Miscellany, Dec. 1, 1947

Take That. In Gary, police charged that Percy Love shot his wife Lillie dead, explained that she "didn't brown my biscuits enough."

Recount. In Waukesha, Wis., indignant Audrey Shefloe sued for divorce; she had discovered, said she, that her husband had two fingers missing on each hand.

Up-Holster. In Knoxville, Cora Sharp was treated for a painful flesh wound, explained to police that her pistol had gone off accidentally as she was trying to make a fast draw from her brassiere.

Loser. In Boston, Allan Sharp, who in 1942 had bet his doctor $10 that he would not live to be 65, happily mailed...

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