“Hello 1 Had any hick shooting? “X should say I dicL Shot seventeen •ducks in one day. W y wild?” “Well—no —not the farmer who owned them was. A lady crossing from France to England was asked by the Customs officer if she had anything dutiable. She assured him that she had nothing bub wearipg apparel- in her trunks, but at the bottom of the largest one, which to him seemed to be the most suspicious, he found twelve boties or brandy. “Madame,” said the officer, sarcastically, “do ' you call -these things wearing apparel tainly,” she replied,; sweetly They are my husband’s nightcaps. ’ There are nearly 5,000,000 women breadwinners in the United States, two-thirds of them being unmarried.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2394, 8 January 1909, Page 12 (Supplement)
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118Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2394, 8 January 1909, Page 12 (Supplement)
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