Toothache Leads to Unlikely Romance and Civic Duty
A runaway taxi and a harsh toothache push Bruce Robbins, a New York traffic cop, toward a fateful encounter with Joyce Palmerson at fifty ninth and Broadway. After a kind police interaction and a dentist’s care, Bruce meets Joyce again as she helps him after a long day, sparking a budding friendship that matures into something more.
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Oych
Joyce
Bruce Robbins
New York
Bruce
Doctor Robbins
Bert
Fifty-ninth Street
Broadway
Miss Palmerson
Miss
Mongoose Not Immune to Poison of Snakes
An article explains the mongoose is not immune to cobra venom and can die from a bite. It details the cobra's hood, Indian origins, and the mongoose’s speed and vision as it attacks venomous snakes.
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Asia
India
Animal Kingdom
Oldest Active Mayor Reed Guides Beach City Politics
William M. Reed, seventy nine, mayor of Beach City Ohio, may be the oldest active mayor in the state. He has served three terms as chief executive there and has never sought office, yet voters keep writing his name on the ballot. Previously mayor of Massillon from 1890 to 1894, he reportedly left the city with enough funds to run for six months after his term.
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William M. Reed
Beach City
Ohio
Massillon
Indianapolis News
Elk Traveler From Kansas Faces California Curbs
A Kansas elk visiting Los Angeles on a self drive tour faced mounting delays from fruit fly quarantine and routine checks. Wary at each stop, he was repeatedly halted until finally in Los Angeles an officer demanded licenses and documents, prompting a quip from Brother Bill.
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Kansas
Los Angeles
California
Dagger
Bill Meelly
Ethel
Los Angeles Times
Sailor Captain Walter Mallett’s 40 trips around the Horn
Capt Walter Mallett of Topsham Maine began seafaring as a boy and earned a master’s license at twenty four. He sailed for 41 years sticking to sailing craft despite a steam license. He often took his wife aboard and she has rounded the Horn 28 times while he completed 40.
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Walter M. Mallett
Topsham
Maine
Mallet
Mechanism to Colorful Light Controlled by Paper Roll System
A popular mechanics description explains colored light can sway, bend, and sweep displays or buildings via a control mechanism similar to a piano roll. Perforated paper fed into the device selects color combos to project.
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Mechanica Magazine
Butter Color Promises Higher Butter Prices
Dairymen report bigger profits by using Dandelion Butter Color to achieve Golden June color. One half teaspoon per gallon colors evenly without staining buttermilk, is purely vegetable, wholesome, tasteless and compliant with laws. Large bottles 35 cents at drug and grocery stores. Wells and Richardson Co Burlington Vermont.
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Trod Sampli
Wells and Richardson Co, Inc
Burlington
Vermont
Old Trouper Faces Stage Without Audiences
A veteran actor replies that he has never been in films and has no acting experience with audiences, yet notes he has plenty of experience performing without them.
Last performance of a dramatist’s play in Passing Show
A brief exchange notes the Dramatist’s remark on the first night as the last performance of the play in the Passing Show. The line captures a theatre context with a gushing ingénue responding to the dramatist.
poet refuses and markets new poetry collection
Detroit News reports a poet renaming a new poetry collection to Secrets with a publisher praising the idea. The piece notes a critique that cheaper cuts of meat imply little value, and quotes Burke on labor yielding no true judgment.
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Detroit News
Burke
Delray Beach Florida as a Winter Headquarters for Guests
Delray Beach is pitched as Florida’s finest seaside retreat between Daytona and Miami Beach. The area offers polo and golf, proximity to Palm Beach and Miami, and easy day trips to view Florida’s scenery. Florida Associated Hotels promote multiple houses with the same rates for winter stays.
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Florida
Daytona
Miami Beach
Gulf Stream
Delray Beach
Palm Beach
Miami
Delray
Florida Associated Hotels
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Florida Associated Hotels, Inc
Cortez Hotel
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Altereo Hotel
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