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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 5, 1917 by Various
page 38 of 57 (66%)
MORE WAR ECONOMY.

"BUTCHER.--Wanted, Second Hand."--_Manchester Evening News_.

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"Southport. Mrs. ----, Homely Apts.; sea view; piano:
mod."--_Daily Paper_.

We approve Mrs. ----'s candour about the piano, which accords with our
own experience in seaside boarding-houses.

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"Germany recently began calling up Class 19120."--_Western Mail_.

The end of the War may be in sight, but it still seems to be some
distance off.

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"In districts where a number of shops were serving the same people
and streets, they would be asked to co-operate so that butcher,
baker and grocer would use the same vans. Traders who refused to
comply with the scheme would be dealt with."--_Evening Paper_.

But surely such unpatriotic shopkeepers should not be dealt with.

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