Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 29, 1917 by Various
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seats is almost extinct.
*** A chicken with four legs and four wings is reported from Soberton. Did it come from any other place we should receive the story with suspicion. *** "New Labour troubles are brewing," declares _The Evening News_. The chief Labour trouble, however, seems to be not brewing. *** One sportsman, says a news item, has landed seventy-seven pounds of bream at Wrexham. It may have been sport, but it has all the earmarks of honest toil. *** A man charged with smoking in a munitions factory told the court he was trying to cure the toothache. A fine was imposed, the Bench pointing out that the man was lucky not to have lost the tooth altogether. *** As a means of preserving the memory of hero M.P.s, Mr. WINSTON CHURCHILL suggests a name-plate on the back of the seats they had in |
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