Grassroots' Author Wright A Patterson Rural Journalism Icon
Wright A Patterson known as Pat in editorial circles is profiled for five decades in small town and rural journalism. A Missouri native born 1870, he served in the First Illinois Infantry and Illinois Cavalry, visited Europe in 1918, authored Ideas in Newspaper Making, and rose to editor emeritus of Western Newspaper Union while maintaining ties to country editors and rural communities.
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Wright A. Patterson
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Missouri
First Illinois Infantry
Illinois Cavalry
Europe
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Ainsworth
Iowa
Fort Madison
Keokuk
Kellogg Newspaper Company
Western Newspaper Union
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Combined Services
America
Community Guest and Family Visiting List Highlights
Jamestown hosts Mr. and Mrs. Stolander for overnight, with numerous brief calls and dinners across Concordia, Courtland, Hutchinson, and surrounding towns. Recurrent names include the Rosene, Johnson, Street, and Nystrom families, with visits from Hall, Hooker, and Ewing households. The long roster reflects a busy social week in Scandia and nearby communities.
Far North romance threads intertwine in brisk drama
A social experiment backdrop frames Carol's rapidly rising affairs. Sidney Lander, a mining engineer, loves her but is betrothed to his employer's daughter, while another woman also vies for his heart. The novel weaves multiple relationships with skilled deftness in a brisk Far North tale.
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Ment
Carol
Sidney Lander
Far North
Local families share weekend visit and social news
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Flesher and family of Cuba Mr and Mrs Neil Cady and family Mr and Mrs W H Flesher and Alice spent Sunday in Clay Center Miss Irene Nelson was a Tuesday evening dinner guest of Miss Maxine Perry Miss Elizabeth McGrevor had been ill with the flu the past week
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Gayl Tedrow
John Heimerich
Concordia
Grace Street
Keats
Mrs
Will Street
Meo
Ralph Rasmussen
Fred Lundberg
K. V. Cox
C. M. Undenhill
Charley of
Simpson
Lena Lloyd
Franklin
Lucille Larson
Frank Granstedt
Henry Simmons
Harry Simmons
Belleville
Bill Edwards
Munden
George Haser
Carl Cuthbertson
Kenneth Flesher
Cuba
Neil Cady
W. H. Flesher
Alice
Clay Center
Irene Nelson
Mss
Maxine Perry
Elizabeth McGrevor
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Frank Stolander
Jamestown
Hannah Larson
Dellamae Beach
J. H. Hooker
Rex Pixley
Donald Freed
Rex
Osborne
Jake Stofer
Bev Stofer
Courtland
Russel Rosene
Kansas City, Mo
T. A. Gritten
Aaron Johnson
Glenn
A. B. Johnson
Joe N. Johnson
Lawrence Olson
Joe Johnson
Doris Stothers
Axel Smith
Victor Herrman
Gustava Ostberg
Axel ‘Hedstrom
Loren
Ted
Mrs. Horton Johnson
Amanda and
Augusta Rosene
Charles Johnson
Russell Anderson
George Simmons
Henry Rosene
Max Muth
Ray Muth
Clovis Hodgson
Ed Hodgson
Charley Nondorf
Mew
G. A. Nystrom
QO. EF
Leach
Jake Storer
J. W. Hall
Johnny Freed
Fred ‘Evert
Fred Evert
Vernon
Phillipsburg
S. T. Perry
Hardy, Nebr
O. M. Willis
G. A. . Nystrom
Charles McGregor
Modesto, Calif
Chas. Freed
Dwaine Robison
Salina
Scandia
Geraldine Lloyd
Orlando Erickson
Fort Riley
LeRoy Rhodebaugh
Hays
Irving Isaacson
Loren Florell
Janice
Betty Lowman
Jane ‘Ewing
Gene Spitler
Ed Loring
John Swenson
Dena Anderson
Amanda Maxell
C. F. Hodgson
Hilma Stensons
C. L. Lemon
Tomylee Chester
Chester Cahill
Smith Center
Frank Peterson
Goff
Ray Martin
Lars Melby
Hebron
Ntb
Dudley
Bob Loctor
Mrr
Raymond Ferguson
Carla of Loveweill
Garl McDowell
R. A. Rasmussen
Charles Cardwell and Son
Edward
Fréd Olson
Gail Humphrey
Marvin Humphrey
Ben Stofer
May White
Ed Jennings
Formosa
Dale Ainsworth
E. M. Eastvedt
Lee Davidson
Emery Berry
Conrad Sederlin
ElReno Sederlin and Sons
ElReno
Robert Flesher
J. D. Thompson
T. A. Sandborn
Wichita
Phyllis Marshall
Donna Jean Robison
Ruth Peterson
Pauline Larson
Lawrence Nondorf
Fami
Edward Robison
Manhattan
Mrs. Sheridan Robison
L. H. Lowman
Harold
Paul Ewing
Toda
Arthur Stringer
Carol Coburn
Alaska
Matanuska Valley
Polar
Land of Promise
Can Cay Marshall
ToBlas
Warner Bros
Teodtien
Bellans
Princess Theatre
Scandia, Kansas
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Les Goodwins
Maurice Conn Pers
Peter B. Kyne
Vate
Frankie Darro Kane Richmond
Conn Pictures Corp
Kermit Maynaps
Nelson’s Cash Grocery
Pony Express
Sturgeon Bay
Lee’s
Meat Department
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