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Villagers of Manuden, England, gathered on the lawn of the vicarage of the Rev. Harry B. Grin-die, 70, on his wedding night. They beat tin pans, iron kettles, garbage cans, etc. They honked horns. In short, they gave Vicar Grindle an old-fashioned "tin kettling"-to remind him that they thought he had violated an unwritten...
...long had the self-conscious Rev. Basil W. B. Matthews, Vicar of Holy Trinity Church, London, endured the scrutiny of his congregation, that last week he broke into psalmodic lament...
Night foremen can become lifesavers only at their own risk, ruled last week Judge Nelson Mc-Vicar of the Pittsburgh Common Pleas Court. His decision saved the Fidelity & Casualty Co. $2,400, lost Mrs. Elsie A. Prettyman (widow of William A. Prettyman) the same amount...
...June 18, 1926, Mr. Prettyman, night foreman for a contracting company, rescued Anna Nice from drowning in the Alleghany River, was himself drowned. The Workmen's Compensation Board awarded his widow $8 a week for 300 weeks. To court went the Casualty Co. Ruled Judge Mc-Vicar...
...drive off and remembering- remembering so voluminously that he has to attach himself to his victims' coattails and drag them down to get an audience. Glad to say, the reader needs dragging down less than ever. The sharp sound of splitting wood and the dejected back of the vicar plodding homeward remind the Oldest Member of young Chester Meredith, ah yes, poor chap. . . . and so he relates how Chester came within a chip shot of not crashing the course record, simply through a misunderstanding with his best girl about soul-satisfying, putt-producing profanity. Rollo Podmarsh is the subject...