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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,128 words
  3. GENERAL NEWS

    In the ancient days of Greece and Rome a sneeze was supposed to bear in its tram far greater portents than a mere cold. To sneeze while rising ...

    Article : 86 words
  4. ARMISTICE DAY

    Oh, nation, pause! in solemn silence stand, Let one deep throb ascend from every heart, ...

    Article : 210 words
  5. TENNIS

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 226 words
  6. SCHOOLS AND PRIME MINISTERS.

    Since Mr. Baldwin went down to his old school, Harrow, to unveil a memorial, correspondence has ensued in the press as to which school could ...

    Article : 74 words
  7. PRICE'S MONSTER CAKE.

    A mammoth cake, weighing 300 cwt., and strikingly decorated with designs of battleships in sugar, was recently sent by the Prince of Wales ...

    Article : 87 words
  8. DOG BREAKS BAD NEWS.

    A story of extraordinary sagacity on the part of a sheep dog was told at the inquest at Bewcastle,. Cumberland, on Mr. Adam Waugh, a farmer. ...

    Article : 96 words
  9. SHORT STORIES

    A business man was kept late at a meeting, so resulted into the nearest conrectioner's establishment for a related council. ...

    Article : 92 words
  10. AIRMAN'S RECORD GLIDE.

    Herr Otto Schultz, the German elementary teacher, who has already taken a successful part in gliding experiments, accomplished recently a ...

    Article : 94 words
  11. SCIENCE NOTES

    There would seem to be little connection between trees and the great whirlpools or the Sun caned sunspots, yet a Professor of the University of ...

    Article : 386 words
  12. A CRUSHING RETORT.

    The lift was unusually crowded, and when an inoffensive-looking man accidentally stepped upon another's toe he roused tile latter as wrath. ...

    Article : 101 words
  13. "CLASSES" OF GRAVES.

    The "Quality Vault" was a feature of many eighteenth century church graveyards when there were no cemeteries on the outskirts of towns. ...

    Article : 107 words
  14. THE LAIRD'S TIP.

    A parsimonious laird was at a large party. It was customary for the guests to give a tip to the servants, who were drawn up in the hall for ...

    Article : 102 words
  15. SHOTS AT A WEATHERCOCK.

    When Mr. W. Larkins, the. church spire and chimney shaft restorer, was recently inspecting the lofty spire of Trowbridge Parish Church he found ...

    Article : 105 words
  16. JUST A SAMPLE.

    Jacky had been asked out to a "grown-up" dinner. Swelling with pride, he took his seat at the bottom of the table and looked around ...

    Article : 126 words
  17. NAPOLEON AND HIS HATS.

    How many hats did Napoleon wear in his lifetime? Of course, the number must have been considerable, and yet one usually thinks that the term ...

    Article : 120 words
  18. ODDS AND ENDS

    "A man's an idiot to be absolutely certain of anything." "Are you sure of that?" "Positively.' "I saw you in church last Sunday." ...

    Article : 141 words
  19. THE GOLD-BEATER'S BUSINESS.

    After 30 centuries, the method of producing gold leaf by beating small crumbs' of gold with mallets for weeks at a time has given place to ...

    Article : 41 words
  20. THE NON-STOP

    The staff superintendent was interviewing an Irishman who had applied for a job as a motor-bus driver. "Can you drive a car?" he said. "Can Of ...

    Article : 122 words
  21. A USEFUL ENGINE.

    Smaller engines, normally strong enough to run a motor car only on a level, but reinforced by a super- charger powerful enough to take ...

    Article : 102 words
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