welcome by exhibiting American apples for sale on Boxing Day is
suspected of being a naturalised German.

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A North of England widower would like to meet lady possessing in her own
right a bottle of whisky. Object, matrimony.

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The largely increased number of unemployed politicians is causing the
country great concern.

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Heavy falls of snow have occurred in the Midlands, where the people say
they have not had such a winter since last summer.

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Described as the tallest soldier in Ireland, MICHAEL GRADY, of County
Mayo, who is seven feet two inches in height, hopes to settle down on a
farm. It is expected that he will shortly be measured for a village.

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"To improve the appetite," says a Health Culture journal, "one should
salute the morn by throwing open the windows, lay on the bedroom floor
with the feet in the air and breathe deeply." This method of saluting is
not recommended to recruits.