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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, CompletePunch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete[From a MS. drama called the COURT OF VICTORIA. Scene in Windsor Castle. [Her Majesty discovered sitting thoughtfully at an escrutoire. Enter the LORD CHAMBERLAIN.] LORD CHAMBERLAIN.May it please your Majesty, a letter from the Duke of...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-08Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-08By an order of the Food Controller rice has been freed from all restrictions as regards use. This drastic attempt to stem the prevailing craze for matrimony has not come a moment too soon. The Daily Mail...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 25th, 1920Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 25th, 1920"What we have got to do," says Lord Rothermere, "is to keep calm and mind our own business, instead of worrying about the affairs of every other nation." It seems only fair to point out...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-01Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-01A Newcastle miner who was stated to be earning a pound a day has been fined ten pounds for neglecting his children. The idea of waiting till September 20th and letting Mr. Smillie neglect them does not...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 18th, 1920Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 18th, 1920"A few hours in Cork," says a Daily Mail correspondent, "will convince anyone that a civil war is near." A civil war, it should be explained, is one in which the civilians are at war...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 7th, 1920Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 7th, 1920About a month ago we lost our dog. I can't describe him, although I have tried from time to time; but Elaine, my wife, said I should not speak in that fashion of a dumb...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-29Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-29The secret of industrial peace, says a sporting paper, is more entertainment for the masses. We have often wondered what our workers do to while away the time between strikes. "The cost of living for working-class families,"...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-06-30Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-06-30Fewer births are recorded in Ireland during the past seven months. No surprise can be felt, for we cannot imagine anybody being born in Ireland on purpose just now. A London firm are now manufacturing what they...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 4th, 1920Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 4th, 1920A drought is reported from India and Eastern Africa. Considering the amount of water which has recently escaped from clouds over here it is not surprising to find that they are feeling the pinch in...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-07-28Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-07-28A Mile End man writes to The Daily Express to say that one of his ducks laid four eggs in one day. It seems about the most sensible thing the bird could have done with them. As...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 14th, 1920Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 14th, 1920"Militarism has created a dragon whose fangs will never properly be drawn," announces a writer in a Sunday paper. This charge against Mr. Winston Churchill's dentist is, in our opinion, most unkind. The report that...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 3rd, 1920Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 3rd, 1920A lunatic who recently escaped from an asylum was eventually recaptured in a large dancing-hall in the West-End. The fact that he was waltzing divinely and keeping perfect time with the music aroused the other...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-25Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-25"Another American," says a Washington despatch, "has been captured by Mexicans and is being held to ransom." We deplore these pin-prick tactics. If there is something about the United States that President Carranza wants changed he should...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-18Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-18Writing in the Echo de Paris "Pertinax" asks Mr. Lloyd George to make some quite clear statement regarding his advice to electors. There is more innocence in Paris than you might suppose. Professor Waller has demonstrated by...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-11Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-11Asked how she would act in case a burglar broke into her house, Miss Iris Hoey said she would stand before him and recite Shakspeare. If anybody else had said this we should have suspected a cruel...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-10Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-10"The Home Rule Bill," says The Irish Unionist Alliance, "would, if put into operation, cause friction in Ireland." We are sorry to hear this, for friction is the last thing we want to see in Ireland. M....
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-28Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-28Three hundred pounds is the price asked by an advertiser in The Times for a motor-coat lined with Persian lamb. It is still possible to get a waistcoat lined with English lamb (or even good capon) for...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-21Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-21We understand that the Frenchman who lost his temper so completely during a duel with pistols that he threatened to shoot his opponent will be suspended from taking part in similar encounters for the next six months....
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 3, 1892Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 3, 1892"I dreamed," said the Scotch Professor, "that I was struggling for dear life with a monstrous reptile, whose scaly coils wound about my body, while the extremity of his own was lost in the distance....
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-21Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-21It appears that Irish criminals may be divided into three classes (a) The ones you can't catch; (b) The ones you have caught but can't convict; (c) The ones you have convicted but can't keep in prison....
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