Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 253, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1910 — A GROUP OF QUEER FACTS [ARTICLE]

A GROUP OF QUEER FACTS

The telegraphers’ union has a wireless branch. Londoners are trying to popularize wedding rings for men. Several titled folk of England have taken up running as a fad. Scavenging and street cleaning of London costs more than $3,500,000 per year. The English law prevents the shooting of game on Christmas day or Sundays. _ _ ' * The department of agriculture has declared war on the mistletoe as destructive to tree growth. Only 88 per cent, of the real efficiency of a ton of coal is utilized. The remainder is wasted.