https://www.nedtheimpresario.com/welcome daily 1.0 2018-07-23 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5abe9b225ffd201cfbc16d1a/t/5ad60f95575d1f452d08d321/1523978385410/Parade+outside+Realty+1500+459K.jpg Home Parade to raise funds to build a new high school in Columbus after the school burned down in 1916. Ned took a break from "college" to beat a drum at the head of this parade over to a rally at the Christian Church. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5abe9b225ffd201cfbc16d1a/t/5ad60cb4f950b7a301f44419/1523977413704/Young+Tom.png Home Tom Rhoads dressed for a formal outing during an early visit to Columbus, Kansas https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5abe9b225ffd201cfbc16d1a/t/5ad8fa39f950b763676a3dc2/1524169287077/PNG+Ned+the+LOGO.png Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5abe9b225ffd201cfbc16d1a/t/5ad8fadc0e2e72b6fbe72539/1524234132170/Amazon+logo.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5abe9b225ffd201cfbc16d1a/t/5ad8fda088251b4831317fcb/1524170173438/Ned+Novel+Cover.png Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5abe9b225ffd201cfbc16d1a/t/5ad8faef575d1fc0ad8e7662/1524234188142/B+and+N+logo.png Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5abe9b225ffd201cfbc16d1a/t/5ade185af950b75296c30e37/1523887636504/ Home https://www.nedtheimpresario.com/the-novel daily 0.75 2018-05-08 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5abe9b225ffd201cfbc16d1a/t/5ad4e9bc6d2a73c707ad1931/1523902939316/Cigar+Ned+in+circle.png The Novel Ned shortly after his expulsion from high school https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5abe9b225ffd201cfbc16d1a/t/5ad4eb05758d46e18d66b014/1523903257395/Sleeping+Ned+1500+583K.jpg The Novel Judge Ned asleep in his favorite overstuffed parlor chair in the middle sixties https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5abe9b225ffd201cfbc16d1a/t/5ad4ea78575d1f9e5894097c/1523903101264/Drama+Club+1500+150K.jpg The Novel 1915 Columbus Daily Advocate article on a meeting of the Columbus Drama Club https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5abe9b225ffd201cfbc16d1a/t/5ad61adcaa4a99ffa5f37781/1523981112777/Farmers+Market+1915+1500+453K.jpg The Novel The Joplin Farmers' Market in 1915 where Ned put on his play. The City tore the building down in 2014. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5abe9b225ffd201cfbc16d1a/t/5ad61a70758d46b5ad607356/1523980959020/Eva+Tanguay+1500.jpg The Novel Ned's theatrical muse, the "Queen of Vaudeville," Eva Tanguay https://www.nedtheimpresario.com/the-author daily 0.75 2018-05-07 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5abe9b225ffd201cfbc16d1a/t/5ad61f8d758d46b5ad6190a2/1523982249852/Cowboy+Tommy+in+circle.png THE AUTHOR Tom Rhoads when a resident of Columbus, KS https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5abe9b225ffd201cfbc16d1a/t/5ad4ee612b6a28314a558363/1523904101786/Ned+with+Author+1500+236K.jpg THE AUTHOR The author at an early meeting with his maternal grandfather, Ned Aitchison https://www.nedtheimpresario.com/the-story-behind-the-story daily 0.75 2018-04-30 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5abe9b225ffd201cfbc16d1a/t/5ad4f4980e2e72da69ff5469/1523905692973/CCHS+with+students+1500+2770K.jpg THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY The entire student body of Cherokee County High School. Ned is in this picture somewhere. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5abe9b225ffd201cfbc16d1a/t/5ad4f42903ce64b30b376d34/1523905582724/Deama+Club+1915+1500+388K.jpg THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY The original Columbus Drama Club of 1914. Ned, top right corner, served as its first president. There is no explanation for why he is holding a pistol, but also none for why another student is wearing a mop.. . https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5abe9b225ffd201cfbc16d1a/t/5ad7bc411ae6cf35110e4d83/1524087883269/McGhie+Theater+1500+309K.jpg THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY The old McGhie Theater in Columbus where Ned put on his first show, Bargain Day at Bloomstein's, to a standing room only audience in 1914 The building still stands today, but only just. . https://www.nedtheimpresario.com/columbus-kansas-in-1915 daily 0.75 2018-04-20 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5abe9b225ffd201cfbc16d1a/t/5ad5049a1ae6cf7a8c3dc6da/1523909814382/Wrights+1500+428K.jpg Columbus, Kansas, in 1915 The Isaac Wright store, one of many businesses that surrounded the courthouse square. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5abe9b225ffd201cfbc16d1a/t/5ad623ea6d2a73f6bd6ed619/1523983346078/Clarence+n+Mollie+1500+296K.jpg Columbus, Kansas, in 1915 Ned's parents, Clarence and Mollie Aitchison, celebrate the 4th of July. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5abe9b225ffd201cfbc16d1a/t/5ad6185088251bc70fc170f1/1523980382897/Bartletts+Drug+Store+1500+295K.jpg Columbus, Kansas, in 1915 Inside Bartlett's Drug Store on the north side of the courthouse square https://www.nedtheimpresario.com/characters-in-the-novel daily 0.75 2018-05-07 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5abe9b225ffd201cfbc16d1a/t/5ad5184203ce643daab1a5d7/1523914832230/Bob+Aitchison+cartoon+1500+351K.jpg Characters in the Novel Robert Aitchison (Ned's brother) drew this cartoon of teachers for the 1915 CHECOUKAN (the Cherokee County Kansas high school yearbook). https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5abe9b225ffd201cfbc16d1a/t/5ad517802b6a28477835d1fd/1523914628333/Geo+Conway+1500+250K.jpg Characters in the Novel Headline Ned read in the Columbus Daily Advocate, in 1915 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5abe9b225ffd201cfbc16d1a/t/5ad8e9cc2b6a2867a7132021/1524165081458/Billy+Byrne+JPG+1500+250K.jpg Characters in the Novel Billy Byrnne, female impersonator and half-owner of the Clifford and Byrnes Players theatrical company. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5abe9b225ffd201cfbc16d1a/t/5ad5189f352f535e2f008667/1523914923891/Paul+Clifford+1500+292K.jpg Characters in the Novel Paul Clifford and the infamous Tango Maids https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5abe9b225ffd201cfbc16d1a/t/5ad517fbaa4a99461af68016/1523914757417/Miss+Offer+1500+400K.jpg Characters in the Novel Miss Margaret Offer, the World Heavyweight Swimming Champion https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5abe9b225ffd201cfbc16d1a/t/5ad518c48a922d75cb73ce59/1523914963226/Pug+Cloudy+1500+400K.jpg Characters in the Novel The local boxing celebrity Pug Cloudy https://www.nedtheimpresario.com/some-deleted-segmants daily 0.75 2018-05-07 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5abe9b225ffd201cfbc16d1a/t/5ad79ffc758d464041bfaaa3/1524080644756/Ned+on+Maude+1500+296K.jpg Some Deleted Segments Tom threw out a full chapter on the lives of children in Columbus at the turn of the Twentieth Century. It contained a reference to the above photo, which the author called, "Ned sitting on his ass." https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5abe9b225ffd201cfbc16d1a/t/5ad51b468a922d75cb745469/1523915651918/Thypewriter+Ned+B+1500+300K.jpg Some Deleted Segments Judge Ned at the helm of his manual typewriter in the mid 1960s