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New-York tribune., 1921-09-25
A Fatal Letter
Psychic Threads in Tale
Of Crime

THE UNCLAIMED LETTER BY Auns
Meflurs shoii. Published by porrance
g. Co. s1.75.
1HE postmistress at East Bur
leigh, sleepy little village near
the Catskills, is Mortified upon
receiving letter with the ominous ad-
dress: ITO the person who committed
the murder at the old Bostwick Farm. y
And, as a matter of fact, not one, but
several murders are bound up with this
sinister epistle. Martin Carfax, a
bridegroom of a few hours, is pushed d
down deep quarry hole on the Bost-
wick farm. The evidence seems over
whelming against Gordon Brent, an
artist who had formerly been engaged
to Carfax's wife. Three individuals
New-York tribune., 1921-09-25
Member of the Norris Family
Writes Long Novel on Divorce
Charles u Norris Depicts the San Francisco Of
the Nlneties and Earthquake as
Background for Novel

VI "e' eyes and hair. This obedience
10 tne requirements Of a realism ~
pressed IN hard matcrialism nrc-
vents Norrls from realizing and con-
Neying to his reader the spiritual oual-
l''es OF his theme, the clements of l;fe
ne so obviously strives to stress. Thsro
is sltogether too much text in "Rrass,,
and too little actual soul.
Yet the novel is not one to be waived
ASIDE with an easy gesture Of disrs-
gard. Inc man who wrote it had "a
purpose, reasonable and a sound ono
that of establishing a central figure IN
Fhilp Baldwin, and then facctting hin
IN cluster Of encircling characters
men and women, all shrewdly imas
med and so graved that they illumiue
by reaction and reflection the man
they contain. Philip is created. en-
99died from nothing, through a grad
ual exposure of his real self AGAINST
the background of his comrades. The
women he loves, the men he meets in
business affairs, all serve to accent,,-
ate his evidences of individuality. And
IN this phase of his art Norris is a
wise and efficient workman.
Briefly, the novel deals with mans
adventures In love and the problem Of
divorce, The four or five women who
glide into and out of Philips trail
OF years are as dissimilar as peas.
squashes and turnips With the San
Francisco of the late nneties. the wear
OF the earthquake and later, as
stage, much of the business life of the
city seeps into and invigorates the
chapters Of Brass" We get enough of
a picture of Philips struggle from
poverty TO wealth and catastrophe, to
enable us to see him as a man among
men. We are granted a far more
definite revelation of the chap in
Norris's unrelenting and unhesitatinc
story of his noxious and wholesome
relations with women. The quartet of
them. who conspire, separately, to
make or break him form curious
group.
Any man would have something to
remember and think about in wonder
ing reminiscence, If he had been
tangled in the webs Of the Margie, the
Mary, the Mrs. Grotenberg and the
Leila of Brass" For these four are
about as near to each other in mental
and physical pulchritudes and alb
horrences as are the four cardinal
points Of the compass. Philip marries
Margie, they are divorced. He adores
pardon the verb--the stately Mary,
but she is Catholic and turns white
when she learns of the divorce. He
lives with the compassionate and
weepy Mrs. Grotenberg in manner
wholly unorthodox, and, somehow, we
find this unfortunate woman the most
lovable of the four And then comes
Leila and her cold heels" tapping on
the floor. Poor Philip, he surely had a
time OF it,
After alls been said, despite the sin
of repetition, we aver that BRASS" is
an unusual novel 1t lacks heat and it
is effeminate in spirit wherc it de-
mands the harsh surgery of n
masculine hand We're it pruned down
to two-thirds its present bulk, stripped
Of its square yards of commas and
periods, of precise prose .picturing
pins and buttons. and just permitted
to get to its goals quickly and de-
cisivcly, it would be a much finer and
greater story.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-25
Two Happy Children

