IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 18o9.—Donlh of Chopin, the com* poser. 1871.—The German army entered. Paris. 1877.—Rutherford B. Mayes elected President of the United States. 1884.—Battle of El Tcb. 1884.—Death of Dr Isaac Todhnnter, the mathematician. 1918.—German attack on Rheim» li'ont fails. The man who sets out to read everything will know nothing worth knowing, because Ins task will have cut him off from life itself. —Mr Arnold Bennett. Pennies issued by the Royal Mint during 1920 numbered more than l(J,o0Q,U00. Canada is well on the way to becoming the second gold-producing country of the world. The District Council of Barry has refused to allow Sunday photography on the beach.
Inventions that have been patented have totalled up to as many as 36,672 in one veav.
1 call friction the feminine force; it always opposes and never quite knows what it is going to do.—Profc:-ar E. N. da C. Andrade. At the marriage of the porter of Newmarket Workhouse to a nurse at the infirmary twenty-eight tramps formed a guard of honor, lidding their tea cans aloft.
A chemical process for rendering fireproof the paper used for banknotes, cheques, and other important documents is one of the most-needed inventions.
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Evening Star, Issue 19803, 29 February 1928, Page 1
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198IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 19803, 29 February 1928, Page 1
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