summer Garments
As fall fashions appear, decide which summer clothes to keep by washing them first. Some frocks can become winter wear with simple alterations or dyed. Store those meant for next season after soap and water washing to remove dirt and perspiration before storage.
Copy 7th Annual Bow from Columbia University
The 1930 Copy anthology, published by the Writer's Club of Columbia University, showcases stories plays poems and articles by students in University writing courses. It includes Harper's reprint Hot Copy by M C Blackman and Ugly by Dorothy Perkins Estabrook.
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New York
D. Appleton & Co
Writer’s Club
Columbia University
M. C. Blackman
Harper’s
Dorothy Perkins Estabrook
Questions on classic works and authors
Answers elsewhere on this page cover Jean Christophe author Philis Barry play Spectator editors George Eliot pen-name of George Eliot Sir Guyon found in The Faerie Queene representing Vice Brobdingnag is a giant land in Gulliver's Travels Rasselas is a philosophical tale by Samuel Johnson first English blank verse poet was Henry Howard?
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Jean Christophe
Philip Barry
Spectator
George Eliot
Guyon
Brobdingnag
Rasselas
Orphan of Eternity and Racketeering in Modern Letters
The review highlights Carl Heinrich’s Orphan of Eternity with its devilish wit and Swiftlike tone, notes Conrad Aiken’s experimental poetry and its psychological depth, and profiles Courtenay Terrett’s Racketeering tracing its rise through Capone era Chicago to today.
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Milton
Goethe
Faust
Lucifer Catan
Carl Heinrich
New York
Louis Carrier
Heinrich
Devil
Dean Swift
Courtenay Terrett
Vanguard
Terrett
Scarface
al Capone
Chicago
J. M
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the Literary Chronicle
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