JIM AND PEGGY AT MEADOwBnooK
FARM. BY Walter CoIlins O'Kane. Pub
lished by the Macmillan Company u.
VIE story of city boy and girl who
visit their cousins on a New Eng
land farm and find riotous enjoyment
in its rural delights.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-25

umes. illustrated in color. Puhlished
volume ~
nNE of chiidhood's prime delights
~ in former generation was found
IN poring over the dozen thick
volumes of "Harper's Story Books" Or
blue books, 30 we commonly called
them because of their color. With
their three or four parts in each vol
ume, those then peerless works consti-
tlted whole library of juvenilia, fic-
tlon, history, science, art, travels and
what not. And in one of them we wall
remember there was an invitation to
the young readers to go a-traveling
afar about the world not in corporea al
person, but in fancy inspired by the
narratives and descriptions and pic
lures of those opulent pages. Sitting
by the snug home freside, many an
evening we crossed the seas, scaled the
Alps, saw the wonders of architecture
and art and all "the vision of the
world" through the apt medium Of the
printed page.
And here again are more such tours.
for old and young alike. In each of
the exquisitely gotten-up volumes be-
fore US are unveiled the charms and
wonders of two distant lands. There
is touch of history, such as is need
ed to appreciate the scenes. There is
description Of lands and cities and
buildings and monuments. There are
accounts of manners and customs Of
people. There are legends. folk tales
and what not, in fascinating album
dance. There are narratives of actual
experience and observation. And these
things are all told by men and women
who have been there and know whereof
they write, and who know how to use
the English language with clearness,
grace and power.
There is also a profusion of illustra-
tions, by which we mean full page
plates in color all admirably designed
and most of them beautifully execut-
el-the frontispiece and some others in
the Norway volume we instinctively
wanted to cut out and frame, though
just as instinctively we revolted
against thus mutilating book In
sucf works the home bound reader may
find much of the enjoyment and infor-
nation of the actual traveller. Indeed,
we have known not few careful read =
elS of books VINO knew far more about
countries which they had never seen
than did some Of their friends who
had spent years-not to count the
money-in them. For all who wish
'for to admire an for to see, an to
bc'old the world so wide" and yet have
not the health or time or means to
travel abroad--all three are requ-
site-these fascinating volumes are to
be commended as a godsend.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-25
A Flood Story

DRIFTWOOp. f, Raymond :. Spears
Published by the Century Company "
THIS adventure story, by Ray
mond Spears, is laid on the
n Mississippi River during one
of it's floods, when 81 boy hero is
carried away in houseboat that has
broken from its mooring. He rescues
two other youths, from the drift and
New-York tribune., 1921-09-25

beyond the limits of his strength until
he died, at the age of ffty-one
The book is an interesting record of
the mediums works and should prove
valuable addition to the library of
the modern Investigator of spiritual
ism.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-25
By Samuel Abbott
Bsass. by Charles q. Norris. Pubus

BSAss by Charles q. Norris. Published
by L. J. pntton Il Co. 81
A NOVEL written by inches.
"a That's fair description of
Charles G. Norris's BRASS"
Tho story crawls along at a
snsil's pace, never speeding up, al
ways giving itself time to develop each
essential episode through prodiral
consideration OF minute factors. II q
room is entered, one is not rnittea
to leave It until the geography of It's
chairs, carpet. windows and other GUS
somary ct ceteras is cautiously and mi.
crcscopicaiiy explored and recorded on
paper. Il woman steps into chan
ter sac is halted and investigated as
to the affairs of her dress, the topog-
raphy Of her face and the color-values
New-York tribune., 1921-09-25
An Artistic Pessirnlst

AND THE SPHINX SPOKE BY Paul
Eldridge Published by the Stratford
Company Boston. $3.50.
A, VOLUME Of stories, imaginative
sketches and prose poems, con-
ceived with distinguished although
somewhat utevea literary art, and
tinged with spirit Of profound pes
simism,
New-York tribune., 1921-09-25
American Romance

THE RDMANCE OF AMERICAN LIFE,
AND PROGRESS By Robert +, Nehh
Pubiished by the Judso Press, rhiIa
dsIphta.
A enthusiastic appreciation of the
romantic elements involved in
Americas expansion.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-25
By Grace Phelps

y. D. HOME HIS LIFE AND MISSION.
BY Nine. Dunglas Home. Published By
e. p Dutton & Co.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-25
Fireside Travelling
Entertaining Glirnpses of
Many. Foreign Lands

PEEPS AT MANY LANDS; Italy and
t'reecs, Norway and Denmark Australia
snd NV zealand China ana Japan BY
tcnart Colonel 4. T. Mocklcr- lrerrvrran
NJ Pearson. Thomson. Frank Fox. T. A.
@ naile and Lena d. Johnston. Four vol
umes. illustrated in color. puhlished
BY the Macmillan Company. 81. 80 zach
volume. w. V%~A.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-25

UGH water has passed unde
the spiritualists' bridge
since this book was orig
nallY Wrlttpn. nearly fort
New-York tribune., 1921-09-25
Oil-And a Woman
Materials for Work Of
Dramatic Fiction

