Scout Drive to Start With Big Round-Up
A massive Boy Scout fundraising campaign opens with the Hippodrome mass meeting led by Father Knickerbocker and top officials. The drive aims to recruit 1,000,000 associate members and mobilize 20,000 solicitors across Manhattan with team captains and Rainbow Division organizing district by district.
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Scout
Father Knickerbocker
Hippodrome
United States
New York
Boy Scouts of America
Lorogh
Commodore
Manhattan
Fifth Avenue
Manhattan Organon
Rainbow Division
New York City
Liberty Loan
Hoy Scout Movement
A.B. Leach
Boyhood of
America
Vincent As
George F. Baker, Jr
Otto T. Banerd
August Belmont
Comelius N. 8Ir
Willian C. Breed
William Hamlin Childs
Lewis L. Clarke
George 5. Cortelyou
Clarkson Cow
Mortimer J. Rebif
Charles M. Schwab
Charles A. Stone
Percy S. Straus
Hodman Wanamaker
Morgan J. O'Brien
Harry Payne Whitney
Francia H. Hixson
C. L. Bernheimer
John C. Agar
Harold Vanderbilt
Allen B. Forbes
John Mc Bowman
George A. Canton
Francis J. Hine
Walter Jennings
William H. Michals
Howard Borden
Charles Wimytheimer
Frank A. Vanderlip
Chgpies Hayden
Skinnay Comes to Life Aids Briggs in Scout Drive
In a playful scene at The Tribune, the cartoon figure Skinnay springs to life and guides Clare Briggs into joining the Boy Scout drive. Former Treasury official William G. McAdoo welcomes Briggs and a press corps captures the moment as scouts showcase drills, signaling, and first aid demonstrations. Johnnie Carr, a fourteen year old portraying Skinnay, leads Briggs into the mission with a humorous, earnest pledge to help beyond money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skin-nay
Johnnie Carr
Briggs
William G. McAdoo
Skinnay
Tribune
Clare Briggs
Ury
Tye
Skinway
Mr. McAdoo
Treasury
Mr. Briggs
Treasury Department
McAdoo
Johnnie
Armenian Massacres Reported By Relief Leaders In Rome
Rome dispatch details Armenian losses and Turkish atrocities. Bishop T H Fout and Rev. Paul Chappell describe mass killings, starvation, and torture across Armenia Syria and Turkey as relief workers warn of a dire humanitarian crisis amid calls for US involvement and mandates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul F. B. Chappell
Nashville
Tenn
Port Said
Aleppo
Syria
Armenia
Hawker
Heirut
Samuel T. Bartlett
Toronto
Canada
Turkey
War Books and Other Works in New Identifications
A catalog of 20th century books on war patriotism biographies and adventures. Notable titles include Houghs manual on American patriotism, The Naturalist in Anosboing Science, Ethiopian Saga, and The Winning Pool of War. Publications span Oxford Clarendon Press Fisher Unwin and more with prices and page counts.
Padre in France A Humorous War Time Tale
A Padre in France is a witty yet serious wartime memoir by the author of General John Regan. It recounts oddities in camp life, stubborn stove problems, and a friendly subaltern aiding in soda water requests while noting broader issues facing expeditionary workers and clergy overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
John Regan
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Little Girl Killed at L I Crossing by Train
A Sunday morning tragedy in East New York as eight hundred pupils from the League of the Sacred Heart disperse after communion. Eleven year old Maury Morris, of 976 Glenmore Avenue, rushed to reach a school text and was fatally struck at the Euclid Avenue crossing by Long Island Railroad train 1810 after the crossing gates were raised. The gatekeeper Henry Feigelman wept as officials and a priest, Father Crowley, arrived at the scene.
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League of the Sacred Heart
Church of the Holy Sacrament
New York
Maury Morris
Glenmore Avenue
Pather Crowe
Reninley
Atlantic Avenue
Kovac Island
Henry Feigelman
Mary
Father Crowley
Peigalinga
Biography of a War Historian for Young Readers
A civil engineer and military student, Arnold Kummer, author of a vivid history of the great war written for young readers. The work is praised as skilful and brilliant, aiming to inspire and inform youths about wartime events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Kummer
Uyentury
VII Pakem
The Wicked Marquis and a Love Driven Plot
A London setting tale centers on a wicked marquis who takes the gamekeeper’s daughter as his mistress. The gamekeeper’s vengeance drives a clash that spans decades as heirs and lovers navigate vows, fortune, and betrayal. The backstory features a Harvard-educated nephew and a frontispiece depicting Luncheon at 94 Gro Nor Square.
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R. Phklinson
Penhuh
Hn Brown Fir
Oppenheim
Inter
London
Charles Gurview
Theresa Hot
Marquis
Gro Nor Square
America
Harvard
House of Mandeleys
David Thain
Mystery and Romance in a Haunted Cornwall Castle
A sentimental veteran artist is commissioned to paint a haunted Cornwall castle owned by a mysterious countess. A small army of villains seeks control, but none speaks. The artist falls for the alluring countess as the plot unravels aided by the countess’s daughter whose mother battles drug addiction and drives the investigation. The tale is light and trivial in tone.
