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Eccentric Rich Or Crazy Tales From A Rural Iowa Past
A reminiscence contrasts the terms eccentric and crazy through stories of Old Bill Newport and A E A in 1920s southern Iowa. It notes Bill’s rumored flour sack violin fearlessly unfit for booby-hatch labels, while A E A’s early adoption of electricity and reading habits drew local curiosity. The piece suggests genius and madness often overlap, with many geniuses seeming crazy.
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Bill Newport
Hickory Board
Bill
Old Bill
REA
Iowa
Harvester Thresher
Delco
Adelaar