THE MAN. TIE TIGER AND THE
SNAKE. f;y Ferdinand Reyher. Pub /
lished by q. p Putnam's Sons
New-York tribune., 1921-09-25

THE HAPPY VENTURE BY Edith Bal
leneer Price Published by the Century
Company. sl75.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-11-18
EVANGELIST TO HOLD
 MEETINGS HERE

H. A. Ironside, Evangelist and Bible teacher for over 25 years will open a series of meetings in the American Legion Hall, Sunday even ing, November 20.
 MT. Ironside has conducted evangel- istic meetings and spoken at Bible conferences in all the leading cities of the United States and Canada. He is also the author of a number of volumes on Bible Exposition and President of Immanuel Missionary Council for work among the Indians. MT. J. P. Anderson of Valentine, the resident missionary will assist MT. Ironside at the meetings. Also Messrs. J. Bloore, a well known Bible teacher of Plainfield, N. J. and V. J. Stefan of Philadelphia, a fervent Evangelist and gospel singer will par ticipate. This will be an opportunity to hear Biblical themes presented in an interesting manner and the public is cordially invited to attend.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-11-18
MOHAVE COUNTY MEN
 IN BATTERY BUSINESS

Two Mohave county men, J. s. Withers and J. w. Nicholas, are en- tering into a statewide business prop osition that promises to be success. They have taken over the state agency for the "J-E" Battery and have opened a general office and plant on Washington Street at Phoe- nix, from which point they will con duct their business. At different points throughout the state they will have sub-agencies, the Kingman agents being the Beecher and Robin son Company.
 The "J-E" Battery is of jelly elec- trolyte construction and is especially adapted to the desert. It is sold with an IS months unconditional guaran- tee. '.-.'
 MT. Nicholas is now in Phoenix and MT. Withers expects to leave for there within the next thirty days.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-11-18

then go on to New York City on other business in connection with the mines of Mohave County.
 Miss Ned Mccarthy, sister of Pat Mccarthy and D. P. Mccarthy, Pats father, have arrived from the coast and are living in the Metcalfe addi- tion. Mrs. Mccarthy will follow in few days. Ned Mccarthy will go into the beauty specialist business in Kingman.
 Chris Hoffman has sold his inter ests in Mohave county and will leave for California to make his home. Chris will direct the Kingman band for the last time at their next prac- tice. He will be greatly missed by Kingman people, especially the band boys.
 Matt McCarty left last night for Yuma where he will spend the winter. Bob Meusel and Bill Piercy, of the New York Americans, stopped in Kingman this week on their way to the coast They were driving over land. Meusel and Piercy were on Babe Ruth's barnstorming expedition, the venture that threatened a new outlaw league. Meusel and Piercy live in Los Angeles.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-11-18
BUSINESS ASSOCIATES
 MARRIED AT PHOENIX

Mr. L. M. Wheeler and Mrs. Ethel Underwood, who have been associated in the tire and vulcanizing business in Kingman the past two and one half years were united in the bonds of matrimony at Phoenix last Saturday.
 MT. and Mrs. Wheeler who were also associated in business in Oak land, Cal, before coming to King man, motored to Phoenix for the In dustrial week exhibition and upon their return were loud in praise of ,Mohave County roads which, they state are the best they encountered on the trip.
 Mir and Mrs. Wheeler will continue their business and make their home in Kingman attended by the best wishes of a host of friends.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-11-18
TRINITY EPISCOPAL
 MISSION

Sunday, November 20th. 7:30 A. M. Holy Communion. 800 A. M. Children's Service. 1000 A. M. Morning Service an Sermon.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-11-18
STUDENT INJURED BY
 FALL THRU SkYu|GH1

Miss Helen Fox, a student at Union High School met with a painful acci- dent Wednesday at noon when she fell from the roof of the school building through the skylight to the floor be- low, a distance of about 15 feet.
 Miss Fox with some of her school companions was eating lnnch on the roof, when the young woman started to walk around the parapet. Losing her balance she fell but the wire netted glass skylight broke the force of the fall and with the exception of some painful cuts and bruises she sus- tained no other serious injury.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-11-18
MASS MEETING TO
 BE HELD FRIDAY NIGHT

A mass meeting will be held at the American Legion Hall Friday even, ing, November IS, to discuss ways and means for assisting miners who are in need, in this district,
 This will be an open forum and the public is urgently requested to be present. No admission will be charg' ed.
 Miss Amazar will speak on com munity cooperation and the, condi' ditions as they exist in Mohave Coun' ty. Let us all get together for the best interests of Kingman and vicin' ity.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-11-18
INTERESTING MEETING
 THUR. AFTERNOON CLUB

