Only a Summer Girl Revolves Love Across a Beach
Maida, a summer woman at Seaview cottage, falls for Bob Whitney who loved another. After a final walk on the beach, Bob confesses his feelings and asks Maida to choose a lasting bond rather than a summer fling, and she agrees to move toward a real future together.
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Maida
Sally
Robert Whitney
Bob
Sally Winters
Malda
Madia
Pala
Gested
Tye
Airplane escape outwits Scotland Yard crook copter flight
A clever criminal evades Scotland Yard by using Croydon airport and a special plane to flee England for Paris. The_paragraph notes it as a first in British crime and warns that police must tighten precautions to prevent repeats.
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Scotland Yard
London
England
Collier
Croydon
Paris
Smoke Cloud Mystery In Salt Lake City
Philadelphia Press notes Salt Lake City suffers heavy smoke with no trace of sulphur dioxide in upper air samples. Vacuum bottles mounted in planes failed to detect the gas, suggesting another cause for the persistent haze.
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Salt Lake City
Philadelphia
Sun as a Source of Power from Teak Box Ovens
O LeRoy Messinger notes in a Scientific American paper that in subtropical regions like Egypt, the Punjab, and the Karoo teak wood boxes with glass tops and insulation act as solar ovens. They reach 24 to 275 degrees Fahrenheit at midday, and with an auxiliary mirror can reach 820 degrees. They are used for cooking and more.
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O LeRoy Messinger
Egypt
Punjab
Karoo
South Africa
Scientific American
Medical mystery as doctor seeks patient cure
A doctor admits confusion over a patient’s wide aches and pains. He recalls extracting all of the patient’s teeth two years ago and wonders what to do now when the patient is “runing of teeth” and still unwell.
Something New in List of Accessories
The article highlights fall fashion accessories emphasizing neckwear hats bags and ribbons. It notes chokers with rosettes ribbon rosettes and upstanding ribbon ruffs as fall indications. Shopping bags with matching hats feature tassels and velvet crown designs with ribbon brocade details.
First fall suits enter fashion with refined lines
The article notes the arrival of autumn outfits featuring straight chic lines, high necks, and restrained embroidery. Coats grow longer, skirts fuller, belts narrow, and fur accents appear on collars and pockets. Two early models pictured include a plaited skirt with a brocaded vest and serge details, while duvetyn velvety fabrics attract attention.
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Earlisr
Surgeon Grafts Own Flesh to Save Wife’s Foot
In Chicago Dr. Orlando P. Scott removed flesh from his own thigh and grafted it onto his wife’s foot and ankle at her bedside. The operation, performed without anesthesia, occurred with several doctors and nurses present as he explained each step. The goal was to prevent disfigurement and possible loss of her leg after a car crash left her with gangrene.
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Chicago
Herve
Orlando P. Scott
Scott
Hoodoo on This Farm Brings Misfortune in Pa
West Chester area reports a string of calamities on William Fryer’s Kimberton farm. A horse was injured by an insect while haying, Fryer fell and was injured, Mrs. Fryer severely hurt from a tree fall, a cow’s twin calves died, and another horse broke its neck after getting entangled in a halter.
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West Chester
William Fryer
Kimberton
Chester County
Cat Attacks Brooklyn Teacher in Her Home
Miss Maude E. Ross of 312 Decatur Street Brooklyn is injured by a pet tiger cat that leaped at her as she prepared to greet it. The animal escaped twice and may be examined by the board of health.
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New York
Maude E. Ross
Decatur Street
Brooklyn
Board of Health
Miss Ross
Tabby
Miss Itoss
Farhurst Refuses Fine in Brooklyn Speed Case
Eloise B Farhurst of Brooklyn chose jail over a $25 fine after a magistrate offered two days in jail or payment. She spent an hour in jail before her mother paid the fine, with Farhurst appealing the protest but insisting she will serve the sentence for speeding.
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New York
Mra Eloise B. Farhurst
Brooklyn
Farhuric
Fiah
Fsc
Fanhurst
Pest control pitch for P. D. Q bug killer
An old advertisement touts P. D. Q Pesky Devil's Quistus as a strong bug killer that prevents hatching and coats pests to stop bed bugs roaches and ants. It claims extended reach unlike barrel old formulas and notes it won t stain clothing and won t kill fleas on dogs. The Owl Chemical Works Terra Haute Indiana offers prepaid order through drugstores.
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Owl Chemical Works
Terra Haute
Indiana
Soldier Exchanges Gold for Austrian Kroner in Vienna
An American soldier on duty with an allied mission walked into a Vienna bank and offered $10 in gold to exchange for Austrian kronor. The cashier joked that the amount could be as much as he wanted, prompting a quip about the generous rate.
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Vienna
Diamond Dyes Ad Urges Pick Of Diamond Dyes
An advertisement urges consumers to choose Diamond Dyes for Er dye and insists on following package directions to avoid ruining fabric.
Freezone Removes Corns Painlessly, Says Ad
An old advertisement touts Freezone as a painless corn remedy. It claims the solution immediately stops pain and lets the corn lift away with no soreness, selling a small bottle through druggists for a few cents.
Noted East Tension Cited By Curious Exchange
A terse exchange questions the situation in the near East with a quip about a food job, reflecting a wry newsroom tone from the Buffalo Commercial. Lemuel Lowlife is cited in the dialogue as a skeptical participant.
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Near East
Lemuel
Buffalo Commercial
Inventive Genius Robs Calomel of Nausea and Danger
Fragmented text mentions an inventive figure and calomel, with stray lines about memory and a crowd in water. The readable parts imply a quirky claim about theft of a remedy and general disjointed reflections, lacking clear event or individuals.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Northrop & Lyman Co
Buffalo
Rly
DORAN
Doran Drug Company
Paducah. Ky
Eboratories, Inc
Beekman
Brant
Gewder
Var
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