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...familiar sight on Pennsylvania roads. He averages about 30,000 miles a year, taking in Grange meetings, bee inspections, potato demonstrations. He has been writing his friendly column of anecdotes since the death in 1924 of Obediah Crouthamel (real name: Solomon DeLong), to whose column he was a contributor. Pumpernickle Bill's slogan is: "Fergess net, un schreib alsa mohl" (Don't forget to write sometime). A feature of his column is: "Glawwas Odder Net, Ow'r" (Believe It or Not). Sample...
...Bucharest real estate, finally to have large holdings in Rumania's key industries, especially those to which the Government can throw contracts. Mme Lupescu for years was in mortal terror of assassination by Rumania's anti-Semitic Iron Guard, more recently has been famed as its "largest contributor." Last week this able junk-dealer's daughter seemed on the point of realizing a majestic ambition: a second Nahlin cruise, this time with the world's tabloids headlining Mme Lupescu...
...four dogs all fell sick that evening, three of them fatally, the witness might well recall the old lady and tell the police, but still not doubt her kindness. If the old lady, in police court, explained that she was a great friend of animals, a contributor to humane societies, habitually solicitous of waifs and strays, she might be considered an unfortunate victim of coincidence, sure to be cleared at her trial...
...away look of those who have inhabited Mt. Olympus. But Author Keyes's book is three times as long, illustrated with mouth-watering photographs of the Washington Great, and keyed in a gaily professional manner which reflects the fact that Mrs. Keyes was long a regular contributor to Good Housekeeping and the author of several novels. Her book is full of adventures, and all the adventures are parties. She had her first adventure (a White House reception) when she was seven, but life did not get continuously exciting till 1919, when she went to Washington as a Senator...
Last week, the hoary hoax raised its head once more, in highly respectable surroundings, when readers of the June Atlantic Monthly spied the yarn as the leading article in the "Contributors' Club" department. The anonymous Atlantic contributor, borrowing many a phrase from the 40-year-old original, credited the spider farm to "my grandfather." Like all effective hoaxes, the spider story survived its creator. Ralph D. Paine died in 1925. His son and namesake is Business Editor of TIME...