THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK
LOST, FROM DOLLS’ HOUSE. Search was recently being made by Mr Thomas Battv., an inventor, of Drighlington, Yorkshire, for the tiniest autograph hook in the world. It- had. been lost from his £IOOO wonder dolls house, which took him 23 years to build. Complete on a miniature scale, the house has a 3in high grand_pia.no with playing keys made from billiard balls and an ebony walking stick and a set of carpets that took nearly 1000 hours to make. • / “ The autograph book, winch went a-missing from the Leeds Town Hall a few weeks ago, is t*’e only object I have ever lost from the dolls’ house,” Mr Batty said. “I am prepared to reward whoever! returns it, for it* contains some famous signatures.” The smallest letter in the world was recently sent by Air Batty to the Queen.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 51, Issue 129, 13 March 1931, Page 2
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