August Derleth Wisconsin's Own in local profile
Jeanne Daisy Young profiles Wisconsin author August Derleth, detailing his roots in Sauk City and Prairie du Sac, his weathered journal writing, and his prolific career across mysteries, science fiction, biographies and poetry. He remains grounded, teaching writers in Rhinelander and stressing hard work, clarity, cultural insight, and the slim odds of bestseller success.
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August Derleth
Emerson and Thoreau
Wisconsin
Derleth
Truth
Sauk City
Prairie du Sac
Sac Prairie
Augie
Record of Mutuals under Fire Again
Mutual funds face skeptical analysis from a Twentieth Century Fund study and prior Wharton and Chicago research. The critique questions whether professional management outperforms random selection and notes no clear link between fund size, sales charges, or performance. A cautious endorsement ends, saying funds still offer diversification and accessibility for small investors. The piece also shifts to a profile of August Derleth, honored by Sauk City and Prairie du Sac with his library center, noting his stature, praise from officials, and reflections on authorship.
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Twentieth Century Fund
Wharton
University of Chicago
New York Exchange
World Almanac polo origins and Nobel history
The World Almanac traces polo to Persia around 525 B C and notes the sport uses a 300 by 200 yard field with four riders per team. Baroness Bertha von Suttner became the first female Nobel Peace Prize recipient in 1905, influenced by Nobel and author of Lay Down Your Arms. The nickname Uncle Sam derives from Samuel Wilson of Troy, with a 1812 anecdote about initials EA US on barrels.
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Iran
Persia
World Almanac
Bertha von Suttner
Alfred Nobel
Sam
Samuel Wilson
U.S. Army
Troy
N.Y
Wilson
Ea-Us
Elbert Anderson
U.S
Sam” Wilson
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la Crosse Tribune
Wisconsin’‘s Own
By Jeanne Dais Young
Erna Conradi
Conradi
Erna
Try
Nelson Dewey
Hercules Dousman
Villa Louis
Sherlock Holmes
Conan Doyle
Vincent Starrett
Baker Street
Rhinelander
Mutuals
By Richard P. Pratt
NEA
Weer
Congress
Wharton School of Finance
Manual of Mutual Funds
P.O
Radio City
New York
Board of Education
Library of the New Middle School
California
Florida
Warren Knowles
Williar Proxmire
Jack Olson
Vernon Thomson
Aug‘e
Robert Gard
University of Wisconsin
Abraham Lincoln
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Venice
Italy
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