Contests of Arid America and Other New Books
New and revised works cover American irrigation expansion and western reclamation, Jefferson works in Unit edition, Geil’s journeys in Africa and China, and an inexpensive Baroness von Suttner edition of Die Waffen Nieder. Notable quotes praise war’s depiction and urge readers to study peace.
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William F. Smythe
America
Macmillan
Symthe
W. D. Parker
Jonas Wiles
Jefferson Memorial Society
Jefferson
Yangtze
William Edgar Geil
China
Africa
Geil
Baroness von Suttner
Longmans
Hat clash over real hastrich feather debate
A London Judy item notes a dispute between a woman and her cook over who copied whom. The mother denounces the cook for dressing like Miss Lucy, claiming the hat yesterday matched Lucy's new hat. The cook retorts the feather is real in hers and Lucys is artificial.
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Mary
A Merry Go Round on the Sofa
A house agents man sent to inventory the drawing room furniture slept on the sofa with an empty bottle beside him. The inventory note read "One revolving carpet," revealing a lonely and pathetic effort at work.
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San Francisco News-Letter
No Rivalry Sparked by Mammon Quotes
A New Jerseyman and a Virginian clash in a Chicago Tribune exchange over state pride. The Jersey remark praises presidents while the Virginian counters with a jab about trusts and legacy.
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Muggsy
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Toots
Tal Bet
Lassodat Kid
Gee Mulligan
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