IN A NUTSHELL
anniversaries. 1808.—Mazzini bon. . 1842.—Dr Brydone, sole survivor of Kabul Army, arrived at Jallahabad., 1863.—Assault and capture of Otapawa Pa by force under Major-general Chute. ■ ; , , . „ . . 1885.—Great earthquake in Spam; 695 killed in Granada alone. 1908.—Explosion and panic at Bayertown Theatre, Philadelphia, during a cinema exhibition; 167 killed. _ 1908.—M. Henri Farman succeeded in travelling a kilometre with aeroplane. If evfr education has failed, the reason is that given by Bob Sawyer concerning his hot punch cure, because the patient fell into the vulgar error of not taking enough of it—Prince George. _ . . , , Britain’s sootiest # town is Rochdale, where the impurities deposited from the air, measured, in tons per square mile, annually weigh 793 tons. _ Capable of taking photographs of objects invisible to the human eye, even with strong field-glatses, a new .film for aerial cameras is being tested in America. ' , The lowest temperature ever recorded, in England at Christmas was in 1860, when, at Beeston, Nottinghamshire, the thermometer registered 40 degree* of frost. ; , The United States Post Office Department announces that it intends to start a crusade against the sale of foreign sweepstake* tickets in the United States. , .
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Evening Star, Issue 20999, 13 January 1932, Page 1
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188IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 20999, 13 January 1932, Page 1
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