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  2. BITS OF LIFE

    AN ingenious attempt-practised for the first time-to defraud a bookmaker of £108 was described in Manchester City Police Court recently. ...

    Article : 175 words
  3. DOGS' LUXURIES.

    WOMEN displayed loving care and pride in preparing their pets for the judges at the Kensington Championship Dog Show at the Crystal Palace, London. ...

    Article : 187 words
  4. ARE YOU DRUNK?

    CAN you say "Hip, pip, ipecacuanha?" "Truly rural," "British Constitution" and "Methodist episcopal" are as easy as A.B.C. in comparison with this new test ...

    Article : 189 words
  5. DIED RATHER THAN BEG.

    A Bankrupt farmer, Mr. William Thomas Meakins ([?]2), of Barling, Esees, who was found dead on the beach at Leigh-on-Sea, was stated at the inquest ...

    Article : 103 words
  6. BURGLARS' UMBRELLA.

    THIEVES who raided a jeweller's and outfitter's shops in Belfast got away with £3,000 worth of booty from the first alone. ...

    Article : 92 words
  7. THE BACHELOR'S PARADISE.

    SEVEN hundred and fifty pounds was bequeathed among four members of the staff of Tavistock Hotel, Covent Garden, London, by Mr. Robert Alexander ...

    Article : 73 words
  8. DOOR STEALING.

    FOUR mahogany doors, each weighing nearly 2cwt., were removed from a house in Grosvenor-street, London, recently, by thieves wearing workmen's ...

    Article : 72 words
  9. BURGLAR ALARM SWITCHED OFF.

    A Burglary has been committed at a large house, Claremont, in Upper Richmond-road, Barnes, England, standing in its own grounds and overlooking ...

    Article : 157 words
  10. Saving "The Birthplace."

    OFFICES SAVE THE BIRTH PLACE LEAGUE ...

    Article : 102 words
  11. THE WRONG TABLETS.

    LEFT unattended while his mother was dusting a room. Arthur Fentoum. aged two, whose parents live at Cator-street, Peckham. England, ate some tablets. He ...

    Article : 174 words
  12. HIS "LEARNED FRIEND."

    FATHER and daughter were rival Counsel in a Cardiff County Court case recently. The plaintiff in the case was represented ...

    Article : 147 words
  13. ONE WITH WIND AND SUN.

    THE funeral of Mr. John Tall[?]ot Clifton lord of the manor of Lytham. Lancashire took place on the hills on [?] Seotttish estate. Kildalton Castle. Isle [?] ...

    Article : 179 words
  14. FORTUNES TOLD IN CHURCH.

    FOR pretending to tell fortunes, Hannah Bull (60), of Manchester, was fined £20 at Blackpool. James Hollins (56), of Blackpool, was fined £20 for ...

    Article : 130 words
  15. GIRL'S WALK.

    AS if to [?]rove that Americans can walk in spite of Mr. Ford, a Boston (U.S.A.) girl walked 74 miles in 17 hours 15 minutes, with only 25 minutes rest. ...

    Article : 153 words
  16. WAITING FOR DEATH.

    AT an inquest at Fivehead, Somerset, on Walter Jonah Scott, aged 71, it was stated that he was found seated in a chair facing an old muzzle-loading gun, ...

    Article : 139 words
  17. FROM TRAIN INTO CANAL.

    WHEN a train from Worcester arrived at New-street Statiou. Birmingham one Monday passengers reported that a Birmingham man, Mr. John William ...

    Article : 129 words
  18. LONE NURSE'S WATCH.

    A Dog was the cause of loss to the one nurse who is looking after 17 smallpox patients (from the mining village of Radeliffe, Eng.) now in hospital at ...

    Article : 122 words
  19. LUCKY' 13.

    THE number 13 holds no terror for Mr. H. F. Hind, postmaster of Thorne. Yorks. In fact, he regards it as his luckiest number. ...

    Article : 125 words
  20. FOLDING BED.

    FOLDING beds are growing in popularity among American Hat-dwellers, but one of these contrivances has led to the courts. ...

    Article : 105 words
  21. THE POLICEMAN THIEF.

    SET a policeman to catch a thief seems common sense, but what if a policeman is himself the thief? Then citizens are indeed in trouble. ...

    Article : 139 words
  22. JAMMED IN LIFT.

    FOR 40 minutes one recent morning a pretty 18-year-old girl clerk uuderwent an agonising experience while wedged i[?] a lift in Abbey House, Upper ...

    Article : 122 words
  23. CAR TO DOLE DRAWING.

    DAVID Cyril Thomas, a steelworker, of Walter-road, Lianelly, England, who drove up in a motor car to the local Labour Exchange to draw his dole, was ...

    Article : 109 words
  24. JUDGE'S PET.

    MR. Justice Eve, of London, who is a great lover of dogs, returned to the Bench in the Chancery Division from luncheon recently followed by one of his ...

    Article : 98 words
  25. BRIDELESS VILLAGE.

    AT the South Mi[?]s (Middlesex) Easter vestry the vicar, the Rev. Allen Hay. said that it was disquieting that there had not been one murriage in ...

    Article : 106 words
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