Telephone Sweetheart Reveals Hidden Romance at Switchboard
Edna, a lonely switchboard operator, overhears a man named Frank Howard and his calls to a woman identified only as Dearest. When Howard returns, he explains the woman is his mother, and Edna discovers his affection for his family. Edna and Howard plan to introduce him to his mother, and Edna realizes she has feelings for Howard while learning he values his mother as his true sweetheart.
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Ike Frank
Frank Howard
Howard
Hall Caine
Keble Howard
Indian Languages Elucidated by Prof Kroeber
Prof A L Kroeber of the University of California argues in a new pamphlet that Indian languages form an elaborate grammar rather than a jargon. He notes Yukuts and Yuki differ greatly yet share grammatical structure, with opposite adjective noun order and verb placement. The Yukon and Yuki numeral systems diverge, and California hosts the widest variety of distinct Indian languages per area.
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A. L. Kroeber
University of California
Scientific American
Indiana
California
Coast Range
San Joaquin Valley
Kroeber
Cat Killed by Hall at Omaha Cattery
In Omaha the Hall storm damaged the tar paper cattery at 3017 Charles Street. White Faun, the cattery’s big white prized cat, died under the center roof during a hailstorm. The loss is valued at 150 dollars amid twenty pedigreed cats kept there.
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Paul Hill
Omaha
Charles Street
Tobacco boom shifts Porto Tuco land use from sugar
Francia J Dexter of San Juan predicts tobacco will soon rival sugar in Porto Tuco as large plantations switch to leaf, boosting tobacco land values while sugar output continues rising. The note on condensed milk shows U S sales growth from 8 million pounds in 1870 to 187 million by 1960, with current production still increasing.
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Porto Tuco
Francia J. Dexter
San Juan
Island
United States
New Electric Railway Links Europe and Asia Proposal
A fresh plan for an electric railway aims to connect Europe and Asia. The route would start at Beslan, traverse the Caucasus, and end at Tile 135 miles from the far end, awaiting Russian government approval.
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Asia
Beslan
Caucasus
Moonlit Creole Mystery on a Subtropical Passage
A romance aboard a liner unfolds under a blue night sky as a lone passenger meets a Creole girl. Their fleeting, intense connection ends when she leaves the ship, torn by a note in her cabin and a lace fragment that hints at a claimed future and lost delight.
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Ailver
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