tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post401501479778325311..comments2024-03-26T22:05:12.894+00:00Comments on Bear Alley: Roy Norton: The Man Who Died TwiceStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12010426017572710283noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-30456319009857548332017-08-07T09:03:38.511+01:002017-08-07T09:03:38.511+01:00Roy Norton also owned the Blue Devil, a "valu...Roy Norton also owned the Blue Devil, a "valuable mine in the Yukon district, with an annual output of $95,000", according to The West Virginian., July 26, 1915 (https://goo.gl/Nox18t).<br /><br />I have collected a dozen of his stories from old newspapers.Cram Speakinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13308847080520923849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-929560241988027702015-02-14T16:29:03.110+00:002015-02-14T16:29:03.110+00:00Hi Steve, thank you so much for your article. Roy...Hi Steve, thank you so much for your article. Roy Norton was my great grandfather, the estranged father of my grandfather Robert. He is a larger then life figure in our family history, we have wonderful photos of his travels around the world. Mel, I'd be very curious to see the copies of the letters exchanged between Roy and Jack Stock. It will be another puzzle piece of the Roy Norton Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03564750829043372774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-37494139187460779922011-04-01T10:53:51.358+01:002011-04-01T10:53:51.358+01:00We don't have a great deal of detailed informa...We don't have a great deal of detailed information about his work as he died when my father was in his early teens. We do know he was editor for the Red and Yellow magazines. He edited "What More do You know" and worked on the Strand Magazine too.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03284136720779282367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-28501804158959259942011-03-30T18:19:56.204+01:002011-03-30T18:19:56.204+01:00Hi Mel,
I'd be interested in learning more ab...Hi Mel,<br /><br />I'd be interested in learning more about Jack Stock... I'm always keen to know more about Amalgamated Press employees and I must admit his name is unknown to me.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12010426017572710283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-35134332835936820202011-03-30T17:21:07.857+01:002011-03-30T17:21:07.857+01:00Roy Norton was my father's godfather. Roy and...Roy Norton was my father's godfather. Roy and my grandfather Jack (John Alexander) Stock who worked for the Amalgamated Press and later set up his own literary agency were good friends. We have a few sad letters from the 1930s when they were both in severe financial difficulties.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03284136720779282367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-17001030930319631972010-04-28T23:23:08.194+01:002010-04-28T23:23:08.194+01:00Thanks for the detailed information. I have a 191...Thanks for the detailed information. I have a 1914 copy of the Sunday Magazine for the Philadelphia Press in which there is a story entitled Honest Joe and written by Roy Norton. From your information, I am assuming he is one and the same. Lynn SimmsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com