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  2. BITS OF LIFE

    "FROM Cottesmore, in Rutland (England). comes a remarkable ghost story. On September 14 Cottesmore Hall, which was formerly a residence of the ...

    Article : 192 words
  3. FAMILY OF GIANTS.

    BISHOP McLagen, father of Victor McLagen, the English film actor, who is now a Hollywood star, died recently in England at the age of 75. ...

    Article : 89 words
  4. BODIES IN A CUPBOARD.

    TWO bodies have been discovered in a cupboard in a house at the little village of Medomsley, in Dpurham, about 12 miles from Newcastle (England). ...

    Article : 114 words
  5. OCTOBER WEDDING SLUMP.

    WHY is it that there are fewer Register Office marriages in October than in any other month? A regitrar for one of the largest London ...

    Article : 204 words
  6. "COLOSSAL TOAST LIST."

    WHAT was described as "a colossal toast list" by Sir Montague de P. Webb was a feature of the British Passenger Agents' Association luncheon at the ...

    Article : 254 words
  7. PEER IN THE PULPIT.

    THE Earl of Midleton, a layman, conducted the morning and evening services recently at Peper Harrow Parish Church, near Godalming (England). ...

    Article : 82 words
  8. WHEN TO BELIEVE A POLICEMAN.

    "A Policeman is no more to be believed than anybody else just because [?]e is a policeman," said Sir Henry Dickens, K.C., the Common Sergeant, addressing a ...

    Article : 83 words
  9. Bringing Home the Bacon.

    A young Amatonga girl carrying home a fresh hippopotamus head. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  10. "DON'T NAG."

    "I Hope that the day is coming when the wife of a clergyman will not be in any way a sort of parish back," said the Archbishop of York in a farewell address ...

    Article : 156 words
  11. BRIDGE LIFTED.

    A Weight-lifting achievement was successfully concluded recently after an army of 100 men had begun the task of raising six inches the 1,800-ton swing ...

    Article : 141 words
  12. PARROT THAT "DIES."

    AS rare as it is beautiful, a hawk-[?]eaded parrot just arrived at the London Zoo, has proved to be one of the cleverest birds in be house. ...

    Article : 157 words
  13. WHEN IS FISH NOT FISH.

    WHAT is fish? The Stepney (England) Borough Council has decided the point. Dried salmon apparently is not fish, ...

    Article : 144 words
  14. BURGLARS INSPIRE SONG.

    THIEVES who broke into the St. John's Wood (London) house of Mr. Laddie Cliff, who is playing in "So This is Love" at the Winter Garden Theatre, inspired a ...

    Article : 127 words
  15. "WHIMSICAL WALKER."

    "WHIMSICAL Walker," the famous clown, gave evidence at the Old Bailey (London) in a case in which Harry Davis (CO). restaurant keeper, was ...

    Article : 128 words
  16. BOROUGH'S CRIMELESSNESS.

    FOR over five years the little Norfolk borough of Thetford has been without serious crime, and recently was the 21st successive occasion on which the Quarter ...

    Article : 132 words
  17. FAMILY'S SIX BANKRUPTS.

    THAT six members of one family in Southport (England) had all been through the Bankruptey Court was disclosed at Liverpool County Court recently, ...

    Article : 124 words
  18. GYMNAST'S PROFESSIONAL SKILL.

    THE skill, combined with the presence of mind, of an acrobat in landing after being shot through the canvas roof of his car at Brighton (England), recently, ...

    Article : 128 words
  19. PEARLS SOLD WITH OYSTERS.

    FOR the second time within 18 months, a Deal (England) restaurant keeper recently sold a pearl with his oysters. A party of four persons drove up to the ...

    Article : 145 words
  20. JEWELS IN A WORKHOUSE.

    AGNES Drake, aged 43, a stylisbly dressed woman, who were furs and jewellery, was accused of being disorderly at Willesden Workhouse (England), and ...

    Article : 131 words
  21. MR. BALDWIN'S GOLDEN RULE.

    "I Have discovered the secret of Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin's happy married life," said Councillor E. G. Eddy, the Mayor of Kidderminster (England), when ...

    Article : 108 words
  22. WOMEN FOOTPADS.

    WOMEN were members of a gang of footpads who made a vicious attack on Mr. and Mrs. David Reid as they were passing through a narrow passage way to ...

    Article : 134 words
  23. FROM CAB TO STACK.

    PLAYGOERS at His Majesty's, Melbourne, have been attracted by the beauty of the dapple grey—or it may be "dark white"—horse upon which The Red ...

    Article : 128 words
  24. "GLAD I'M NOT AT ETON."

    A Diverting story of a Borstal (England) boy was told by Dr. Alington, headmaster of Eton, to a Bucks audience at Aylesbury recently. ...

    Article : 107 words
  25. PRISON PREFERRED.

    A Man's a fool to be walking the country, but prison is the only alternative, and I prefer prison," said John Henry Smalley, aged 20, when charged at ...

    Article : 116 words
  26. CATS WITH MEN'S COLLARS.

    THE home of a Southport (England) woman who was removed to an institution recently was found to contain a colony of black cats, all of which were ...

    Article : 71 words
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