At a Petersburg, Indiana, inquest on a man named John Chamberlain, aged 55, it wa» stated. says the "Central News" 5 Sew York correspondent, that whilst sitting in a local motion picture theatre he laughed for fully a quarter of an hour and then fell ifrom his seat. He was taken to the door for air, when it was -found that he was dead. A verdict of death from apoplexy, due to mirth, was returned. A new giant has entered the field of pugilism. He is L. H. "Big" Munn, of Sioux City, U.S.A. He is 6ft (Son m height and weighs 295rr>. Munn is a former star athlete of the University of Ve-raska. He will begin a period ol intensive training at the .Mike Gibbon camp in St. Paul. He Will not ake part in any matches for at lean irec months. After that-he says he will b= ready for any of them.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 270, 12 November 1923, Page 9
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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 270, 12 November 1923, Page 9
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