From an American newspaper:
A wireless station is shortly to be opened within the Arctic circle. Picture the faces of the Eskimos when the announcer says: *Good night, everybody. We are now closing down for six mont Simple Deduction Arter a lengthy charge was read against the motorist, Sheriff A. M. Hamilton, at Paisl declared:—"The beauty of the reading of these complaints is that no one knows "what they are about when it is all over." Turning to the Fiscal he asked: "What does it mean?" The reply was: "The accused had no ligh and a defective brake, your Lordshi; "Knock, Knock"
AT the time of the "Knock! Knock!" craze, Mr. Tom Walls told this little story. His car was stopped by a policeman, who said to the chauffeur: "Knock! Knock!"
"Eh?" said the chauffeur.
"Knock! Knock" the policeman persisted. "Who's there?"—"Butcher."—"Buteher Who?" "Butcher lights or Poor Punk Yov remember what happened to Demetrius Pu He had been commissioned to write a farewell to September....He produced the following Im not an adept At songs about Sept., Nor can I concoct An ode to Oct. after which he blew out what brains he had and went into politics.
—F. W. Thomas in the "N ews Chronicle."
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