"The fact that a few girls earn abnormal wages has obscured in the
public mind the the Board to accept the gift a Bill is to be
age girl working 48 hours a week earned only 18s. or 19s. a
week."--_Daily Paper_.

This statement should go far to clear up the obscurity in the public
mind.

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"Mr. ---- gave one of his popular lectures on 'Alcohol' and its
effects on March the 30th in the Wesleyan school."--_True Blue
Magazine_.

What exactly did happen on March 30th in the Wesleyan school?

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"WANTED, Smart Workman, aged 80, and exempt from military
service, as handy man; must be steady; a job for life for careful
man."--_Cambria Daily Leader_.

He must be particularly careful to guard against premature decease.

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[Illustration: _Waitress_. "WE HAVE A VERY REALISTIC MOCK-POTATO
SOUP."]