June 24, 2026
Tag: Will Rogers
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I Never Met a Man I Didn’t Like
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This epigram sums up what people saw in Will Rogers — honesty, plain-spokenness, and decency. Rogers’ shy grin and aw-shucks manner were the heart of his charm, propelling him from a vaudeville cowboy act to stardom in the Ziegfeld Follies, movies, newspapers, and radio where he would gently lampoon everything. “All I know is what…
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July 30, 2024 1 Comment
Henry Shaw was an industrious young man in business and in life. He retired young, traveled throughout Europe, and returned to his home in St. Louis to build a garden like the ones he saw in England. Then he gave it away. People still make their way to Missouri to see Henry’s flowers.