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...have the Lampoon building but at least I have their Ibis," proudly announced "Mickey" Sullivan, formerely councilman from Cambridge's ninth ward, as he met the Ibis, the 'Poonsters now famous bird, yesterday afternoon...
...councillor immediately took possession of the bird by the ancient and honorable Gaelic method of placing his hat on its head and mattering odd incantations. "Now its mine," he announced...
...strange metal bird which has gazed down on the Gold Coast over since the building was erected near the turn of the century was neatly cut from its moorings, leaving the rest of the long, pipe-like structure which supported it untouched. The information was received at this office at too late an hour for Lampoon editors to be questioned regarding who they think the agile culprit may be; however, Yard police said they had found no clues or hints as to the thief or thieves' identities...
...Commuters between Detroit and Chicago got a big boost in service with three new trains added to schedules at the same time: the Red Bird and Chicago Arrow on 4¾-hour schedules (Wabash); The Michigan on a 5-hour schedule (Michigan Central...
...prolific was Bangs that the number of his pseudonyms put a strain on his wit. They included Shakespeare Jones, Gaston V. Drake, Periwinkle Podmore, Horace Dodd Gastit, A. Sufferan Mann. In politics he was defeated for Mayor of Yonkers, but became a very useful bird dog for the imperialism of Roosevelt I and General Leonard Wood in Cuba (on which he wrote a book) and in the Philippines. Had Wood been nominated in 1920, Bangs would probably have gone to the Court of St. James's. In the reconstruction of France he more or less worked himself to death...