Baldy Barney Rollins and the Wig Dream Crown
A fifteen year old boy loses his hair to illness and endures ridicule while secretly saving for a wig. He works nights to earn money, hides it from his alcoholic father, and shares with his mother to shelter the fund in a savings society. A precious sister’s illness tests his resolve, yet his hope for dignity persists as years pass and his bald head gleams like a crown amid a grim alley life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barney Rollins
Baldy
Mamie O’rourke
Barney
Price
Elisha
Seaton
Head
Stamp Savings Society
Aggie
Rollins
Mamia O'Rourke
Wise Words From Classic Thinkers
A set of aphorisms from Goethe Garfield Homne Montgomery Moore Hood Balzac Mirabeau Walter Scott and Whately. The quotes urge courage opportunity love and prudent behavior. They reflect reflections on life success manners and the human condition.
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James A. Garfield
Montgomery
Moore
P. Charles
Hood
Balzac
Mirabeau
Walter Scott
How He Got Customers
A Western farmer, selling milk at two cents a quart, invited townsfolk to his farm to tour his operation. He showed clean milk handling from milking to cooling and storage, explaining feeding and management. The visitors were convinced of cleanliness, and he soon secured demand at six cents a quart, surpassing town prices.
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Castile
Atalla
Chicago
Exporting House-boats to Paris via Channel voyage
The houseboat and tender built for La Comtesse de Bearn of Paris arrived safely after three weeks, completing a Channel crossing of twelve hours from Gravesend. The voyage continued via Calais, small rivers and canals to Conflans where the Seine enters, about forty miles below Paris. Horses and tugs propelled the craft amid keen interest as the first of this type to cross the Channel and to be seen on French waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Comtesse de Bearn
Paris
Channel
Gravesend
Calais
Conflans
Seine
Birmingham
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iction
Eileen
St. Paul
Goethe
Whately
Ben S. White
Ord
Strand ST
Sireveport
S. B. McCutchen
Banker
T. L. Stringfellow
Cashier
Col. Spring and
Milam Sts
Shreveport, la
Merchants’ and Farmers’ Bank
Texas
Ll.m. Carter
E. B. Rand
Victoria Lumber Company, Limited
Gi Dreyfus & Co
Corner Spring and
Crockett Streets
Herman Loeb
Commerce St
Cor. Crockett St
Vicksburg
St. Louis
New Orleans
Galveston
Houston
M, Hicks
B. Hicks
W. F. Chase
Sec
Treald
F. M. Hicks
8. B. Hicks
F. H. Gosman
T. I. Scovel
J.C. Drews
the Hicks Company
Wholesale Grocers and Cotton Factory
Texas 8T
Warehouse Corner Spring and
Travia and Commerce St
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