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  2. FOND OF PORK AT 107.

    MR. WILLIAM WALKER, of Nottingham, who is believed to be England's oldest man, will be 107 this year. His slogan is "Eat pork and live ...

    Article : 80 words
  3. FATHER CHRISTMAS AND THE ANIMALS.

    HORSES, donkeys, and all the louely cats and forgotten dogs of London's East End are likely to have a visit from Father Christmas within the next day or two (said ...

    Article : 116 words
  4. LONGEVITY AMONG ANIMALS.

    IT was announced not long ago that a pony had lived to the amazing age of 53 years.But horses are much longer lived than is generally supposed, for as a ...

    Article : 257 words
  5. BREAD ON THE WATERS.

    WHEN ANDREW CARNEGIE was a young man he was employed as a telegraph operator on the Pennsylvania railway in Pittsburgh. One cold, rainy ...

    Article : 231 words
  6. MARRIAGE AND CLIMATE.

    COLD weather cramps the activity of Cupid. More girls between 15 and 24 years of age, living in warm climates, are married than girls of the same ages in ...

    Article : 224 words
  7. PRINCE GEORGE'S CAKE.

    PRINCE GEORGE'S birthday cake was auctioned at £5 a slice among the passengers in the Cunard liner Berengaria, in which he returned to England recently ...

    Article : 145 words
  8. TOP-HATS AND TEAPOTS.

    A DELIGHTFUL article in the "Nation" describes London 30 years ago as J.B.S.B. remembers it, the London of "top hats and silver teapots, of kings and ...

    Article : 583 words
  9. OPERATION ON DOG.

    WHEN a piece of glass flew into the eye of a Pekingese dog in a London street, his owner hurried with it to the West London Hospital. The dog was ...

    Article : 93 words
  10. EIGHTY YEARS AGO.

    An advertisement appears in the "Geelong A[?]vertiser" announcing the formation of a society for the extermination of the wild dog. Several ...

    Article : 383 words
  11. A FAMOUS WALKER.

    THE feats, as a walker, of Edward Payson Weston have been receiving attention from correspondents in the London "Sunday Times." One writes:— ...

    Article : 447 words
  12. TRIBUTE PAID TO FIRST FLIGHT BY MAN.

    REPRESENTATIVES of 40 nations commemorated at Kitty Hawk (North Carolina) the anniversary of the first aeroplan flight, made 25 years ago (December ...

    Article : 432 words
  13. "FRIVOLOUS" 'PHONE TALKS.

    FRENCH telephones are declared not to he for the frivolous. A statement made by M. Germain Martin, Under-Secretary for the Postal, Telephone, and ...

    Article : 159 words
  14. "FASHION HOSTESS."

    LORD BIRKENHEAD'S 2[?]-year-old daughter, Lady Eleanor Smith, is to become fashion hostess at Gooch's Salon in Brompton road, London, S.W. ...

    Article : 107 words
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  16. MAN SWALLOWS LAMP AND CAMERAS.

    A CONVICT, who was once sentenced to the electric chair of murder, but is now serving a life term at Sing-Sing State Prison, has made a notable contribution to ...

    Article : 228 words
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