Comeuppance. Near Swift Current, Sask., Bachelor-Farmer Alfred Bessant lived alone in his cellar through 16 profitless, bad crop years, grew a $2,500 crop this year, came out of the hole.
Pastoral. In The Bronx, William Sher man, who identified himself as a nature lover and salesman of physical-culture books, was found guilty of the charge of shaving in a public-park drinking fountain.
Gold Standard. In Chicago, an anonymous cinemagnate laid down $200 in a shoe store, walked out in a pair of calfskin shoes with a gold slug in each heel, gold eyelets, gold-tipped...
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