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Professor Black's clipping reads, in part, as follows: "An animal owned by H. N. Smith of Montgomery, Ala., saved its master and itself from being bitten by a rabid dog by seizing the dog with its teeth and hurling it through the air. The dog fell into a well close by and was drowned...
Mynheer Zimmermann. Bald, suave, aristocratic, just, fluent master of five languages, for 15 years able Burgomaster of Rotterdam Dr. Zimmermann spoke with not unseemly pride of his achievements to newsgatherers last week: "I came to a country in financial chaos. The task which I undertook was an entirely new one, without precedent in history. . . . It was not an easy task...
...majority of Americans are neither watchmen nor bluebloods; one astute man did not. Last week appeared an advertisement captioned "Everyday Folks and Their Breakfasts." It pointed out the peculiar delicacies of puffed wheat beneath the porttrait of J. P. Coogan (Jackie's grandfather), a New York Central station master...
Next day they had grasped one of the felons, tossed the pirate in the gaol. He confessed, said that he had been hired by a "master mind" to steal a half million dollars' worth of the art treasures; his employer probably intended to use them as models for commercial imitations...
...golf that Jones set himself to play, the picture golf of his qualifying round. It was assured, brilliant, dependable- not fabulous. Hagen, that master of tensions, came along in the rear, looking to see what was wanted. In the morning he saw that Jones wanted two strokes to be even with Watrous. At the 9th hole in the afternoon he still wanted them. At the 18th hole, the 144th hole of the match, Jones had them, and two more beside. His final score was 291. Watrous had taken 293. And to tie the winning score on the last hole Hagen...