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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,161 words
  3. Motor Notes

    The N.R.M.A. says that, owing to a subsidence near Scarborough railway station, the "lower" South Coast road has been temporarily closed to ...

    Article : 752 words
  4. EN PASSANT

    A few days ago when the world rang with the achievement of the Atlantic record breaker Europa, which like most other ocean greyhounds ...

    Article : 825 words
  5. AUTOMOTIVE NEWS OF THE WORLD.

    The world's first international automobile tunnel, joining Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Canada, will be opened in October, 1930. The ...

    Article : 154 words
  6. Here and There

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 61 words
  7. A Little Nonsense

    "And how is your husband this morning?" "Oh, very poorly. And he's got such an expensive disease. The ...

    Article : 33 words
  8. THE WORM TURNED AGAIN.

    "Are all men fools?" asked the wife, after a slight disagreement with her husband. "No, dear," replied the husband ...

    Article : 28 words
  9. BUYING A DIVORCE.

    An extraordinary story was told in the Sydney Divorce Court on Tuesday in the case in which Helen Godwin petitioned for a divorce from ...

    Article : 90 words
  10. THE RIGHT TIME.

    Sister: "Really, Gerald, you must ask Miss Freakley for a dance." Brother: "Yes, I am going to, but I'm waiting for a dreamy waltz so ...

    Article : 39 words
  11. HOW LONG.

    "How long," asked," asked a troublesome prisoner, leaning over the dock rail, of his lawyer, "is this business going on?" ...

    Article : 36 words
  12. EXHAUST LIFTS LONDON FOG.

    Hot air sprayed out in front of a motor car by an attachment on the exhaust of the car has been found effective in clearing away London's ...

    Article : 87 words
  13. VERY VEXING.

    Blogson: "There's a foreign couple living in the flat next to us and they are simply a torment to my wife." ...

    Article : 37 words
  14. CIRCUS PARTICULARS.

    The following is taken from the columns of "Film Weekly":— "Here's some circus figures. Just think these over: Ringling Bros, and ...

    Article : 153 words
  15. SOVIET TO BUILD 250,000 MILES OF ROAD.

    Plans to construct 250,000 miles of highway throughout the Soviet Union within the next five years at a cost of 5,000,000,000 roubles have been ...

    Article : 183 words
  16. MIXED.

    "Yes, I'm a cosmopolitan. My father was Irish, my mother Italian, I was born, in a Swedish ship off Barcelona, and a man named ...

    Article : 56 words
  17. CATTY.

    Alice (in front of the laughing hyena's cage): "How provoking! Here we've been twenty minutes, and the hyena hasn't laughed once!" ...

    Article : 38 words
  18. INGRATITUDE.

    Waiter: "Only threepence tip, the stingy old miser! What a good thing I gave him a tough steak, warmed-up coffee, a threepenny cigar ...

    Article : 41 words
  19. HIS EX. AND THE SENATOR.

    Senator Barnes, the bad boy of the Labor Cabinet, created quite an awkward predicament for his colleagues at an executive meeting with ...

    Article : 160 words
  20. MANY MALADIES.

    Doctor: "H'm! severe headaches, bilious attacks, pains in the neck— him! What is your age, madam?" Patient (coylly): "Twenty-four ...

    Article : 38 words
  21. INTERNATIONAL PURCHASING PLAN.

    the suggestion being made in European automobile circles for the internationalisation of a system, of "benzine coupons," now in use in ...

    Article : 74 words
  22. UPS AND DOWNS.

    Lady (who was on a visit to her native town): "How is Mrs. Gabble? I haven't seen her for a long time." Hostess: "She is having her usual ...

    Article : 49 words
  23. WHAT WAS REALLY THE MATTER.

    The grocer was very busy waiting on customers, but he kept on eye on a small boy who stood near a fruit case, heaped high with large red ...

    Article : 88 words
  24. "SAFETY FIRST" IN TURKEY.

    The police of Constantinople in a recent raid made wholesale removal of mirrors attached to the windshields of taxi cabs, which a new ...

    Article : 70 words
  25. SCHOOL HUMOR.

    Q.—Write a sentence containing the expression "cool and collected." A.—The man was cool before the explosion, but unfortunately he was ...

    Article : 157 words
  26. ABOLITION OF SPEED LIMIT APPROVED BY HOUSE OF LORDS.

    The House of Lords has approved aud sent to the House of Commons a bill abolishing the speed limit for motor cars and motor cycles. The ...

    Article : 65 words
  27. AN EASY JOB.

    Little seven-year-old James came home from school the first day with a determined look on his face. He was decided on one point. ...

    Article : 84 words
  28. JAY WALKING BARRED ON PARIS STREETS.

    Large brass studs have been placed in the pavements of Paris to show pedestrians where they may safely make a dash to the other side of the ...

    Article : 68 words
  29. THAT SETTLED IT.

    A woman of uncertain vocal attainments deemed it her vocation not merely to lead, but also drown the efforts of the village choir. ...

    Article : 109 words
  30. Advertising

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    Advertising : 60 words
  31. CLEANLINESS IS NEXT GODLINESS.

    Two unusual motor vehicles were recently built in England by special order. One was a travelling bathroom, ordered by an Indian Prince. ...

    Article : 47 words
  32. Advertising

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    Advertising : 37 words
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