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Columbus, OH

This is the setting for most of the stories in this memoir. The author declares: this is a town in which almost anything is likely to happen and in which almost everything has.

Clintonville, OH

This town receives many of the refugees who flee the rumored dam break that causes a panic in 1913.

Fort Hayes

This is holding a review when the dam allegedly bursts, and its officers in dress uniform add color to the chaotic scene.

Lancaster, OH

This is the hometown of both the famous Civil War general, William Tecumseh Sherman, and Grandfather Clem Thurber.

New York, NY

Author James Thurber works for a magazine in this city.

Ohio State University

This fields a powerful football team in the Western Conference. As a Land Grant university, it requires students to complete two years of military drill.

Perth Amboy, NJ

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