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A. Ww
Brn
Jon Lane
Nettery Sumo
Cornwall
Regio
Sherlock Holmes
Street of Adventure to Arrive in American Edition
Novel by Philip Gibbs on London newspaper life to be issued soon by E. P. Dutton & Co. The work has previously appeared in the United States only in an imported edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omcraft Boys
Philip Gibbns
London
E. P Dutton & Co
After Death What Miss Fingal
Mrs Clifford's novel Miss Fingal is a tedious study of Aline Fingal's change after Linda Allison's death. The author argues a spiritualist theory that a dead person can influence the living, but the narrative remains dull and the characters mostly unengaging while the author pursues a speculative theme.
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Miss Fingal
W. K.clifford
Charles’ Scripner
Aline Fingal
Wavercombe
Aline
Linda
Ike
Jimmie
Berth
Mrs. Clifford
Clifford
Fingal
Hop
N.M Ve
Poems of A Henry Choyce in Range of American West
A review notes Choyce after recovery from wounds in Leicestershire Regiment toured America and wrote poems reflecting admiration for the United States. The collection blends vivid verse with mature themes, including Judas and My Wandering Foul, conveying gratitude, divine forgiveness, and a sense of destiny under the Master Guide.
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John Lung
Brice
SLR
Leicestershire Regiment
A. Newherry
Choyce
America
Our
West
South
Middle West
Rocky Mountains
Remecca
Rupert Brooke
Woma
Choyze
Judas
Christ
Ian
The Indigent Book Collector and the Quiet Treasure Hunt
The piece contrasts indigent bibliophiles with rich auction bidders, praising the joy of finding artful books in back stores and junk shops. It celebrates the thrill of discovering first editions and rare works for modest sums, highlighting the aesthetic and spiritual pleasure of collecting.
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London
Aldine Sannazaro
Prices and Picks in Second Hand Book Stores
Prices vary widely in second hand book shops from 50 cents to 1.45 for ordinary titles. New York dealers rely on business sense and Book Prices Current to judge value, but foreign works often slip by. Paris stalls yield small Americana at low cost, yet French rarities can be pricey in New York. A shouted “Wait a minute” or “Five dollars is the right price” often ends a bargain hunt.
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New York
Quais
Paris
The Bete Noirs of Bargain Books and Quick-Buy Stores
The essay contrasts two bookshops: one evading fair business with high prices and slow turnover, and another marked by scarce sales staff and dusty stock. It praises a cost plus margin model that rapidly sells library lots, with rarities and first editions. It notes a Fifth Avenue buyer swooping in for valuables, and discusses bindings and do-it-yourself rebinding options.
Conrad and His Quest in a Glowing Review
A long review compares Conrad and Merrick’s work with prewar charm. The piece praises Barrie’s preface tone, notes authentic life contact, and admires Comfort’s Bowditch tale while weighing London comparisons. It critiques the easy read versus difficult writing and hints at a reader’s varied appetite for adventure and romance.
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Wanamaker
Boy Scout
Hero
Boyhood Pictures
Equitable
The
Tres
Relief Commission
U. S
League
Rome
Associated
Preas
T. H. Fout
Indianapolis
Near East
American Commission For Relief
Fout
United Brethren Church
League of Nations
Great Britain
Ourfa
Mr. Hartlett
Maalatee
Emersin
United States Department of Justice
Bureau of Investigation
Wiliam Alphonsshie Pin
Charles Bernara Ordhott
Taahelle Rhabaud
Archibald Williams
To Fisher Unwin
Roche
Ardennes
Marne
Frank Fuxeratt
Oxford History OF
India
Vincent A. Smith
Clarendon Proan
Oxford
Hawke Coltin Willams
Uy Smal
Maynard
Edward J. O'Brien
Ty Janey Mott & Co. Byeaur. Mewes
Pixney
Otiter
Ham
Fart
Helton Publishing Company
Joif McMahon
Citatun Mowers
Topetier
George
Burton Adams
Gob
Greece
England
Vergil
Miss Nitchie
Eligion
Coulton
Ty Frefeson
Columbia Nnversity Press
Tau Prive
Trine
Warde Trine
Ubei Meat & Co
Wayland
Tho Stratford Compans
Thaker Licen Slary
Tia
le Coulter
Charon G. Herbie
Bolan Chinpany
L. I
Pegasus
A. N. Choyce
Kim Faten
Tam
Villiers de
Adam
Holland
Mullarmy
Loccaccio
Jover
Ball
Brooklyn
Levant
Morocen
Conrad
His
Leonard Merrick
Wome Rage Tythn & Co
Virginia Tracy
Shaw
Hamlet
Barrie
Merrick
Wwe
Comrad
Conrpa
Rex
Mr. Comfort
Tsar
Jack London
Bowditch
Jerry Coutts
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