Miscellany, Jan. 12, 1953

Strictly Private. In Manhattan, self-styled Private Detective Emil Laguardia (no kin to the late Fiorello) hired himself out to protect a payroll messenger, was later charged by police with stealing the payroll.

Once Removed. In Detroit, Mrs. Stella Mrozowski filed suit against a local doctor, complained that when she went to the hospital to have an injured hand treated, she was whisked into the operating room where he removed her gall bladder.

Reader Saturation. In Norwood, Ohio, when a newspaper's Addressograph machine plate got stuck, Gus Merland received five mail bags (2,000 copies) of the Ohio Tavern News.

The Last Word. In Cincinnati, after...

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