Hermit of cabbage key embraces modern life
Silas Dent, 68, longtime resident of Cabbage Key, has left his palm hut for a social life after a young honeymooning couple adopted him. He now wears hula skirts and looks forward to babysitting, drawing attention from locals who note his new fame and cheerful adaptation to civilization.
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Cabbage Key
Silas Dent
Here
Silas
Barbara Simmons
Eva McCall
Eva
Barbara
Santa Claus
False Teeth Claim SUXION Promises Relief for Wearers
A dentist touts SUXION as a breakthrough device that makes loose dentures feel natural, offering it at minimum cost or free to all due to financial limits. He promises refunds if no relief is found, and cites stores and huts as places of distribution, while stressing service over profit.
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Givbow
Suxion
Hermit of Cabbage Key Sees Life Change With Baby News
A New York report profiles the hermit of Cabbage Key who has lived 20 years in hospital and 40 years largely alone. He jokes about hair splitting to pass time, endures rheumatic aches, and hopes to visit Hollywood as population around him may grow with a baby due next April. Storm warnings extend from Block Island to the Virginia Capes as of 5 a.m. EST.
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Cabbage Key
New York
Block Island
Virginia Capes
Weather Bureau
San Francisco
St. Francis Hospital
Phil Viner
Viner
Jo Ann Morris
Hospital
International
Wallgren Denies Soft Policy Toward Communists
Mon C Wallgren President Truman's NSRB nominee testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington He denies being soft with Communists during his governorship of Washington state AP Wirephoto
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Wallgren
Mon C. Wallgren
Truman
National Security Resources Board
Senate Armed Services Committee
Washington
Washington State
Nearly All Europeans Eating Better Than They Did In '48
An Associated Press survey finds most Europeans eating better than a year ago as rationing relaxes in many nations. Belgium and Poland ended rationing. Britain remains tight. France and the Netherlands move toward freer sales. Spain and others show varied progress.
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London
Belgium
Poland
Russia
Switzerland
Netherlands
France
Europe
Britain
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
European
Ministry of Food
Associated Press
Justice of the Peace Urges Bachelors to Marry
A humorous line from a justice of the peace asks bachelors to marry. The quip ponders whether marriage is the prize or the surrender, reflecting a lighthearted view on romance and commitment.
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Justice of the Peace
Bear Eye Contact Advice Provokes Debated Point
A lecturer claims bearing eye contact scares a bear if looked straight in the eye but adds no direction. The remark sparks discussion on animal behavior and safety perspectives.
Prominent Mine Figure Dies In New York
Charles ONeill, 61, rose from a miner to spokesman for soft coal operators and a top ally of John L Lewis in the United Mine Workers. He died in New Rochelle after a cerebral hemorrhage. He had long represented operators in UMW negotiations and once led District No. 2 in 1918.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Charles O'Neill
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
O'Neill
Scarsdale
New Rochelle Hospital
UMW
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