Word: kroonstad
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Animal Lover. In Kroonstad, South Africa, a native who was fined five shillings for stealing a cat explained to the court that he was crazy about tabbies: they were his favorite dish...
Government mines for her trouble. At a garden reception in their honor at Kroonstad, the family were unexpectedly greeted by a swarm of bees, attracted alike by royalty and platefuls of gaily decorated cakes, on which they clustered, diligently searching for honey. As Mayor Teunis de Hart of neighboring Henneman in the gold country was presented to the Queen, she gasped to see four of the bees crawling placidly on his head. The Queen asked anxiously if he had been stung. He hadn't. But as they sat down, King George suggested gently that the Mayor leave...
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