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NO FOOD FOR 45 DAYS. GERMAN ACROBAT’S ATTEMPT. LONDON. April 6. “You must not eat before Nicky.” This notice appears in Berlin in front of the cage, in which is scaled a German acrobat, “Nicky,” with 300 buttles of mineral wafer and 3000 cigarettes. “Nicky” will attempt n 45-davs’ fast, by which be will beat .Tolly’s record. He says that, lie learned to fast whilo be was a war prisoner at, the Isle of Man, whom bo was released after “hunger-striking” for 35 da vs.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17008, 15 April 1926, Page 8
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