Outdoor Book Catalog Promises Enthusiast Read
A promotional note highlights Appletons outdoor titles for fishers and hunters. It lists works by Brimmer Watson Hough and others with prices from 75 cents to 8 dollars, noting free catalogs upon request and numerous illustrated volumes on camping, fishing, hunting, and gear.
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Enthusia
Apleton
Pblishers
F. E. Brimmer
Watson
Paul A
Emerson Hough
Claude P,yee
Ned
Otte Marka
Arren H. Miller
George Parker Holden
O. W. Smith
Appleton Presses Wharton and Espina New Titles
Appleton announces Edith Wharton’s four new books False Dawn The Old Maid The Spark and New Year s Day with high re order interest across the nation. It also releases Concha Espina s The Red Beacon set in Northern Spain and a geography gateway The Story Key to Geographic Names by Engeln. June 6 brings Thomas Dixon s The Black Hood about the Ku Klux Klan era.
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New York Times
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Congha Espina
Appleton
Red Beacon
America
Duce Nombre
Dulce Nombre
Concha Espina
Geographic Names
O. D. Engeln
Cornell Univ
Poity
Jane McKelway Uredbart
Thomas Dixon
Buttercup Days by Mrs. Eliot fairytale for children
Mrs. Eliot's new story Buttercup Days follows Tiny Tim's adventures in fairy land. It features Beth Robin Baby Paul and Misa Angela as fairy-seers who encounter tulip fairies and fairy parties while teasing brothers and fathers struggle to understand.
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Beth
Robin
Baby Paul
Misa Angela
Tiny Tim
Mrs. Eliot
Doubleday, Page & Company
Milliner Eager to Sell Hat in Quirky Exchange
In a lively scene a milliner displays hats while a customer named Mrs Noorich resists, insisting she wants none of the item. The exchange includes playful phrases and a shout to “Go chie” and references to a Sheik in a humorous, period tone.
Books as wedding gifts from Edith Wharton’s Old New York
Wedding gifts increasingly feature books and the four volume set of Edith Wharton’s Old New York in a gay box. The colorful wallpaper reproductions on book jackets and slip box create an attractive first impression enhancing the gift’s appeal.
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Edith Wharton
Old New York
New York
Mae and June Recount Wild Reaction to Love Rejection
Mae recalls telling George of lack of love and June describes his furious display. The exchange hints at volatile emotion and dramatic behavior following the confession.
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Mae
George
Pinch Comes in Ahoe Store Shoe Complaint
Customer in a shoe store complains that the shoe pinches the joint. The salesman apologizes and indicates inability to resolve the issue. The fragment hints at a retail exchange dispute.
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Ahoe
Ralesman
Tiadame
The Lazy Man's Wisdom by Fred C. Kelly
This review highlights Fred C. Kelly as a leading laziness advocate in The Wisdom of Laziness. It praises his earnest approach to the art and vocation of laziness and notes Booth Tarkington’s glowing introduction within a Doubleday edition.
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Kelly
Doubleday, Page & Company
Mark Twain
Mr. Kelly
Booth Tarkington
Fred C. Kelly
New Philippine Paleolithic Tools Unearthed Near Manila
Eighteen feet beneath the Pasig River bed near Manila, five ancient stone implements reveal advanced Paleolithic craft, including jade adzes and a volcanic hatchet. Frank G Carpenter reports handling the artifacts, now owned by Dr H Otley Beyer, with potential U S institution transfer and interest from the British Museum.
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British Museum
London
Pasig
Manila
Frank G. Carpenter
Islands
Philippine
Doubleday, Page & Company
H. Otley Beyer
United States
Reading Indian Lore in a Town Library
Hal Borland recalls nine year old self and a town divided into rival tribes after reading Indian lore from the public library. He mentions the book Tu Little Savages and craft lessons learned, framing a childhood confrontation over belonging and imagination.
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Hal Borland
Doubleday, Page & Company
Ernest Ek Aanchi¢Ivn
Personal Needs in Your Home
A Hoover essay urges sound judgment in financing and buying homes, highlighting location, ownership, and community benefits. It argues that higher home ownership underpins a stable economy, better living, and civic participation as postwar recovery advances and suburbs expand. It endorses honest financing and straightforward practices as good business and citizenship.
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United States
Herbert Hoover
Tales From a Young Frontiersman in South Colorado
The narrator recalls a childhood of building tipis, making bows, tanning hides, and learning a mock Native American culture with crude tales. He later seeks authentic stories from real Indigenous sources in southern Colorado to replace the invented lore.
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South
Colorado
Sure-Fire Flora Sparks Onstage Confidence
Cora insists the new show will be a hit as the leading lady blushes during rehearsal signaling strong audience appeal.
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Flora
Cora
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