Miscellany: Sandglasses

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In Chicago, to remind himself & others not to overdo on long-distance telephone calls, Vice President John J. Anton of First National Bank bought and installed three-minute sandglasses.

Negro

In Manhattan last year, William Marshall, Negro, was stabbed through the heart. Last week he died of alcoholism. An autopsy showed an inch of knife blade in his heart, covered with scar tissue.

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In Chicago, overheated Karl Marvin tried to cool himself with ice. The trickle down his neck was uncomfortable. He tried it with dry ice (solid CO2), froze...

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