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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1949
Page
15
Walter Winchell recalls the life of Belasco the impresario revealing his intense personality and private sanctum. The article covers his dramatic career, romances, theater holdings, and final illness with pneumonia, detailing his influence and eccentric brilliance.
A crowd of residents at a local park share memories of riding the merry go round. Mrs Libbie Monte reports about two years since her last ride at a picnic by Owaseo Lake. Other interviewees including Miss Jean Meter and Mrs Mary Teallav recount similar gaps of one to twenty years.
A fragmented account hints at the death of a famed Broadway figure, noted as a genius fallen to personal crisis and jealousy over a trivial romance. The piece suggests public adulation masked private turmoil and a deadly outcome on the street.
Syracuse Herald Journal notes a Sunday visit to Bridgemort where Harry Terwiller cultivates thousands of zinnias in long rows. The plants cover front and side lawns, with hardy, trained stems and weed suppression through wide-spaced beds. The gardens also feature elms, glads, calendulas, roses, and vegetables, thriving despite beetle damage.
The passage praises a powerful engine that responds instantly to the accelerator, easy steering, and velvet-soft brakes that act instantly, conveying supreme confidence for both driver and passengers.
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