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Red Cloud Opera House
… on opening and closing nights?" "How good some of those old traveling companies were, and how honestly they did … What good luck for a country child to hear those tuneful old operas sung by people who were doing their best: The … Chimes of Normandy, Martha, The Mikado . Nothing takes hold of a child like living people." "But I am sorry that the …
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Serena's Album
… to live in Shenandoah, Iowa. They had a son, Fayette, born about 1891, and a daughter, Genevieve, born about 1894. J. … United States Congressman from Ohio, and Speaker of the House. Mr. Keifer, Jr. had served as his father’s secretary … Omaha area and later in Glenwood, Iowa, where together they operated an abstracts and deeds office. He names Herbert …
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The World War II Experience of Clarence O. Williams
… Image The World War II Experience of Clarence O. Williams The story behind the play, Not Too Far Distant … of searchable stories and digitized documents. The site includes testimony, geographical and primary historical resources, including the collection of Staff Sergeant Clarence O. Williams …
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"Books Old and New"
… Childhood Home Image Willa Cather in Pittsburgh "Books Old and New" From The Home Monthly August 9, 2024 Today is … They are cheaper than meat and flour." —Willa Cather, "Old Books and New," The Home Monthly , May 1897 Here is a … covering up all the landscape, healing up the world's old scars and making the earth over again, we turn …
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The Potter Family
… from New York to Nebraska to live with and work for area farmers. Charles R. Potter (1840–1931) was born in the … R. Potter, was 21 when they were married, having left his home in Owego, N.Y. the year before to come to Illinois where he had relatives. He and his father never agreed very well, so he left home and came west, as …
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Willa Cather Biography
… periodical that reaches a broad audience beyond academy, is published three times a year by the National Willa … be imagined (until Cather did herself one better with My Mortal Enemy in 1926), and its availability to Fitzgerald as he …
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“Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle” Celebrates 100 Years
… Front cover of the September 5, 1923 issue of the Nation “Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle” Celebrates 100 Years … 1921 that she “ must get to work at once on an article on 'Nebraska' the Nation has asked me to do for their … embarked on a Midwest speaking tour which included stops in Nebraska. In Omaha she admonished Nebraska’s decision to …
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The Art Connection
… the good things in the past and her connection with the farm land. Gwen Lewis was born in Red Cloud, Nebraska, and … on the family farm in central Nebraska, and her roots have never strayed very far. Close family and community ties have … in pastels, but her most recent work features layers of homemade paper and acrylic to create mixed media …
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Lingua Franca Finds Inspiration In the Great Plains and Willa Cather's Writing
… Lingua Franca Finds Inspiration In the Great Plains and Willa Cather's Writing March 27, 2022 As part of their … clothing, Lingua Franca announced the release of their “Willa Cather Collection” on International Women’s Day, March …
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