Roseman couple return from Bermuda wedding trip
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Roseman Jr. returned from their July 18 marriage and Bermuda honeymoon to their Glenview home. They stopped in New York to visit the fair. The bride is Lucille Hoffman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Hoffman of Wilmette. The groom’s parents reside in Glenview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Roseman, Jr
Bermuda
Glenview
New York
Lucille Hoffman
James B. Hoffman
Wilmette
Ray Wiese Heads to Wequetonsing Summer Home
Ray Wiese son of Mr and Mrs Raymond J Wiese 523 Abbotsford road Kenilworth left last week for Wequetonsing Michigan to be a house guest for the remainder of the summer at the summer home of Mr and Mrs Donald Royce 423 Abbotsford road Kenilworth Prior to his departure Ray had returned home from Camp Ma Ka Ja Wan
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Ray Wiese
Raymond J. Wiese
Abbotsford Road
Kenilworth
Wequetonsing
Mich
Donald Royce
Ray
Camp Ma- Ka-Ja-Wan
Local residents host visitors and plan travels this summer
Warren and Malcolm Hill of 735 Eighth street return from a farm near Burlington Iowa. The Hill family will drive to Colorado Springs next month to be with Calvin Hill who will enroll at Colorado College. Suzanne Lyon of 1504 Elmwood avenue returns from Springbrook Wisconsin and stays with cousins Douglas Blood at 435 Prairie avenue until her parents return. Arthur E Kirtley and family visit from Can ada on an eight day motor tour. Mrs Harry L Wilson of Germantown Pa heads home after two weeks with Wayne and Janet Wilson at 3211 Lake avenue. Paul Booth and daughter Janet of Indianapolis were guests of P L Edwards at 1720 Elmwood avenue. George R Bowman of 1220 Ashland avenue recently returned from Portage Point Michigan. Mrs Alfred Loomer of Elgin visits her parents at 3235 Wilmette avenue for several weeks. Miss Jean Adelhofen of Chicago is staying with F J Kerrigan and family for several days.
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Warren
Malcolm Hill
Phillip S. Hill
Eighth Street
Burlington
Iowa
Colorado Springs
Calvin
Colorado College
Suzanne Lyon
Earle D. Lyon
Elmwood Avenue
Springbrook
Wis
Lyon
Miss Lyon
Douglas K. Blood
Prairie Avenue
Shanghai 37 and the nine lives in a war torn city
Kenneth Horan reviews Shanghai 37 by Vicki Baum Doubleday Doran praising its interwoven fate of nine diverse strangers amid Japanese bombardment in 1937 Shanghai. He lauds its broad, vivid portrait of a cosmopolitan city and its race and war themes.
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Shanghai
Vicki Baum
Doubleday Doran
Miss Baum
Far East
Wind, Sand and Stars Tops Summer Bestseller List
The translated work by Antoine de Saint Exupéry, Wind, Sand and Stars, translated by Lewis Galantière, is listed among the best sellers in America this summer, rivaling Anne Lindbergh’s air stories in popularity.
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Lewis Galantiére
America
Anne Lindbergh
Down East regional tales add to Lincoln library
Cape Cod stories draw on seafaring roots with a popular New England Inn and a clever plot about a $60,000 Primer valued item. The father and son author team craft plausible, lively regional fiction about summer people, locals, and mirrors in a single small seaside town.
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Cape
New England
Cape Cod
Father and Son
Lincoln
On the Night of the Fire by F. L. Green novel summary
Walter Robling a barber in a great industrial city seizes a chance to steal a large sum of money. This impulsive act triggers a chain of events that robs him of his life, revealing a firelit murder story without mystery. Published by Macmillan.
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Robling
Walter Kobling
Chance
Walter Robling
F. L. Green
Macmillan
Woman Writes New Biography of the Scientist Agassiz
Mabel L. Robinson profiles Louis Agassiz in Runner of the Mountain Tops, praising his genius, drive, and impact on Harvard zoology and natural history while noting personal flaws. The biography emphasizes his dynamic energy, fundraising skill, and role in American science.
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Agassiz
Mabel L. Robinson
Random House
Louis Agassiz
Harvard University
Agassiz Museum
Woods Hole
Miss Robinson
Switzerland
America
Negro author William Attaway leaves Illinois after manuscript dispute
Negro author William Attaway, who published Let Me Breathe Thunder, left the University of Illinois when the dean refused a sociological novel manuscript in lieu of prescribed work. After a year of hoboing, he returned to Urbana to complete his degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Attaway
University of Illinois
Attaway
Urbana
Frost and Fire draws on Labrador life by Elliott Merrick
Elliott Merrick, author of True North, uses his Labrador hunter and fisherfolk experiences to craft his new Scribner novel Frost and Fire set in the Labrador wilderness. The book, published in July, reflects the hard living and wild environment Merrick witnessed.
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Labrador
Elliott Merrick
Scribner’s
Ford's False to Any Man Debuts by Scribner's on July 10
Leslie Ford releases False to Any Man from Charles Scribner's Sons. The mystery stars Colonel Primrose, Sergeant Buck, and Mrs. Grace Latham, characters who have appeared in prior Ford murder mysteries.
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Charles Scribner’s Sons
Leslie Ford
Colonel Primrose
Sergeant Buck
Grace Latham
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Arthur E. Kirtley
Muriel
Dorothy
Joan
Maple Avenue
Canada
Harry L. Wilson
Germantown
Wayne K. Wilson
Lake Avenue
Paul Booth
Janet
Indianapolis
P. L. Edwards
George R. Bowman
Ashland Avenue
Portage Point
Alfred H. Loomer
Elgin
Mrs
Smith H. Axtell
Wilmette Avenue
Jean Adelhofen
Chicago
F. J. Kerrigan
Marrie d
Lee Ad
Kenneth Horan
Ownley Inn
Joseph C. Lincoln
Freeman Lincoln
Coward McCann
Lincolns
Mr. Ickes
Antoine de Saint Exupéry
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