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Matrimony Prices Rise as Women Seek Cash Before Marriage
An alarmingly modern trend shows grass widows and spinsters advertising for husbands with five figure sums and even homes. Census data is cited to claim a surplus of women over men in marrying ages, predicting many will remain unwed or become spinster due to financial constraints. Other brief items report a transient asleep in a bank basement, a new golf hazard at Mount Tom, a coal-dumping dock mechanism, and rationing challenges for London pigeons amid wartime shortages.
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