Gretchen and the Writer Meet Behind the Counter
Gretchen, a West Coast shop clerk, falls for William Blair, a magazine writer. She discovers his Gretchen story in a issue and pursues him, delivering his address. Blair, recovering from illness, accepts her love as she cares for him in his cluttered studio.
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Blair
William Dean Blair
Bintir
New York
West
Elello
Gretchen
awaden
Flo
Taily Bay
Early Permian Reptiles Paved Mammal Lineage
South African reptile ancestors from ten million years ago began walking upright and developing warm blood. They evolved toward a four chambered heart and hair, becoming mammals, while some adapted to tree life and evolved wings, giving rise to birds with feathers replacing scales.
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Chiengo
Former employee returns amid marriage and rumors
An employment manager spots a former worker at a rival store and learns she left to marry. He asks her to return to her old job, but she fears gossip and her husband would face scrutiny from colleagues. She explains she sought anonymity by joining the new store.
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cer tiin
Tam
Deafness in Soldiers and Suggestion Cure Reported
British doctors report a novel cure for deafness in soldiers based on suggestion. They claim hysterical deafness from explosive exposure responds to a unique procedure involving anesthesia and a small skin incision behind the ear with an iron plate pressed near the ear. Patients often believe the operation was performed and recover immediately.
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soliers
Miss Mystery and Mr Stranger in a Wartime Dance
Anne, a teacher-turned-hotel worker during a wartime layoff, attends a dance in a hotel garage with chauffeur Mr Stranger, who becomes her partner and mystery romance. After a season, she meets the new superintendent, who turns out to be her dance companion, Miss Mystery, and they share a final dance.
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Anne
Stevens
lareage
Jo Jin
Stranger
Miss Mystery
Jane
Georgeville
Ike
Americans In Tokyo and Yokohama Census Tales
A census at a dinner by the American Association of Japan for new American ambassador Roland S. Morris shows half of Americans in Tokyo and Yokohama hail from four eastern states. New York leads with 41, Pennsylvania 21, Massachusetts 15, New Jersey 9, with several other states and territories represented in smaller numbers. East and West News reports the breakdown by state and territory.
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Tokyo
Yokohama
New York
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
New Jersey
American association of Japan
Roland S. Morris
New York State
alifornia
Wiesors
Missouri
Ohio
Kansas
Indiana
Connecticut
Maryland
Tennessee
Philippines
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Washington
Territory
Hawaii
Maine
New Hampshire
North Carolina
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Towa
Arizona
Unpatriotic Man Refuses Red Cross Membership
During a Red Cross membership drive a man declined, saying he did not subscribe to the M O A fund or Liberty bonds and would not join. He defended his stance by recalling paying 600 for a Civil War substitute, calling that sufficent payment for one man.
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Red Cross
M.O. A
Liberty bonds
Professor of Crinicultural Abscission and Craniological Tripsis
Archie shows his father a street sign for Aristides Mc Carkle claiming to be professor of Crinicultural Abscission and Craniological Tripsis. The father, recalling classics, quips the sign suggests a tonSOry artist specializing in hatr etut ing and shampooing.
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Archie
Aristides McCarkle
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LONG & BEALL
The
GOLDSBORO BANK
Newnam’S MUSIc SToRe
DATE MUSIC STORE
HALLET & DAVIS
M. K. NEWNAM
JOURNal BuIlDiNg
JANI
James J. Hall
MONTY
THE GOLDSBORO BANK
Goldsboro, Md
ROBERT JARRELL, JRL
State Bank of Md
BAYARD, SON & CO
General Commission Merchants
CAMDEN STREET
BALTIMORE
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Mr. Blair
Willam Dean Bhill
Miss Mystery” and
Mr. Stranger” Praud
By FRANCES RB. LINSKY
McClura Newspaper
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