Word: stationer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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FarewelL At Victoria Station the King-Emperor and his Consort, who never leave London to welcome or say farewell to anyone, bade Godspeed to the Duke and Duchess as they entrained for Portsmouth. With grave decorum the King-Emperor entered the Ducal railway compartment, kissed his daughter-in-law, half-embraced his son with a fatherly pat upon the back and stepped out of the com- partment again onto the platform. Edward of Wales, always in high spirits when chatting with his merry sister-in-law, rode down to Portsmouth, as did Prince Henry and Prince George. When the royal...
...Sumatra, last week, the Dutch Superin- tendent and four native bodyguards were shot from ambush by "Communists." Near Padang a Dutch officer was set upon and wounded by other "Communists," strung up by the thumbs, refused water until he died. Finally, at Sawahloento, Sumatra, the "Communists" seized the railway station, burned down the stationmaster's house, and were only routed when the local Dutch Sub-Governor personally rallied the police and led them against the insurgents, killing seven, wounding 135, restoring Dutch prestige...
...mine at a filling station...
...Manhattan, hapless Jeremiah Bletch dropped the $5 gold piece, office Christmas gift, that he was telephoning Mrs. Bletch about, into the pay station box. Mrs. Bletch grieved...
...Honest money counters of the New York Telephone Co. found 68 more gold pieces in the Christmas collections brought them, in sealed boxes, from pay station booths...