IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1802.—Victor Hugo born. 1815. —Napoleon escaped from Elba. 1848.—Republic proclaimed in Paris. 1852. —Loss of tbe transport Birkenhead ; 451 lives lost. 1871. —Treaty of peace between France and Germany signed at Versailles. 1892.—“ The Cliffs ” (E. B. Cargill’s residence) destroyed by fire. 1898.—Attempted assassination of King of Greece outside Athens. 1916.—French auxiliary cruiser Provence sank in Mediterranean; 3,000 troops lost. 1916.—First stage of Battle of Verdun ended. Newton Grange, a mining village in Midlothian, has just unveiled its war memorial—more than fifteen years after the armistice. Grandism (2,1941 : Whether you buy a bottle of Tagona Port at .4s or any of our wine hoHlings—all arc guaranteed pure and star-bright.... The strangest garment ever made at Hollywood is a bathrobe for a real caterpillar, employed in an 1 Alice in Wonderland ’ film.
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Evening Star, Issue 21655, 26 February 1934, Page 1
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135IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 21655, 26 February 1934, Page 1
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