Miscellany, Jul. 25, 1949

Long Shot. In McAlester, Okla., police surveyed the results of a three-way traffic accident: a trailer truck and switching locomotive were badly banged up, the horse was unhurt.

Dividend. In Paris, Tex., when a nickel was removed from two-year-old Rebecca Ann Allen's esophagus, the doctor also found a penny.

Burned Up. In Santa Monica, Calif., police set up new, all-metal "No Fires Allowed" beach signs, explained that too many picnickers had used the old wooden signs for kindling.

The Male Animal. In Springfield, Mo., Mrs. Pauline Suggs filed suit for divorce because her husband put an ad in the paper describing himself as a...

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