Wide Open Spaces Ends in Return to Home Town
Doctor Alonzo Meierberg leaves New York after tuberculosis ends his city career. He seeks healing in Cactus Post, a remote desert town, but nostalgia for humanity and city life drives him back. He finds the open land and calm, then returns to the East, only to yearn again for the quiet and books of the frontier.
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Alonzo Meierberg
New York
America
Meierberg
Cactus Post
Doctor Meierberg
Tung
Broadway
Doctor
Lis Aed
Ae Aon
East
Cacus Post
Clarissa
Woman Wins Prize Then Loses Voice at Draw
In a radio raffle a lifelong winner with a single ticket heard her number called first but could not speak. After a second call she remained silent, and the prize went to another entrant.
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Chicago Evening Post
Stone Age Money on Island of Yap
The Yap islanders use large stone money disks from Pelew Islands with no mint. One coin 26 inches wide weighs 120 pounds and values a canoe or land. coins are moved or left in yards until enough help gathers. The stones arrive rough from Pelew and are shaped with set values.
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Yap
Caroline Group
Guam
Phillippines
Germany
United States
Japan
Immigration Bureau
Muscat
Nauru
Ruanda
Togoland
Chase National Bank
New York
Pelew Islands
Baltimore Evening Sun
Identifying Voices Prompt Flirt Scene
A playful exchange centers on identifying a speaker by voice where one character asks who is speaking and the other responds with a tease to imitate a kiss and provoke recognition. The dialogue hints at hidden familiarity and flirty misrecognition.
Caramel Pop Corn Shop Boosts Profits in Springfield
A new caramel popcorn shop at 58 Long Eakins Originators High Street in Springfield Ohio reports strong earnings. The ad promises outfitting and instruction services to customers seeking to start or grow popcorn businesses.
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S. Long- Eakins
High St
Springfield
Ohio
Poets and Leather Puttees Prompt Manliness Debate
A witty remark contrasts poets claiming many rhymes with the fear of recitation. An ironic note questions whether leather puttees enhance masculine appearance, and observes that experience teaches slowly through costly mistakes.
Wonderful Clock by Italian Artificer Captivates Italy
Rimini inventor Cosetano Renzi completes a 3 foot bamboo clock in the shape of the Fascist emblem. It tells hour minute second and displays moon phases day of week month and day of month. At striking time a king and Duce flag appears and chimes play Giovinezza then a mortar salvo fires with a tiny tricolor reappearing. Renzi tells students the device cannot be repurposed for home lessons.
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Cosetanzo Renzi
Rimini
Italy
I Duce
Giovinezza
Renzi
Woman Loses 38 Pounds Safely with Kruschen Salts
Mrs Loftus of Boston reports dropping from 165 to 127 pounds in four months using Kruschen Salts. She credits daily half teaspoon doses in hot water and a lighter diet for fat loss and improved health, praising the product amid many letters.
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Maur Drugstore
Thid
His Preference How do you like your wife's new Wireless set
A domestic quip captures a husband and wife exchange about a wireless set with the husband jokingly snapping the answer turned off as a punch line.
Beware of a Beau Who Eats Half the Candy He Brings
A lighthearted note warns readers about a charming yet careless suitor who nibbles half the treats he offers, leaving the rest unreliably shared. The item reads like a social tip or human-interest aside from a local column.
Scotland’s Burg Cliffs Hold Ancient Flora and Johnson Link
A. Campbell Blair bequeaths the southern Ardmeanoch headland known as the Burg to Scotland. The 1,200 foot Atlantic cliffs shelter sea birds and feature Mackinnon Cave once visited by Dr Johnson. The site also contains MacCulloch tree, an ancient fossil survivor.
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Scotland
A. Campbell Blair
Ardmeanoch
Burg
Doctor Johnson
MacCulloch
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