Miscellany, May 7, 1945

Rut. Near Mojave, Calif., highwaymen successfully held up the same mail stage at the same spot for the second time in a month.

The Homey Touch. In Albuquerque, N. Mex., a tavern-owner reported that a prowler broke into his place three times in three weeks, took nothing, simply rearranged the furniture.

Ration Note. At the Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital, the specialists who remove foreign objects from digestive tracts reported a wartime boom in chicken-and fish-bones.

Mush! In Baltimore, a Snow Shoe (Pa.) boy married a Drifting (Pa.) girl.

The Hungry. In Seattle, short-tempered Host Edward Abraham was accused of baring his teeth before...

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