Signor Boaci, tho famous Italian, tenor, is suing a railway company for '«CIO,OOO because he caught a cold while travelling to Toronto. He accuses tho employees of the railway of carelessly shutting off the' heating apparatus, although they knew ho was in the sleeping carriage. A' remarkable fent of strength lias just been witnessed at Eaton Socnn, Bedfordshire. Mr. Spurgeon Thornton nuido a wager that he would haul to Tcmpsfard Bridge and back, a distance of six inilos, an American buggy containing four of the heaviest men in tho district within an. hour. Ho lost the wager, but took only just a li.rtlo over tho hour to perform Jib. astonishing task, ne is not challenging anyono to repeat tho feat.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1528, 26 August 1912, Page 5
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120Untitled Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1528, 26 August 1912, Page 5
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