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...Lehmann wedged her way right through with a first novel.- With her book now in its third edition in Austria, translated into Italian, French and Czech, 35-year-old Novelist Lehmann last week made her debut in the U. S. A love story, in the same vein as Marcia Davenport's best-selling Of Lena Geyer, Mine Lehmann's story attempts no coloratura flights, is content to be an amiable romance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Change of Art | 11/15/1937 | See Source »

...spite of this honor, the president of the Club still wishes to remain anonymous, but she lives in Davenport College...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Finally Capitulates, Forms Shirley Temple Club | 11/2/1937 | See Source »

Basketball--Adams House, 16, Davenport College...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Samborski Report Of Last Year On House Athletics | 9/27/1937 | See Source »

Insurance societies at that time generally worked on the assessment basis: when a member died, every fellow member of the local lodge contributed a dollar. Under such a system the Modern Woodmen's first benefit was paid in 1884 upon the death of Neighbor Abraham Mayer of Davenport, Iowa, from "indiscretion in eating confectionary, ice cream, etc. . . ." To his wife went...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Beetle, Ax & Wedge | 6/21/1937 | See Source »

TIME [May 10] erred in dubbing smart, capable Fanchon Simon as "cinema's only woman producer." At least four other ladies have been or are producing pictures. Pioneer feminine filmaker was Lois Weber. Frances Marion, celebrated scenariowriter, is the latest recruit. Others include Dorothy Davenport (Mrs. Wallace Reid) and the youngest and most prolific, Fanchon Royer, who manages five growing children and her own independent production company, Fanchon Royer Features...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 14, 1937 | 6/14/1937 | See Source »

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