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  2. NEWS OF THE WORLD

    A midnight drama is reported from a convent at Bregenz, in the Voralberg. Louis Rupp, a railway employee, was passionately in love with a young girl, who, however, refused his hand and to[?] the veil. Rupp ...

    Article : 198 words
  3. WHY THE COMMONS NEVER SHUTS UP

    On a tail coat are two apparently useless buttons behind. They are a survival of the days when everybody went about on horseback. They then served to fasten up the flaps to keep them clean. This was one of a number of old customs described by Percival, J. Ashton at a ...

    Article : 159 words
  4. Tow Minutes With the World's Humorists.

    " Buen Humor," Madrid. " Your prices are disgraceful. And the papers said the price of fish had fallen!" "I'm sorry Madam; but we don't read ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 138 words
  5. MOSCOW GOES ON SHORT RATIONS

    Food is being rationed out to foreign Embassies and Ministers in Moscow. The shortage of numerous articles, with the exception of bread, is so acute ...

    Article : 79 words
  6. The Bible is Still the World's Best Seller

    When scanning the lists of "best selling" books as given out by the newspapers and magazines, you never sec there the one book which leads ...

    Article : 144 words
  7. EARLY WORKS

    A copy of Kipling's "Schoolboy Lyric," his first book, printed in India in 1881, was sold at Sotheby's, London, for £586. The manuscript of Kipling's "Ballad ...

    Article : 39 words
  8. French Actress Sued Because She Refused to Undress

    The Folios Bergere ordered Mile. Gabriello Morangy to appear on its stage in a costume consisting of just two feathers—one of which was to ...

    Article : 102 words
  9. CHENEY DEAD

    Mr. Leo Cheney, the cartoonist, who originated the famous Georgian figure in the familiar whisky advertisements, died at his home at Seaford. He was ...

    Article : 28 words
  10. GHOST IN COURT

    Forty London policemen spent six hours recently hunting a "ghost," which for one moment stood in the dock of No. 1 Court of the Old Bailey and then vanished. At least, the police say it was a ghost, and so do the Court ushers and other officials. ...

    Article : 329 words
  11. A Pair of Cards

    A quarrel between two Welsh miners over a came of whist led to a dramatic ring battle at Tylorstown, the home of Jimmy ...

    Article : 121 words
  12. Where Are They?

    Dr. Butler, of Columbia, declared lately in London that there weren't any any more. "For the first time in 20 centuries there ...

    Article : 103 words
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    OLIVE BORDEN, a movie favorite out of a job. She has been blacklisted in Hollywood. Her employers say it was because ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 37 words
  14. SHOT DEAD

    They really take their polities seriously in South America. Because he remained silent wllen ordered by supporters of a political faction ...

    Article : 64 words
  15. LEPROSY IN PARIS

    A leper colony abolished centuries ago is to be re-established at the old Hospital Saint Louis, built under Henri IV, in 1607. A' wing is to be fitted up for the ...

    Article : 80 words
  16. Women are Neglecting Motherly Duties

    The most menacing evil of the present time, in the opinion of the Rt. Rev. H. H. Henson, Episcopal Bishop of Durham, is repudiation of the wifely and motherly ...

    Article : 78 words
  17. Chinese General Becomes Monk

    Chinese newspapers announce that Marshal Wu Pei Fu has retired to a monastery in Thibet as a bonze—a Buddhist monk. ...

    Article : 91 words
  18. THE CREAM OF THE JOKE

    In 1851 a Baltimore milk dealer, for fun, sweetened, flavored and froze some surplus cream. Thereby be started the ice cream business, which amounted to ...

    Article : 51 words
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    This pretty society girl, daughter of an American millionaire, wanted to fly the Atlantic. She was willing to pay £5000 for the privilege, but ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 51 words
  20. ROAST PORK AS OPERA THEME

    Roast pig is the inspiration and subject for the latest opera, the work of Lady Holmes, wife of Sir Charles Holmes, director of the National Gallery. ...

    Article : 93 words
  21. 'BUS-TOP BABY

    Hearing a baby's cries coming from a brown paper shopping carrier on the top of a bus from Woolwich (Eng.), a woman found a baby girl only a few days ...

