While motoring in England an American tourist stopped at a garage to have a small detect in his accumulator remedied. “Say,” he inquired, when the job was done, “ what’s the charge for this battery?” “One and a-half volts, sir.” The American looked puzzled. "Yes,” said he at length, “ but how does that work out in American money?” A would-bo hero in the fire brigade attended a call, and, seeing a man leaning from an upper-story window shouting for help, thought this was his chance to save life and win a medal. Finding the ladder too short, he secured a rope, lassoed man, and pulled him down.
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Evening Star, Issue 20137, 30 March 1929, Page 11
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106Page 11 Advertisements Column 3 Evening Star, Issue 20137, 30 March 1929, Page 11
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