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...Author. Emerson Hough, whose Oregon Trail novel, The Covered Wagon, was cinematized to great advantage this year, died in Chicago three months ago (TIME, May 5) aged 66. He was born in Newton, of pioneer parentage. He was a graduate of the University of Iowa and began his career as a lawyer in White Oaks, a cow-town "where undertakers were more in demand than lawyers." Later he settled in Chicago, practicing law and writing, in his spare time, for out-of-doors periodicals. The Mississippi Bubble made his first real success in the literary field?other books include...
Born in a wagon among the musty properties of a band of strolling players on the outskirts of Venice, she grew to womanhood behind the flickering footlights of mean country stages. At the age of 24 she fell violently in love, lost her lover, then burst suddenly into world-wide fame. Taking Rome by storm in 1885, she toured Europe 1886-92, coming to America...
...President spoke on the World Court with Senator Borah standing by. Governor Moore introduced the President, and struck twice at the opinions of Senator Borah regardless of the latter's presence. Mr. Atkins, a blacksmith, presented the President with a horseshoe made from the iron of an old wagon left on the Oregon Trail. The President replied: " At the end of five minutes the President was still going strong about what wonderful men mechanics, especially blacksmiths are . . . [much cheering] . . . There were a good many people at Pocatello who laughed at Mr. Atkins instead of swelling with him." (Frank...
...Colusa, California, two men were arrested for using a water wagon, of the street-sprinkling variety, to transport " hooch...
Noah Lerner, jaunty young electrician who was arrested a week ago on the charge of homicide, in connection with the Wall Street bomb of September 16, 1920, is again free. It was alleged that he boasted in Siberia that he knew the driver of "the little red wagon" of Death. He was arrested in New York and held in the Tombs without bail. His case was dismissed on May 21, there being no evidence...