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...standing in the street, while 75 stood on the sidewalk. Then, with a criticism of Republicans in Congress, and a note of praise for Senator McNary, his Republican rival, Henry Wallace returned to his automobile and set out for New Ulm, Sleepy Eye, Olivia, Moose Lake, Crookston, Fergus Falls, Elbow Lake and other small towns in the farm belt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Wallace on the Way | 9/23/1940 | See Source »

...CASE OF THE CRUMPLED KNAVE-Anthony Boucher-Simon & Schuster ($2). Young Fergus O'Breen, with the aid of Colonel Theodore Rand, U. S. A. (Ret.), nails the crafty killer of a wealthy California chemist-inventor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mysteries | 6/5/1939 | See Source »

Part ancient Irish saga, part blarney, Sons of the Swordmaker, by Maurice Walsh (Stokes, $2.50), concerns the five sons of Orugh the Swordmaker. They are an accomplished bunch. Delgaun lops the head off of fabled Fergus the Killer, wins an enigmatic redhead named Alor. Flann One-Hand wanders over Ireland itself, gets mixed up with Fer Rogain, Conaire the King, cools a rustic spitfire named Dairne. Most adventurous part of the tale is the oldtime Gaelic talk: Says Delgaun of Alor: "She has red hair and she stays in a man's mind. Brief enough, but enough. She draws...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fighting Fiction | 1/16/1939 | See Source »

...Fergus A. Butler '39; G. Donald Forbes '39; Arthur W. Hepner '38; Lawrence M. Levinson '39; John F. Meigs '39; and Converse O. Smith...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: News from the Houses | 6/9/1937 | See Source »

Paced by Lt. Bill Fergus, who scored seven goals, the All-Stars fought off every attempt of the team to overtake them. A crowd of 12,000 was dazzled by the brilliant efforts of Winmill, Von Stade and Ayer which brought them within one point of the Metropolitans in the third chukker...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Polo Team Loses | 3/15/1937 | See Source »

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