Here Audacity American Legends Curated by Frank Shay
The article surveys American folklore collected in Frank Shay's Here Audacity American Legends. It highlights legendary figures like Paul Bunyan Pecos Bill Old Stormalong Kemp Morgan and John Henry as modern American myths reflecting industrial and frontier imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmg Scott Watson
Grimm
Andersen
Frank Shay
Macaulay Company
America
Mr. Shay
Paul Gunyan
West Virginia
Tony Deaver
Virginia
John Sleary
Texas
Oklahoma
Kemp Morgan
Casey Jones
Superman
Old Stormalong
Alfred Gulltop Stormalang
Jes
Stormatong
Sabarand
Hunt Relics Improve Streets
Local volunteers uncover historic relics that lead to street improvements. City officials credit community effort for uncovering artifacts and guiding restoration plans along the aging thoroughfare.
Intermountain News Roundup From Utah Idaho Wyoming 1921
Articles note major highway plans on US 93 from the Canadian line to Las Vegas. Reports cover cliff-dwellings relics search in Book Cliffs, Idaho industry protests over freight rate hikes, a second dividend for Dixie Stockgrowers Bank, dam construction near Provo, Idaho pea market prospects, water works pipe laying in Corral City area, a new two story block in Las Vegas Nevada, Lehi irrigation well expansion, Evanston water rights saving supply, Salt Lake City lighting district expansion, artesian water growth in Las Vegas Nevada, grain and alfalfa crop outlook in Meridian Idaho, county tax levy changes in Logan Utah, peas price set for Upper Snake River valley, Lehi city water hookup gains capacity, Wyoming forest fires risk, Middleton district farm employment funded by highway project, dry Manti forest conditions, and McClanahan’s announces new store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Ida
Idaho
ST. George
Dixie Stockzrowers’ Bank
Provo
Lost Lake
Forestry
ANCO
Arco
New Meadows
Cporaim
Las Vegas
Nev
Boges
Fremont Street
Lehi
Lehi Irrigation Company
Evanston
Wyo
Wyers Land and Livestock Company
Bear River
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
Ney
Intermountain
Meridean
Logan
Country Commission
Righy
Snake River
Tea Growers’ Association
Lei
Lehi City
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Grand Teton National Forest
Middleton
Bureau of Highways
Mennonites in Paraguay seek haven in Faraguayan Chaco
Mennonites tracing roots to Dutch Waldenses moved to South America after routes through Prussia Russia and Canada. Paraguay granted a 1121 colonization concession and the colony now numbers 1400. Charter allows schools in German and offers military service exemption with affirmation in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paraguay
Faraguayan Chaco
South America
Prussia
Russia
Canada
Tragic Belmont Child Killed While Carrying Mail
Dreaming of a child’s death, W D Kennedy writes to his wife. Mrs Kennedy confirms all children are safe and sends a postal to Charlie four years old to mail. He is struck by a truck while crossing the street to a mailbox and dies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dream Ful&lled
Belmont N. D
W. D. Kennedy
Four Singers On Waterfront Hear Missing Voice
A quartet of revelers by the waterfront sing "Sweet Adeline" under a moonlit night when one tenor falls into the bay. The leader notices dissonance and asks what is wrong as the group absorbs the loss of Joe from the quay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adeline
Joe's
Quay
Ibsen Quote Sparks Debate Over Artistic Depth
A terse remark about adapting Ibsen prompts a discussion on the need for deep thinking in theater circles. Critics note the tension between accessibility and rigorous interpretation.
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Pecos Biill
Cain
Eben Civen
the Macsulay Company, Publishers
St. Peter
Heaven
Morgan
Ife
Kansas
Pecos Fill
Golden Sway
Bill
Flo
California
Grand Canyon
Death Valley
Strap Buckner
Stephen F. Austin
Strap
Kura
Strap Duckner
Avengers
Angoulaffre
Sarasen
Tower of
Pisa
Paul Bunyan
Clere
Big Onion River
Michigan
Shay
Gabe
Taunt
Chicago
Tayl Bunyan
Jim Fill
Great Northern Railroad
Montana
Paul
Tony Genver
Tony
Eel River
Umberman
John Henry
Tie
John Seary
Ewasind
Indiana
Longfellow
Nawatha
Nantucket
Massachusetts
Kwasiad
Western Newspaper Union
Tony Beaver
Intermountain News
Ely
Greentiver
Donald Scott
Huntington
N. Y
Peabody Muiutem
Blarvard University
Cuff
Epwraim
Upt
Manti
Ogden
McClanahan’s, Inc
Polytechnic College of Engineering
Madion St
Oakland
Codersia
Trea
W. G. Gibson
W.W. T. Woop
Sue
Newhouse
UTAN
W. E. Sutton
Monager
Sea Story
Ibsen
Counirlea
Ronan
Toneneass Ry
North American Aid Society
Wichita
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