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Newspaper
Glenwood Opinion
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1925
Page
7
A veteran steamboat official recalls a rural tale from forty years past. On a Tennessee river farm a scorching heat wave bakes popcorn in a crib, the mule lies down as if in snow, and freezes to death, blamed on the imaginative power of a story.
In Accordance With the Ritual Arehle Gunn, the artist, is a Scot educated in England with a love for cricket. Wil Kirk, a Wisconsin verse writer, sits beside him as Gunn cheers a well hit ball and a fielder mishap leads to a dramatic tumble, Kirk shouting approval as the crowd reacts.
A fragmented excerpt presents IRDIN S. COBB reflecting on the growth of an error and a semi professional speaker named Schwab. It recounts a European trip where a decorated gentleman describes medals and a pigeon blood ruby fringe, suggesting a tale of prestige and mystery surrounding honors and their origins.
A retired promoter and aviator repeatedly tinkers with a plane at a county fair in Burlington Iowa as weather worsens and a large crowd waits. The parish priest urges the performer to fulfill his contract, but the aviator explains people have waited eighteen months for the show elsewhere.
Two colored men go out one night to borrow a hog from a planter. After slaughtering it they hide the meat in brine and plan to keep it for themselves. The second man returns with a sack and searches the area but finds nothing, while the first pretends nothing is missing as dawn approaches.
A fragment shows two speakers discussing eating pork and nibbling meat. The scene touches on a mystery and a barret moment, with cryptic lines implying a larger event without clear details. The writing hints at dialect and satirical tone from a McNaught Syndicate source.
An old tale set in a bar shows a ragged white customer choosing a cigar and beer while the colored owner questions payment. The exchange reveals bargaining and cultural caricature, ending with a request for guidance on custom and payment.
Neil O'Brien recounts a 4 Virginia town visit where a negro crowd pressed to carry a show banner during a street parade. The smutty troupe boasted a single ornate red silk banner pursued by the property man amid a chaotic scramble through the depot crowd.
A damaged fragment describes a windy street scene where a banner bearer nearly toppled. A disappointed candidate nearby shouted warnings as bystanders watched the unfolding moment.
Henry Jones, a chronically anxious man, suddenly can no longer straighten up and fears a dire illness. His wife, pressed by his panic, calls the physician who arrives emotionally moved. The doctor hints at a dramatic remedy involving removing a vest button, in a melodramatic domestic vignette from Irving Cord.
A satirical note discusses theatrical producers, Dickens adaptations, and actor Wilton Lackaye. The writer recalls a manager’s boast about big deals from Dickens works and notes a local miss for capable producers. The tone mocks ambition versus realistic talent in theatre management.
An experienced playwright visits a famed manager with a five act historical drama titled Che Dauphin based on the Lost Dauphin. The manager declines, arguing the public would not accept a play about a tad. The anecdote reflects tensions between theatrical managers and Sponge-fishers era disputes.
In Baltimore years ago a shot tower loomed above a nearby saloon run by Eugene Havez. He and a friend, short of funds, argued over a bet to drink, then challenged the German bartender to a curbside wager as the tower’s fate loomed and the night took a comic turn.
Irvin Cobb recalls a bygone Tennessee town memory with a small weekly paper, a store keeper, and a dinner hour near a smokehouse. The scene centers on a hungry writer who deserts his desk to fetch oil and tastes fried chicken wafting from the heat cook wife’s table.
In a humorous scene a husband and an elderly rival champion lay engrossed in a game of checkers at a store. Dinner neared, but both kept playing amid hunger and mounting tension. Finally the husband smashed the board and toppled the game, ending the duel in a dramatic outburst.
Irvin Cobb recounts the behind the scenes maneuvers at the Republican National Convention. Johnson resists Roosevelt proposals for second place as bosses and editors discuss the ticket. A tense late night at the Blackstone hotel in Chicago unfolds with whispered questions and bravado among reporters.
A fragmented passage presents an author recital style line about memory value and figures named Waldo Croker, with garbled phrases suggesting a New York setting and a ride down Beardway. The text is incomplete and contains nonsensical segments, but hints at a narrative about memory and public figures.
A Tennessee church board clears a married pastor of alleged improper conduct with a female member. Witty defense cites Latin word for shepherd and religious imagery to argue moral guidance, while a final clause calls for penitent action with a ram and lamb metaphor.
A court confronts Mose, charged with wilful murder, asking if he has counsel. Mose replies he has no money for a lawyer, while the judge promises court-appointed defense. Mose insists on proceeding without counsel, amid questions of proper representation and defense access.
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