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...Heart Villa at Caldwell, N. J. Last week there, walking through a doorway, she stumbled. A leg, necrosed by the radium, broke. She was taken to the Orthopedic Hospital at Orange, N. J. There doctors thought they could avoid amputation. She lies with the broken leg in a heavy plaster cast...
...many houses damaged, none was killed, none injured. Fascist engineers were proud, for modern Bari is their handiwork. They have converted a small sleepy fishing village into a great modern port (rival of Brindisi), laid out broad avenues and block after block of modern sanitary dwellings which with cracked plaster and sprung roofs were still safely standing last week...
...Sioux City, Iowa, H. J. Dagle broke his back several months ago, lived in a plaster cast. Last week he was stung on a vein by a bee, died in 20 minutes...
Last week Bob Davis (the only name he recognizes) lay on his back in Manhattan's Polyclinic Hospital recovering from leg injuries incurred on a fishing trip with his special crony Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb. His right ankle encased in an elephantine plaster cast (which he at once began making into an autograph album). Bob Davis received callers. Among the earliest arrivals was Fannie Hurst. When she departed, she sent 25 telegrams. In 48 hours arrived a score of manuscripts from famed authors. Soon the Sun's readers found on the editorial page, "Fannie Hurst Recalls:", "Irvin S. Cobb...
...Queen Nefertiti which was more precious to Egyptians than tons of jeweled bric-a-brac. First, it was supposed to possess magical properties. Second, it was pronounced by worldwide experts to be among the loveliest creations of the ancient dynasties. For a few dollars, the Berlin museum supplied plaster reproductions (colored) to all who asked. Innumerable Egyptians became enraged, challenged Germany's right to possession, hotly attacked Archaeologist Borchardt. The debate continued until last week, when Egyptian ire was cooled by Ger many's decision to return Queen Nefertiti to her native land, to accept several other rarities...