Florentine art, architecture and lit erature were all discussed at the reg ular meeting of the Literary section of the Thursday Afternoon Club, held on Monday evening, November 14th, at the residence of MT. and Mrs. w. L. Linville.
 Mrs. w. c. Todt, chairman of the department, was in charge of the meeting and told of the manifold at fractions of Florence, the famous Italian city; relating bits of it's his tory, and illustrating her remarks by pictures of the sculpture, paintings and buildings, which make Florence the Mecca of art lovers.
 This year, 1921, being the sixth cen tenary of the death of Dante Alighieri, the poet, philosopher ano politician, a description of the ser vices in commemoration of the event held in his native city, Florence, was read. His life, including his unspok' en but not unsung, love for Beatrice his exile and death at Ravenna were briefly outlined. 'r. -, Selections from the writings .o1 Longfellow, Lowell and Matthew AT mold, extolling the imagery, hterar! beauty and philosophy of Dante's Di vine Comedy, were listened to wltf great interest. Mrs. Todt read short biograph! of the Italian patriot Savonarola, Dominician monk, who was excom municated and executed in a par barous manner, for his efforts to nm prove moral and political conditions in Florence.
 During an informal but animated discussion regarding Dante's place II the world of letters, Mrs. LinVlll' served delicious hot rolls and tea.
 Practically every active member O :. the club was present on Thursday al ternoon, November IT, when th' Home Economies Department gave demonstration of hat making ana pat tern drafting, at the Social Hall O. the M. E. Church.
 Mrs. R. M. Tafel was chairman O. of the committee, in charge Of th' program. oon
 An up-to-the-minute hat ,,sss was .ss con . structed and a pattern drafted tor dainty party gown, by Miss kacne e ! sprague, whose explanations ot he' methods were easily grasped. ', Various garments, exquisiteiy maae the work of the girl students oi .n' [ Kinpman School were displayed oi tables in the room.
 An article regarding the manufac ture of synthetic silk" was read D! Mrs. L. J. Parker. Iou, i Mrs. Tafel and the other memper' of the committee, served an appetlz ing and substantial tea at the cl0s' of the program.
 | MINER WANT ADS ARE BUSt | NEycS wTNNER2
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-11-18
BASKET BALL CAME
 SATURDAY EVENING

There will be a basket ball game Saturday evening at the high school gymnasium between the Hoibrook Girls team and the Kingman Girls team. If they are as evenly matched as in the Armistice day game the con test will be an interested one. -.
 On Thanksgiving day the Holbrook boys team and the Kingman Boys team will play at the ball park in the afternoon.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-11-18

MINER WANT ADS ARE BUSt NESS WINNERS
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-11-18

When trading with our advertisers
 say, q saw it in THE MINER".
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-11-18
ST. JOHNS METHODIST
 EPISCOPAL CHURCH

= EPISCOPAL CHURCH
 Rev. Thomas H. Dodd, Minister
 Bible School 10:00 A. M.
 Morning Service 11:00 A. M.
 Subject: "The Last Great Psychic wonder"
 Evening Service 7:3O P. M.
 Subject: ''The Seven Sacraments"
 QUESTION DRAWER 1. Should we not have more na- tional holidays?
 2. What about President Harding,s g scheme for the solution of the race problem in the South! 8. Are women, now the voting equals of men, winning their place as mems political and social equals? 4. What is the difference between Post and Pre- Millennium?
 5. What are your objections to e-Millenarium ! 6. Has not the time come for a encouragement of the Seven Sacra- ments7 <
 7. Does faith which accepts the example of Christ, but rejects this propitiatory death, save?
 8. How is the believer made a member of Christ?
 The Annual Thanksgiving Service will be held at 10 o'clock on Thursday morning. Excellent music at all the services.
 Special music, M. E. Church, Morn ing Service.
 Chorus-Joy of the Harvest Days Choir.
 Evening Service: Trio-Evening Hymn-Mrs. Sims Miss Dodd and Miss Goerrig. When trading with our advertisers say, q saw it in THE MINER".
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-11-18
KINGMAN BARBER
 SHOPS CUT PRICES

