My Platonic Friend in Rome
A twentyish Roman encounter unfolds as I meet a tall, graceful youth who captivates me with Apollolike beauty. Our fleeting glances, silent bond, and later pursuit through Rome, Frascati, and Esquiline lift the fantasy of pure affection, until a duel letter reveals his heartbreak and Rome’s changing face.
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Janiculum
Tiber
St. Peter's
Rome
Capitoline Hill
Campania
Frascati
Alba Longa
Esquiline Hill
Eli
Signorina Worthington
Augustus
Victor Emmanuel
Oblivion of the Past and a Bright Bridegroom Moment
The narrator recalls returning to America with a lasting sadness born from a distant bond of affection with a stranger. Among fleeting encounters, the last memory stands out: he sees the man at the edge of a chasm, yet buoyant as a bridegroom going to meet his bride.
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America
Helping a Boy Through College Bequest Story
In Welleston Ohio a physician Dr. B S Higley receives a million dollar bequest from Charles Froelich, a farm lad he aided in 1880. Froelich borrowed 700 dollars for schooling, became a mining engineer in Australia, paid back with interest after 25 years, then vanished until the recent notification of the million dollar gift.
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Welleston
Ohio
B. S. Higley
Charles Froelich
Christian Herald
Australia
Dr. Higley
Immediate sale of farming land with town residence
Immediate sale offers a section of A No 1 farming land under cultivation near town in a good community. The price is 60 000 per acre and includes an excellent town residence valued at 16 000 at cost, with no money spared.
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Adonis
Vatican
Pincian Hill
Kind
Warren H. Miller
Blue Ridge Mountain District
Aden
Hades
Pacific Ocean
Germany
Motion Picture Department
Popular Electricity and the World
Advnace
Cola's
Cole
Wen “Ala
Kling
Ade
Vuaker Valley
Mill St
Aurora
Mlinois
Janet McKenzie Hill
Boston Cooking School Magazine
Mia
Dius Brated
Jaques Mig. Co
Chicago
Wwe
Wanson
W.L
Outdoor World & Recreation
Caspar Whitne
Wil
Duans
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