Scrapbook Fragments Reveal Personal Reflections and Quotes
A worn notebook from a son’s college days holds a pasted letter and scattered quotes from Wilde Emerson and others, reflecting on life, time, and hope. The collection includes brief poems and a prayer, illustrating a personal archive of beliefs, influences, and aspirations.
Requiem for Mr Chips author James Hilton dies in California
Speaking Of Books notes the death of James Hilton in California last month. The piece recalls Hilton for Good-bye Mr Chips Lost Horizons and Random Harvest, outlines his life from Leigh Lancashire to Hollywood, and mentions his writing career and his large family library gathered over decades.
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MR. Chips
James Hilton
California
Hilton
Leigh
Lancashire
England
America
Holly
Samuel Butlier
Wood
Oliver Goldsmith
Howard
Bridge University
Dr, Ence
Remembering a Lifelong Library and Its Quiet Decay
A narrator catalogs family books and keepsakes gathered from fifty years in a house. cherished volumes span Bible stories and first editions to engineering manuals, poetry, and wartime histories. the reflection links reading to memory, character, and the pull to preserve or discard the inherited shelves.
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Ivalue
Fife
Oberlin
Bosporus Ard
Turkey
Smyrna
Elyrians
Ohio Wesleyan
McGuffey
Ferdinand
Munro Leaf
Snowtime Fun for Kids and Winter Activities Across Town
Readers recall snowy pleasures from sleigh rides to indoor games as clubs plan winter projects. Mrs. Leo Carle, bowling ace, exemplifies active winter leisure, while nostalgia for old sleigh parties hints at brighter days past and the healthful, social side of the season.
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Jim
Yve
Leo Carte
Wolf Ci
Carle
San
Elyria
LaPorte
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Thelma Finlay
Oscar Wilde
Henry
Oliver T
Wendell Holmes
Madeleine
Mirror
Butler
Elbert Hutcard
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Dorothy Bagnall
Madeleine Bridges
Speaking
Vari
Offauthor
By Nancy Filmer
Orion
Bader