We have some good news for the masculine members of our community.
 Starting Monday morning the bar Der shops of Kingman will return to a pre-war schedule of prices. The price of slaves dropping from 35 to 25 cents and haircuts from S65 cents to 50 cents. ........ s.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-11-18
HERE ON BUSINESS

Harry Rae, salesman for Chester field cigarettes, spent the week in ,Kingman distributing Chesterfields to prospective customers. In all he put out over 300 sample packages.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-11-18
CHURCH NOTICES
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
 SERVICES

Sunday morning at Ii o'clock. Sub ject, "Soul and Body. Sunday School at 9:45 a. m., Wednesday evening tes- timonial at 7:30 p. m., I. o. o. F. Hall.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-11-18
ST. ANTHONYS CHTJRCH

,. At the St. Anthonys Church in Oat- man morning Mass will be held at 10:3O Sunday morning, November 20. There vii be an. evening service at 7:30 the same day.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-11-18
ST. MARES CATHOLIC
 CHURCH

Sunday, November 2Oth. Mass vii be said at 7:30 A. M Benediction after Mass. FIR. HOOTSMANS.
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-12-15
SURVEYOR, Aided hx wlr.l...


Wireless telegraph Is to be used
for the first time for geographical sur.
yey work by the Anglo-French mill.
tary commission. which has been an.
pointed to carry out the work Of de,
Initiating the frontier OF the Soudan
and French Equatorial Africa.
The commission win probably be
absent for some two years, and for the
greater part OF Its mission, will work
In hitherto UNEMPLOYED districts of
Africa. They have to establish a from.
tier line 2,170 miles long, Of which
nearly 1000 miles runs across the most
arid part Of the Sahara desert.
During the work Of frontier dellmi-
ls''9G he mission will receive at reg.
ular intervals every day wire time
messages from Paris, which will en-.
able them to fix their position with
great accuracy. The mission has been
Jointly organized by the two govern
ments.
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-12-15
FREIGHT HANDLING IN EUROPE
Countries Succeed In Avoiding Some
Of our Problems With Canals
and Small Cars.

This discussion OF what Europe can
teach us would not be complete with.
out a reference to their large canal
bouts aud small freight cars, observe
w. c. Gregg In an article In the Out
look.
Their canals were developed cen
urles ago. long before railway prob
lens were known. They form net
work all over Europe, and with the
standard canal boat between two I'd
three hundred feet long, they
immense quantities Of materi0' w
COSTS especially fuel and bul,l4is ra-
terlal They are generally pulled by
horses, but occasionally men and
women hitch themselves to what
seems an impossible load and move it
for miles.
There is no question about the
cheapness Of such transportation. es-
peclally when the canals are already
built and no burden Of modern bond
ed debt is the penalty of their use.
The small freight car may also give
Europe an advantage over us.
There are generally two sides to
questions. The large United States
standard freight cars require a mini
mum Of say, thirty tons. If an Amer
lean shipper has that much material,
the car is loaded and goes thousand
miles or more with no rehandling Of
The load. But what about the ship
ment Of ten tonsq In Europe that
represents their carload minimum,
and they send 1t anywhere without
rehandling and at the carload rate,
but the shipper In the United States
who wants to forward ten tons must
do II as local freight, at local rates.
IL must be rehandled at junction
points and at terminals. causing great
delay and great labor cost.
l am not advising any change here.
am merely showing where Europe
has cheaper costs, and why. We may
learn many lessons, including larger
use of handcarts and wheelbarrows.
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-12-15
ITO EVERY MAN HIS GHOST
Egyptians Firmly Believe That Each
individual Is Accompanied by
shadowy Counterpart.

"The Egyptians believe, even to
this day, that every man has a ghost"
says Prof. George A. Reisner, recent
ly returned from Egypt with the Har-
ward expedition.
Statues OF several thousand years
ago picture the Egyptian man with
his ghost. But the woman wasn't
considered important enough to have
one. She was the mans wife, and
that was considered sufficient honor
for her.
THE men took very good care Of
their ghosts. At regular intervals
they went to the room where the ghost
was supposed to live and placed food
offerings there for him to eat. These
consisted Of bread. onions and beer.
II was necessary to repeat some mag
lie phrases which had the effect OF
changing the physical nature Of the
food so that II would be At for con-
sumption by a spiritual being.
when a man died he became iden-
tilted with his ghost. On the inside
OF the Egyptians coffin a black. zig
rag line was traced to represent the
course which the deceased must take
through the underworld. At each turn
OF the path was warning OF the dan
ger to be looked for at that particular
point and directions for avoiding It."