Velma Swanston Howard A Translator Of Lagerlof
Velma Swanston Howard gains American fame as the English translator of Selma Lagerlof. The article notes her delicate faithful renderings of The Wonderful Adventures of Nils and The Girl From the Marshcroft and recalls her varied life from acting to Ibsen readings in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma Lagerlof
Sweden
Velma Swanston Howard
Miss Lagerlof
Mrs. Howard
America
Nils
Miss Lageriof
Girl From
the Marshcroft
Selma Swanston Howard
Ibsen
Velma Swanston
Orig
Fashionable Fancies and Postal Art From the Era
Fashionable fancies feature pongee dust coats with belts and new tunic draperies. May Manton patterns for busts 2 to 42 inches available by mail. Articles discuss letter opening as a skilled practice and Alkorazza porous ceramic vessels used to keep contents cool. A pearl stringer notes genuine versus imitation pearls in a New York jewelry house find.
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Russia
London Chronicle
New York
Ebatemer
Novelty Place Cards Show Wedding Breakfast Flair
Velma Swanston Howard recalls early talent and a promoter's role in her life. A tale of a Swedish classmate securing a job and a note on the need for a Boswell to champion genius. Also, homemade place cards use bride and groom imagery for elegant wedding breakfasts.
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Public Schools
Chicago
Art
Velma
Velma Swanston
Mrs. Howard
Johnson
Train Held Up in Wild Country Ruse
A passenger train travailing through an arid region faces a planned hijack near Racoon. A twelve year old girl overhears it, passengers hide valuables with a calico dressed woman acting as a safe, a minister provides a false top for funds, and a black man hides money in a worn suitcase. The robbers ride off on four horses as the train stops in a cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raccoon
Begro
Newark and Eliza Rail Schedule Fragments
Frayed OCR listing shows rail times and routes between Newark and nearby towns. Mentions Bank Basinys and a Sunday service. partial figures include 7.42 9.07 11.47 a m and 6.32 9,400 fie p. m. via Newark and Sandy Hook Route with no clear full schedule.
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Len Bratch
Newark
Eliza Or
Ane
Giathring
M. St Deal
EAS
Alfimore Ington
Bank Basinys
Andy Hook
G. Y
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Weaton
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Atlantic. Hotel
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Glaser
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Long Branch
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Pleasure Bay House
John I. Thompson
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Port-Au-Pege
Pleasure Bay
N. J
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Ocean Ave
West End
Rothen
W. E. David Elting
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Brightor
J. Margolius
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Brighton Ave
Beach and
Station
Geo
Avery
W. C. Hunter
J. H. Parker
Nerweed Avenue
West Long Branch
Chandler & Maps
Island Cement
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White Rock
Sackett’s Wall Board
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Broadway
N. J. So. R. R. Crossing
Richard R. Hughes
Telephome
New Jersey
Women's World
Velma Swanstow Howard
Paradise
Interlaken
Iles Bat Woos Akeoharet
Asbury Park
Deal Lake
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Stormfeltz—Loveley—Neville CO
Hudson Terminal
Church Street
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Prussia
Frederick the Great
George Washington
Jack
Daddy
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Daily Record
Sth Avenue
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Mattison Avenue
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RED Bank
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Patten Line
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Rockwell Avenue
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