What a highbrow reads analyzes Steinmetz and lists
This column reviews Charles P. Steinmetz favorite books across languages and eras, naming Homer and Horace as classical anchors, Goethe Faust, Sienkiewicz The Deluge, Stevenson Treasure Island, Kipling Jungle Books, Twain Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, and more. It also quips on lists of greatest living American women and Ontario prohibition. Snakes are noted for shedding eye lenses.
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Steinmetz
Germany
Mommsen
Walter Scott
Sienkiewicz
Europe
Stanley
Marryat
Mark Twain
R. L. Stevenson
Kipling
Bank Transfers Shake Up Wichita Falls Power Players
Calvin Gray and Gus Briskow move to acquire stock in the Security National Bank, triggering shocks among directors Bell Nelson and partners. Gray proclaims love for Barbara Parker and reveals plans to marry, while Henry Nelson accuses him of army disgrace. A tense meeting follows as Gray stamps his transfer with intent to secure influence and a close banking affiliation.
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Calvin Gray
Henry Nelson
Dallas
Gray
Barbara Parker
Tom Parker
Gus Briskow
Allie
Bud
Dawson
Barbara
Judge Halloran
Buddy
Wichita Falls
Halloran
Tom
Mr. Parker
Heaven
Hell
Diar
Bob
Nelsons’ Bank
The
Security National
Bell
Bennett Swope
Martin Murphy
Arkansas Hardwood King
Herman Gage
Nelsons
Senator Lowe
Gun Briskow
Ozark
Henry
Bel
Swope
Murphy
Gage
Safety of Lake McKinley water in Creston urged
The Voice of the People column from Creston Iowa June 14 1923 addresses rumors on the bathing water at the new Lake McKinley. The writer claims most rumors are unfounded and stresses water safety concerns are baseless.
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Creston
The
Park Commission
State University of Iowa
State Board of Health
Tcat
McKisley Park
Creston Park
Commession
Iowa
Advertiser Gazette
Voice of the People
Lake
McKinley
Burlington Time Table Train Schedule to Creston
Schedule lists trains to and from Creston with arrival times for Main Line West and North Branch and South Branch services. Daily except Sunday services noted. Dale Bue, ticket agent, signs the timetable.
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Burlington
Creston
South Branch
Dale Bue
A Thought on Rulers and Lies from Moral Writers
A Proverbs line about rulers listening to lies warns that dishonest rule breeds wicked servants. Montaigne adds a paradox teaching that shaping men to die also teaches them to live, hinting at education through hardship and perspective.
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Montaigne
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Payne
Springfield
United States
Charles P. Steinmetz
Gree
America
Einstein
Africa
National League of Women Voters
Ontario
John Barleycorn
Mr. Gray
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Buve
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Wes
Voice of
People
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Scotland Yard
Jenny Pendean
Eden
Philpotts
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Seriaily Advertiser - Gazette
Williams
Dai
North Branch
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