Over 2,000,000 persons were living more than two in a room in England and Wales when a recent hous^ ing census was taken.
Isaac Small, aged 64, of Orleans, Massachusetts, decided a year ago that sleep was a waste of time. Since then he has never gone to bed, and. his rest has been limited to a "cat-nap" of one hour in 24. He spends his nights in reading, and says his brain power has been doubled in consequence.
Dust embedded in the old oaken floors of a factory at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, has been found to contain particles of gold, and workmen are busy extracting the precious metal with vacuum sweepers- and carpenters' tools. Already about £500 worth has been recovered. The building is an old jewel-making factory.
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Ellesmere Guardian, Volume LVI, Issue 41, 24 May 1935, Page 5
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