IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1746. —Battle of Falkirk. 1871-King William I. of Prussia, proclaimed German Emperor at VerScXillqs* 1873.—Lord Lytton, novelist, died. 1884.—General Gordon left. London for Khartum. , , „ 1912.—Captain Scott reached South Pole. , _ , 1919.—Peace Conference opened at Versailles. Britain imported 1,120,839 barrels of beer, at a cost, of more than £4,000,000, in the first nine months of last year. Frog-skin and pheasants’ feathers are two of the latest materials to be used in making smart shoes for women. The immortal ballads, ‘Home, Sweet Horae,’ ‘My Old Kentucky Home,’ and ‘ Little Grey Home in the West ’ were not written about flats.—President Hoover. To-day, Christmas is an important economic event.—Mr Aldous Huxley.
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Evening Star, Issue 21003, 18 January 1932, Page 1
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110IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 21003, 18 January 1932, Page 1
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