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  2. SUICIDE EPIDEMIC.

    An extraordinary suicide epidemic is raging in Athens (stated the London "Daily Telegraph" recently). During the past few weeks hardly a ...

    Article : 139 words
  3. RESCUER AT SEVENTY.

    For his gallantry in rescuing a boy from drowning Councilor Charles Cauldrey, of Faversham (Eng.), has been awarded the Royal Humane Society's ...

    Article : 113 words
  4. BUTTON CHECKS TRAFFIC.

    For the first time London traffic is to be controlled by electric signal, worked br a constable on point duty pressing a button (states the London "Daily ...

    Article : 208 words
  5. Light and Shade

    Beneath the apple trees of an orchard which nestles behind a dilapidated high wooden fence at Southfields, near Wimbledon (Eng.) a peculiar ceremony was ...

    Article : 360 words
  6. TRAFFIC STILLED.

    When the carillon of 53 bells, made at Croydon, England, and presented to the Baptist Church, New York, by Mr. J. D. Rockefeller, jun., in memory of ...

    Article : 123 words
  7. A TRIPLE WEDDING.

    An unusual wedding ceremony took place at St. John's Church, Sevenoaks (Eng.). when three sisters were married together (says the London "Daily ...

    Article : 102 words
  8. SAVED BY A SIGNALMAN.

    Robert F. McNab was fined 40s. at Bamber Bridge (Eng.) for obstructing a railway signalman in the execution of his duty (says the London "Daily News"). ...

    Article : 143 words
  9. FINLAND'S GIANT BELL.

    One of the great brass bells now exhi[?]ted in the Tower of London as a war trophy is to be returned to its rightful owners, the parish of Skarpans. ...

    Article : 150 words
  10. BEQUEATHED HIS BODY.

    "My last wish is that when the Coroner has done with my body it should be handed over to King's College, Guy's, or Ba[?]s Hospitals for anatomy. No ...

    Article : 99 words
  11. HANGED WITH A RIBBON.

    A woman who engaged a room at a London hotel recently in the name of "Mrs. Dann, of White Rock House, Hastings." was found hanging by a ...

    Article : 104 words
  12. £1,450 RING FOR 2s.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 174 words
  13. MONKEY STYLES.

    A group of monkeys in the Rodent House in the London Zoo provide striking examples of curious coiffures (says the London "Daily Chroncle."). ...

    Article : 197 words
  14. MOTHER OF 117.

    The heroine of the Nations' Food Exhibition, recently opened at Olympia (England) was undoubtedly Belle of Histon. She is, to put it bluntly, a ...

    Article : 168 words
  15. MONKEY SETS EXAMPLE.

    A notable example of unselfishness on the part of a monkey is provided by Nippy, a Capuchin in the small mammal house at the London Zoo (says the ...

    Article : 182 words
  16. FROM DOCK TO ALTAR.

    A young woman, aged 19, in service at a Worthing (Eng.) hotel, found an unexpected friend in a police-sergeant who had to arrest her on a charge of theft ...

    Article : 167 words
  17. THE SHARK SEASON OPENS.

    One of the earliest catches of the shark season was this eight-footer which was hooked off one of the Sydney beaches. It is of the "grey nurse" variety—one of the most dangerous—and although not an unusually large specimen, it has a mouth quite capable of taking a leg or so at one gulp. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 61 words
  18. SHOWERS OF RUPEES.

    Remarkable scenes attended the funeral of the Maharajah of Jammu and Kashmir (states the London "Daily Chronicle"). ...

    Article : 110 words
  19. OLD PRIORY FOR U.S.A.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 146 words
  20. AN ARMADA STRONGHOLD.

    Sir Arthur Wheeler, stockbroker, Leicester (Eng.), has purchased Brown-sea Island, in Poole Harbour, at a figure believed to be £150,000 (states the ...

    Article : 113 words
  21. AEROPLANE AMBULANCE.

    A spinal patient, to whom the slightest jar might have proved fatal, was carried by air from London to Paris recently (states the London "Daily ...

    Article : 114 words
  22. DUEL AFTER 10 YEARS.

    From Budapest comes the report of a duel which would have been fought ten years ago if the two combatants had not chanced to get separated by the ...

    Article : 144 words
  23. MAN AND WIFE BOTH 17.

    "You are a couple of young fools," said the Tower Bridge (London) magistrate recently to a man and wife who were both aged 17 at the time of their ...

    Article : 96 words
  24. WANDERER AT 99.

    "I'm like a wild goose, here to-day, and gone to-morrow." This was the reply of 99-year-old Mr. Patrick Ferris, when asked if he ...

    Article : 80 words
  25. DEATH AFTER "BOBBING."

    A tragedy of hair bobbing was disclosed at Grimsby (Eng.) recently, when Judge Cha[?]man dealt with a claim for compensation for a girl's death (says the ...

    Article : 139 words
  26. COWS HOLD UP TRAIN.

    Ten cows held up a passenger train for some minutes on the Great Westers Railway, between Reading and Bramley (Eng.) recently (says the London ...

    Article : 74 words
  27. AIRMEN'S DEATH TRYST.

    Two airmen flying over Dompierre (near Bordeaux, France), had prepared a note, addressed to a friend below, asking that she should be prepared to meet ...

    Article : 71 words
  28. HISTORIC RUIN.

    Bramber Castle, a picturesque ruin belonging to the Duke of Norfolk, was sold by public auction for £3,000 (states the London "Daily Telegraph."). ...

    Article : 62 words
  29. DOG WORTH £60,000.

    A very valuable dog was being treated in a Vienna hospital with radium rays. It swallowed a tube containing radium worth £60,000. ...

    Article : 52 words
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