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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150,
by Various
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January 26, 1916, by Various This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org
Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 26, 1916
Author: Various
Editor: Owen Seaman
Release Date: September 15, 2007 [EBook #22612]
Language: English
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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
VOL. 150.
January 26, 1916.
CHARIVARIA.
Some idea of the financial straits in which English people find themselves may be gathered from the statement that the first forced strawberries of the season fetched no more than ten shillings a pound. The Germans proudly point out that their forced loans fetched more than that.
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A kindly M.P. has suggested that our German naval prisoners should be employed in making the projected the ship canal between the Firths of Forth and Clyde. At present they suffer terribly from a form of nostalgia known as canal-sickness.
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Owing to the scarcity of hay in the Budapest Zoo the herbivorous animals are being fed on chestnuts, and several local humorous papers have been obliged to suspend publication.
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As the two Pola