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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1916
Page
3
In Booth Tarkington’s sketchy dialogue the elder Sheridan questions Bibbs about balancing poetry, music, and pastry writing against a business future. Bibbs hopes to inspire belief in Bigness, while proving a place for art in life and work.
Bibbs Sheridan confronts his father about work and future plans as Sheridan extols the city’s growth. Edith’s love and Sibyl’s scheming entwine with Mary Vertrees watching quietly, amid a tense domestic unraveling and suspicions of a bold marriage for money.
In a rambling talk with Mr. Farrer, Sheridan praises his two sons Jim and Roscoe, boasts of their achievements on new warehouses, and hints at family plans including marriages. He brags of a daughter-in-law and the urban society around town, while contemplating future grandchildren and social status.
A pivotal moment arrives as Will, a daring rival seeking power and wealth, faces a brutal challenge that tests his courage and looms over Big Jin Sheridan’s future.
In Newtown a fifty year old woman, said to have felt no nervous dread of lightning, died by suicide after a thunderstorm panic. The piece cites low lightning fatality rates nationally and argues superstition fuels such fears, noting women’s higher relative fear despite immunity claims.
A senior pupil teacher, noted for his abstinence and vegetarian habits, instructs his class on the art of economy. He asks Johnny Brown to define vegetarian, prompting a hesitant response about personal hygiene as the class laughs. The scene captures a humorous exchange in a New York graph style.
Fragmentary report notes uncertainty about a forecasted storm. The text reads as a weather-oriented inquiry with damaged quotes and unclear attribution, making it difficult to identify concrete entities, dates, or locations from the readable portion.
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