Newspaper's Last Stand: Last25a

Piero Scartoni shakes the hand of a customer on October 3, 2024. A couple days later, on October 5, 2023, a man enters and asks Scartoni for a book recommendation. As the man is waiting to pay, the man says, “last night, Piero, I dreamt of my mom.” “Happens to me too,” responds Scartoni handing the man his change.

Piero Scartoni shakes the hand of a customer on October 3, 2024. A couple days later, on October 5, 2023, a man enters and asks Scartoni for a book recommendation. As the man is waiting to pay, the man says, “last night, Piero, I dreamt of my mom.” “Happens to me too,” responds Scartoni handing the man his change.