Courtroom wit across towns and centuries in odd fines
A London magistrate hears a wife explain her husband misses court because they only talk. A Mayo laborer pays a £5 poaching fine with twenty pheasants. A motorcyclist arrives with his noisy bike and stalls, a grocer whispers a personal matter, a Chicago hoodlum taxes hunger, and a Houston mother cites measles as doctor profiteering.
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Old Bailey
London
County Mayo
Chicago
Texas
Houston
Ice Rink Romance Tests a Non Skater's Resolve
Dick, a novice skater, fixates on Sadie the lush thrush entwined with a burly hockey player. A friend schemes a brave plan to push him into a chance at love, pushing him toward a risky rinkside crash course in romance.
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Sadie
Ice rink confrontation and a careless shove
The scene centers on a plan to push a rival, Sadie, in the centre of a rink. Dick loses balance and crashes into the barrier while Sadie slaps him, ending with Dick admitting foolishness and proposing a celebratory pint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presto
Sadie
Nobee
Dry Land
How Can I Solve Common Household Problems
Answers cover removing grease stains from woollen goods with borax in boiling water, preventing faucet thread wear by avoiding grit, extending boys' pants life by doubling back pieces and hemming, and preventing chocolate waste by greasing pans before melting.
500 Profit Shavers and Fire Alarms Promoted Across Canada
An undated newspaper fragment markets a German scientist created Bilix Shave with 500 percent profit and a Merlite fire alarm sold by mail with Canadian prospects. It lists Auro Laboratory in Toronto and Box 33 Bishop Falls Newfoundland for details, plus a hog breeding catalog from Fergus Ontario offering Landrace boars and imported foundation stock with guaranteed breeding results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auro Laboratory
Bay St
Toronto
Bishop Falls
Newfoundland
Scotland
Fergus Landrace Swine Farm
Fergus Ontario
Empire Automatic Electric Skillet Featured in Life Ad
SLOGAN sold catalog advertises savings up to 85 percent on items from Empire and Swiss-style knives. Brand Appliances offers house wares tools toys televisions and giftware. Includes $11.95 skillet and $3.95 knife with multiple implements.
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Empire
Carcion
Newport Fontana
California
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Ham Common
England
Keith Godwin
Veen Rossdale and Son
Javier Pereira
Bogota
Colombia
Barranquilla
United States
Cornell Medical Center
Ithaca
N.Y
Javier
Miami
Fla
Cornell
John Johns
Housewives’ League
Ogilvie Line
O’connor Station
Ontario
BABY
BRAY
Bray Hatchery
John W
Hamilton
Indian River
Lancaster x
Nichols
Arbor Acre
White Rock
A.O. Smith
Beltsville
Tweddle Chick Hatcheries Ltd
Fergus
P.O
Brantford
Trans-Canada Wholesale Co
Ottawa
Ont
Rathe Research
Los Angeles
Dixon
Munrg’s
BRUG
POST
St. Clair Avenue
Anada
Marvel
America
Bloor St. W
King St
Rideau St
ABC
Cassan' Systems
Superior Ave
BR. H. James RR. 3
Metcalfe
Ramsay Company
Bank Street
Fetherstonhaugh & Compan Patent Attorneys
University Ave
Medico Agency
lLeonard
Leonard Company
Station F
P.O. Box
FXPOR
Canada
Ivernia
Carinthia
Scythia
Quebec
Saxonia
France
Sylvania
Montreal
Ascania
le Havre
Southampton
Liverpool, Hoy
Liverpool
Greenock
Corner Bay
Wellington
Cunard
Ivernea Ney
Ke Havre
Carinthia ‘Ney
Halifax
Cobh
New York
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