The General’s Tale of a Lost Love and a Daring Escape
A veteran recounts a long-ago romance with a married woman who jilted him, then recalls a dinner encounter where an urgent, balancing choice arose. The tale blends memory, irony, and the idea that moral pluck matters most in emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald
Belford’s
George
Birchington
Col. Northcote
Nina
Nina Langton
Douglas
Chicago Tribune
Reading about a steadfast patrolman and insurance agent
A veteran patrolman at the corner of Pennsylvania and Washington streets describes enduring winter and heat on duty. An attorney discusses industrial insurance, noting agents often owe companies money when they quit, due to debits and commissions tied to policyholders who stop paying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter White
Pennsylvania
Washington Sts
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Ace Ers
Ule
Uncle Jerry
C ~Lpieser & CO
Chicago
Ill
Oncte
Hutchinson’s
Houtchinson’s
Albert Hutchinson
Washington St
New
Green
Big South Side Money Saving Store
George Amt
Virginia “Ave
St. News
Massachusetts Ave
Shires Sane
Vonnegut
East
Washington Street
Hyde
Gracie Emmett & CO
Dolan
Beat
Horace Golden
Dooley & Kent
O'Rourke & Burnett
Trovollo
Hayes & Healy
Colbys
Tom Moore
Edna Birchall
Matinee Daily
Across the
Pacific
Rough Riders
Empire Theater
Waz Asist
Indiana
Royal Burlesquers
Tomlinson Hall
Kaufman
Wm. Bellstedt, Jr
Star Store
Rio
Santa Clara Prunes
PSG
Hale
Cw - Wwe
D. H. Baldwin
Pennsylvania Street
Determination Shoe Saler Manufactors Shoe CO
Massachusetts Avenue
Buffalo Exposition
Buffalo Fair
Emerson
Joiner-Kennedy Music
the Point, Mass. Ave
Penn
JOS. E
Indianapolis
Mnd
C. Koehring & Bro
Virginia Ave
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