Editorial Comment on Mexico Trip and Florida Life
Editorial notes Mert Mead's postcard from old Mexico and visits of Iowa friends to Babson Park Florida. It recalls Ringling Brothers closing in Sarasota, local notable Bart G. Collier’s death, Florida crime losses, school funding issues, and reflections on invention, innovation, and progress shaped by visionaries.
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Ringling Brothers Circus
Sarasota
Madison Square Garden
New York
Stanfield
Paton
Mason City
Iowa
St. Petersburg
Bok
Miami
Towa
John Hiatt
Estherville
Herb Nichols
Spirit Lake
Hiatt
Bell Tele Phone
Florida
Boards of Education
State Board of Education
Babson Park
Iowa Great Lakes
Charlie Duryea
Duryea
Stevens-Duryea
The Hidden Rise of H G Wells From Broken Leg to Fame
A young Bertie Wells suffers a severe leg break after a street prank in a London suburb. He heals by reading, becomes H G Wells, and rises to literary prominence. Early work life as a dry goods clerk includes harsh drudgery and repeated failures before literary success.
The Tall Tale of H G Wells and Survival
A fragment recounts H G Wells escaping death after a football injury that left him bedridden for years. He then forged his literary path, writing intensely for five years, burning many early works, before returning to teaching and discovering his future in biology.
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Table Head
Cape Breton Island
Atlantic
Marconi
Prettick
Emeee Eas
Catherine
Robbins
Tha
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George A. Nichols
Henry George
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Des Moines
Barton G. Collier
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Tampa
Emma Weise
Collier County
Haines City
Ohio
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Frank Parker Stockbridge
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Eastman
Wright
Otto
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Parson
Tesla
Chardonnet
Dale Carnegie
London
Bertie Wells
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H. G. Wells
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Herbert Spencer
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