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...Vagabond last night was roused form slumber by the fitful glare of flames reflected in the inverted muskmelon crowning the Dunster House Tower, whither he had retired in his eternal quest for "dat ole davil" indifference who is reputed to haunt the University. Instinctively he reached for the rope to sound the tocsin but bit his lip when he realized where...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 3/21/1932 | See Source »

...Died. Ole Edvart Rolvaag, 55, retired head of the department of Norwegian Language & Literature at St. Olaf College (Northfield, Minn.), author of Giants in the Earth, Peder Victorious, Their Fathers' God, best-selling novels of pioneer Norwegian life in the WTest, written in Norwegian and translated into English; of heart disease; in Northfield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 16, 1931 | 11/16/1931 | See Source »

Misapprehension, borne of a lack of familiarity with recent developments in the cycling industry, is evidently responsible for your story headed "Ole Swimmin' Hole," in the Sept. 7 issue of TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 5, 1931 | 10/5/1931 | See Source »

...Representative La Guardia of New York. Representative Ruth Bryan Owen of Florida sang "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag" as she used to sing it in War canteens. The Speaker played on the piano while Virginia's Woodrum sang "Carry Me Back to Ole Virginny." It was all very merry, the most noisy and exciting closing in years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: 71st's End | 3/16/1931 | See Source »

...Martin," a lanky Indiana farmer whose comments on life and current topics were homely, brief, genial. He invented other small-town characters, syndicated their sage humor in many a U. S. paper. Some Abe Martinisms: "We often wonder if anybuddy ever bought new shoe strings before th' ole ones busted? . . . Wouldn't this be a dandy world if we could all stand discouragement like a reformer? . . 'I heard a shot and a scream in the hall but wuz jest listenin' in on Amos & Andy and thought no more of it,' testified Mrs. Tilford Moots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jan. 5, 1931 | 1/5/1931 | See Source »

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