    Article : 48 words
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    "BABY" GUEST. The Queen kissed her and called her "darling" during a visit to the East End. So far, she hasn't been offered a movie contract, although she ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 35 words
  23. THE WRONG GRAVE

    At tho Tonbridge (Kent) inquest on Ernest Hodge, a laborer, found drowned in the Mcdway, it was stated that his brother Herbert ...

    Article : 88 words
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    MRS. PICKFORD, who died recently, was the mother of Mary, Lottie, and jack, of that ilk. Her fortune of 200.000 ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 27 words
  25. Treasure Hunting in Brazil

    Quest for several million dollars' worth of cold and silver, supposed to have been huried in 1787 by Jesuits at Inquisivi, Brazil, is the object of a British expedition which arrived there recently. The party is headed by Prof. Edgar Sanners. ...

    Article : 83 words
  26. WORM RACING IS LATEST SPORT

    Eight racing worms were used by Professor Julian Huxley to enliven a meeting of members of the Royal Institution. ...

    Article : 91 words
  27. BELIEVED IN FAIRIES

    Miss Sophia Dowrick, of Philliegh, Cornwall, who has just been laid to rest in the village churchyard, held tenaclously to the belief that pixies were living ...

    Article : 82 words
  28. MAN SHOT

    Henry Morris, aped 21, who lives la Botany-road, Waterloo, was shot in a house at Concord last night. The police think the shooting was an incidental of a ...

    Article : 74 words
  29. DIED WITH BOOTS OFF

    A man who suddenly went mad created an extraordinary scene at Glouster (Eng.) recently. He held up many motor cars, and ...

    Article : 50 words
  30. KILLED WITH PICK

    A murder with a pick was committed at the little village of Ackworth, near Pontefract, the victim being Charles Ward, 58, a market gardener, of Bath ...

    Article : 48 words
  31. NO RACE SUICIDE HERE

    Robert Fehreubach, a Berlin Butcher, became a father for the thirty-first time recently. His present wife is his third, and he has twenty-six children living. ...

    Article : 29 words
  32. The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith

    The Vanbrugh-Boucicault Company presented "The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith" at the Criterion last night. ...

    Article : 139 words
  33. IN FREEZING WIND

    "It was freezing all the way, still the contest was well worth while." This was how the majority of the motorists summed up the Royal Automobile Club's 24 ...

    Article : 292 words
  34. "PRINCESS CHARMING"

    Danseuse, to Albert Chuff: "You won't split on me." Albert Chuff, to Denseuse: "Who do you think I am? I pair of cheap tights?" "Princess Charming," a romance ...

    Article : 222 words
  35. OUR MEDICAL SPECIAL

    TETANUS.—The occasional occurrence of this disease in our midst, and its dreadful character when it does occur, has impelled me to deal with it as a subject this week. ...

    Article : 1,268 words
  36. Grand Opera Season

    "A magnificent rendering," wan the opinion of the distinguished audience that gathered to hear "Aida," the opera chosen for the premiere of the ...

    Article : 247 words
  37. "Wives of Windsor"

    "The Moray Wives of Windsor," that clever picco of riotous fun always popular amongst lovers of Shakespeare, was presented at the ...

    Article : 189 words
  38. The Capitol

    "The Missing Link," a Sid Chaplin picture, is the big feature at the Capitol Theatre this week. It is n bright comedy, with Chaplin ...

    Article : 114 words
  39. Record Hill Climb

    To ascend the stiff hill at Casula, a distance of 300 yards, In 7 2-5sec, is a Treat achievement. It was done yesterday by Jack Kay, of Bexley Motor ...

    Article : 189 words
  40. "RIO RITA"

    Magnificently produced as it is by Ernest C. Rolls; with ballets unique and gorgeously gowned, staged by Al. Fisher; with bright comedy; with a ...

    Article : 144 words
  41. LABOR'S SENATE BALLOT

    When counting finished last night for the A.L.P. Senate ballot, the petitions of lending candidates were: Donald Grant 1701, P. V. Stokes 1674, ...

    Article : 67 words
  42. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 20 words
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