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"The Falkirk iron fitters, by an overwhelming majority, have
opposed the forty-hour week and have agreed to a forty-four
hour week."--_Provincial Paper_.

Bravo, Falkirk!

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"The announcement of the augmentation of the British beet
in the Mediterranean appeared exclusively in the 'Sunday
Express.'"--_Daily Express_.

It doesn't seem anything to boast about.

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"WANTED.--On a farm, two capable European young or
middle-aged girls."--_South African Paper_.

There are lots of girls answering this description, but the difficulty
is that most of them are too shy to admit it.

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"M. Clemenceau ... speaks English with rare perfection,
having spent years in the United States."--_Daily Paper_.