“Johannesburg tramway men started a lightning strike on Thursday owing to the suspension of a conductor.”—Daily Paper.

It seems a logical reason.


“Do not waste any time in entering for our ‘Hidden’ Geography Competition.”—Daily Paper.

Thanks for the advice; we won’t.


“Linacre Lecture.—Dr. Henry Head, F.R.L., ‘Aspasia and Kindred Disorders of the Speech.’”—Cambridge Calendar.

Yet this is the lady who is supposed to have inspired the most famous of Pericles’ orations.


“Furnished Railway Carriage in Surrey garden to Let; 3 beds; company’s water, gas-cooker, and light: 2gs. weekly.”—Daily Paper.