Movie Mayhem And Quiet Revolt In Gopher Prairie
Carol Kennicott confronts the town's friction between high art and practical life as movies stir debates on culture. She questions desires for wider reform, faces Kennicott's conservatism, and contemplates leaving to seek independence while friends debate politics, class, and revolution.
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Kennicott
Gopher Prairie
Carrie
Sam Clark
Fellows
Tom
Alee
Thanatopsia
Browning
Will Kennicott
Guy Pollock
Vida Sherwin
Guy
Vida
Carol
Pplanos
Buenos Ayres
New York
Main Street
The Gadabout Wives Decide The Most Beautiful
In a Seattle Star 1921 short adventure, the Twins spy a quarrel among fish-ladies over beauty and fashion. They name Mrs. Butter-Fish as the most beautiful for staying home and helping her husband, though she lacks tail and points of adornment. The girls are elected as president before returning to their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennicott
Carol
Nancy
Mrs. Wrasse
Mrs. Goby
Boar-Fish
Bjornstam
Bea
Montana
Robert J. Ingersoll
Ingersoll
Silent Train of Warning in a Native Encounter
Peggy recalls a massacre and a perilous wagon train crossing toward the Sweet Water. A band of Indians draws nearer as fear grows among the women and children hiding in the wagons, while captives and distant memories loom in the tense confrontation.
Confessions of a Movie Star in a Desert Boundary Tale
An unnamed actress recounts unsettling stalking and auditions while preparing for a role in Love in Leash. She longs for the familiar voice of Dick Barnes and recalls a tense call about her tenement interior style. The Colorado River marks a border between California and Arizona.
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Dick Barnes
Bangs
May
Miss Scott
Mr. Barnes
Colorado River
California
Arizona
Bayer Aspirin Warning Adopted for Genuine Pain Relief
An advertisement urges buyers to ensure Bayer on the package or tablets to obtain genuine Aspirin. It lists approved uses from colds and headaches to neuralgia and rheumatism, notes tablet formats of 12, 24, or 100, and identifies aspirin as the Bayer trademark.
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Bayer
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Mack Schnarken
Schnarken
Schwarken
Miles Bjornstam
Idaho
Bjjornstam
All
Olivia
Wilbur
Doris
Freckles
BY Blosser
Everett True
BY Ahern
Harvey
Harvey Foster
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