ellauri097.html on line 113: In the summer of 1926, Mencken followed with great interest the Los Angeles grand jury inquiry into the famous Canadian-American evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson. She was accused of faking her reported kidnapping and the case attracted national attention. There was every expectation that Mencken would continue his previous pattern of anti-fundamentalist articles, this time with a searing critique of McPherson. Unexpectedly, he came to her defense by identifying various local religious and civic groups that were using the case as an opportunity to pursue their respective ideological agendas against the embattled Pentecostal minister. He spent several weeks in Hollywood, California, and wrote many scathing and satirical columns on the movie industry and Southern California culture. After all charges had been dropped against McPherson, Mencken revisited the case in 1930 with a sarcastic and observant article. He wrote that since many of that town´s residents had acquired their ideas "of the true, the good and the beautiful" from the movies and newspapers, "Los Angeles will remember the testimony against her long after it forgets the testimony that cleared her."
xxx/ellauri261.html on line 561: Espanjan–Yhdysvaltain sodassa Anderson otti osaa Kuuban taisteluihin. Sodan jälkeen hän palasi Ohioon, meni naimisiin ja ryhtyi maalausliikkeen hoitajaksi, mutta lähti jälleen Chicagoon ja päätyi lopulta kirjoittamaan ensimmäistä romaaniaan Windy McPherson’s Son, joka ilmestyi vuonna 1916. Anderson matkusteli muun muassa Euroopassa ja asui myös New Yorkissa ja New Orleansissa. Ensimmäisen vaimonsa kuoltua Anderson avioitui kuvanveistäjä Tennessee Mitchellin kanssa.
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