Miscellany, Jul. 18, 1949

Spoils System. In Denver, Kenneth Sigrist admitted that he had broken into District Attorney Bert Keating's automobile with intent to steal, but protested, "What's he hollering about? I voted for him, didn't I?"

Lark? In Knoxville, Tenn., firemen ministered to a pigeon which had eaten too many ripe cherries, fallen out of a tree.

Man's World. In Blackpool, England, Violet Brindle protested that, in an effort to make her quit her job as a streetcar conductor, her husband had 1) blocked her trolley line by haranguing a crowd about his troubles, 2) burned the skirt of her conductor's uniform, 3) burned the supper...

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