Creator of Finney Revealed In Behind The Scenes Portrait
Observer interview with F O Alexander creator of Finney describes life and career from high school cartoons to syndication. He details early influences Luther Bradley and John T McCutcheon, wartime service, art studies, and his life as a self made cartoonist who draws Finney without ghost artists. He mentions two daughters Carolyn Tadpole and a loving family life. He notes his work for the Farm Bureau and his常 love of golf, fishing and hunting.
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F. O. Alexander
Finney
The
Force
Observer
Alexander
Chicago Daily News
Luther Bradley
Bradley
John T. McCutcheon
Academy of Fine
Chicago
National Academy, of Art
Sinclair Oil Company
Frank J. Butler
Buffalo
N. Y
Courier-Journal
Billy the Stiff
Western Newspaper Union
American Farm Bureau Federation
Riley
Sir George Inherits Suspicion At Sandison Manor
In a moonlit scene at Sandison Manor Sir George confronts tension over Roberta and payroll plots. He chases a presumed listener, but loses him when Roberta blocks pursuit, leaving secrets and suspicions lingering as August arrives.
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Toberf WincBeth
Sir George
Robert MacBeth
Mann
Sandisbrae
Aggy
Roberta
MacBeth
India
Mexico
George
Jack
Tom Thumb Engine Celebrates Its Hundredth Birthday
The article recalls Peter Cooper's Tom Thumb engine turning a century old and compares its tiny speed and novelty to early rail travel. It notes the 1826 Quin cy Massachusetts railroad, Puffing Billy in England, and the development toward faster locomotives with a nod to a Louisiana railroad company.
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Peter Cooper
Lindbergh
Atlantic
Quincy
Mass
Tom Thumb
Puffing Billy
Fungland
England
Louisiana
The Puzzle of Scrambled Letters on Rails
The piece recalls early rail travel with engines guided by wind and steam, passengers pushing cars up hills, and brave trips of two small locomotives named She Nottaway and The Logan. It notes a 24 mile journey in six hours and reflects on railway progress, tunnels through the Rockies, and ongoing engineering wonders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Lexington and Ohio Railroad Company
Rocky Mountains
Colorado
Chase at the terrace ends with canoe getaway
Sir George discovers someone listening at the window and dashes after a suspect. He drops a box of matches and a cigarette, leaping toward the terrace edge to catch a man boarding a canoe at the landing.
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Roberta MacBeth
Roberta
Sir George
Robert MacBeth
Lady Sandison
Robert
Laddie
Robert MaccBeth
MacBeth
Robertr
George
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