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...multiplied with their well-known rapidity (six litters per year, of four to eight offspring per litter). But suddenly the booming U. S. rabbit industry became overproduced everywhere. And last week bankrupt Mrs. Brown explained: "About a year ago rabbits began coming in from everywhere, thousands of them, by parcel post, truck and express. I couldn't tell if they were the offspring of my rabbits or not, but the people had my contracts, and I had to take them. They ate me out of house & home, and wouldn't go when I turned them loose. I hauled...
...depends upon having more efficient manufacturing processes than its competitors, many of whom are foreign, its secretive attitude is somewhat more understandable. But the heavy silence which shrouds Allied like some dark cloud is a matter of deeper policy than is explained by these facts. It is part and parcel of the company's very life...
...Philadelphia, the will of Wilson E. Stroudt bequeathed to his sister-in-law Mrs. Charles L. Stroudt "all that parcel of land from the Atlantic to the Pacific and all the trees and everything thereon"; to her son "the four winds of the earth, that he may enjoy them the same as I have"; to the person who buried him all that remained of his estate after funeral expenses were paid. Mrs. Stroudt buried him, received...
...Second class, newspapers and periodicals: third class, advertising matter; fourth class, merchandise (parcel post...
...London last week Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Home, onetime (1921-22) Chancellor of the Exchequer, contributed to this vital subject a parcel of impressive words...