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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 21, 1938
Page
3
Karen Hildreth runs the Vogue Flower Shoppe alone from dawn to late night durante depression era. Ralph Jennings, a broker, buys a rose each morning and they grow closer amid loneliness and unspoken romance. Karen faces a choice between personal longing and professional duty as his affections drift toward another woman.
Karen, owner of a flower shop, realizes Ralph, a lonely customer who bought red roses, loves her. After a hurried misinterpretation, she learns he adored her from their first meeting. She sends roses to his brownstone, and the next morning he arrives with a hopeful smile, promising a joyful life together.
A stranded young woman asks a station man for a place to stay. The old station agent implies she can sleep there but defends the choice with a dry remark about his own status. The exchange ends with a dry quip about propriety and station staff.
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