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Doorman John Healy comes to work Sunday morning bringing a partly finished bottle of whiskey. He greets his colleague, George Tiernan, nightman, with the suggestion that they "kill the quart" before Mr. Tiernan goes home. They are bosom friends and two hours pass pleasantly while they rehash what has been their favorite conversational topic since the Lihmes left town, namely, the stinginess of "The Old Swede's" (Mr. Lihme's) tips and the indisputable right, the incontrovertible necessity of two fine Irish elevator men to get an increase...
Meanwhile, in Warsaw, Assassin Boris Kovenko declared to the Special Tribunal which sat upon his case: "I killed M. Vojkov, but I did not kill him as a person. I killed him because of what the Bolshevists have done in Russia...
Bull & Dog Near Oregon, Ill., Farmer William P. Pierce dropped the dog he was intending to kill for constantly stealing eggs, when a bull attacked him. Neighbors turned away, sickened as the bull knocked the man to earth. But the convicted dog set at the huge beast, tore at him, until he turned from the man, to chase after the dog. Farmer Pierce may live. Bull & Girl...
...Look," said Mr. Besaw, "here's something I'm going to show you. That's the stone hammer that the Indians were going to kill Captain John Smith with the time that Pocahontas rushed in and saved him. The old chief I got it from told me that. I was five years old and so drunk I could hardly stand up the day I took it out of his tent, after he'd been killed in a fight...
Citizens of Madrid divided their enthusiasm last week between a young man of 28 who kills bulls, and a Crown Prince of 32 who urges on dogs to kill foxes...