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There was nothing startlingly new about the Star's war pictures. A far more gruesome series was published last year. Up-&-coming, the Star had also printed the story of Edith Cavell, executed by the Germans as a British spy, and Dickens' Life of Christ. The latest Star exploit prompted irreverent newshawks in Toronto to revive a verse privately circulated last year to poke fun at the Star's Publisher Joseph Edward Atkinson, his son-in-law and vice president Harry Hindmarsh, his one-armed Editor Vernon Knowles. Composed by two members of Toronto's Writers...
They're Jesus and Dickens and Edith Cavell, Chorus...
...Sims were found guilty, fined ?25 for enticement, ?250 for libel and nearly ?400 for costs. Back in Old Barton, Cookham Dean, newshawks found Edith the General putting the kettle...
...Fancy that now!" said Edith the General...
...financial instability. The telegram passed through the village store where it was read by most of the gossips in Cookham Dean. Against Mr. Sim, Mr. Stretch promptly brought two suits, one for "enticement," the other for personal libel. Then for a year the case hung fire and bewildered Edith the General continued to work for the Sims...