Wonderful Netshdor: Homer Cray Returns to North Missouri Roots
Prodigal son Homer Cray drives a country road in northwest Missouri recalling boyhood days with the Kennedys and Newt, joyous moments at a watermelon party and Ida’s wedding, and the later sale of Newt’s farm and his move into farm implement business in St. Joseph. He recalls visiting Anton Delinsky in a reflective hometown homecoming.
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Kennedy
Ida
Lucy
Harlan
St. Joe
Anton Delinsky
Housefly
Rooshan
Frank Carter
Los Angeles
California
Lizzie
Homer
New York
Anton
New Nodaway County Co-operative Association
Croy House
Phebe
Homeward Reflections on Old Friends and New Ventures
The narrator returns to the Kennedy farm and reunites with Newt and Harlan. He recalls shared memories, the changing countryside, and Newt’s pride in Anton Delinsky’s rise. A sense of aging, mortgage pressures, and the lure of city life contrasts with enduring rural ties and future hopes.
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Cain’s
Harlan
Kennedy Farm
Grandpa
Anton Delinsky
Anton
Mrs. Kennedy
New York Company
Iowa
New York
Minnie
Dempsey on the fight game and future heavyweights
Grantland Rice frames Jack Dempsey’s critique of modern boxing. Dempsey says street fighters rise to small clubs then fade, predicting no future great heavyweight. he cites LaMotta Graziano Robinson and others, notes hunger drives fighters, and calls Louis too old and Charles too small. He remarks on boxing officials and the sport’s shrinking talent pool.
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Dempsey
Jack
LaMotta
Graziano
Villemain
Robinson
Joe Louis
Ezzard Charles
Manassa Mauler
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