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Lord, if there is a heartache Vienna cannot cure I hope never to feel it. I came home cured of everything except Vienna.

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Storm Jameson
Age: 95 †
Born: 1891
Born: January 8
Died: 1986
Died: September 30
Journalist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Whitby
North Yorkshire
Margaret Storm Jameson
Margaret Ethel Storm Jameson
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Europe
Feels
Cities
Never
Came
Vienna
Lord
Cured
Hope
Heartache
Cannot
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Home
Cures
Everything
Except

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