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In Philadelphia, upon returning from the funeral of her first husband, Mrs. May K. Burton, 37, applied for a license to marry Garland F. Kelley, one of the pallbearers.

Engineer

In Kankakee, Ill., restrained by a city ordinance from killing squirrels which raided his kitchen, City Engineer Hobart D. Gregg planned to steal the squirrels' winter supply of walnuts, declared: "I know where they are, and turn about should be fair play."

Fiddler

In Verpelet, Hungary, Gypsy Karoly Balog-Moga hanged himself, left a farewell note: "I cannot live without my beloved fiddle, which the mayor broke the other night when he was in high spirits."

Drive

In Atlanta, Ga. a golfer at the East Lake Country Club's eleventh tee drove a ball 150 yd. into Judge Jesse M. Wood's hip pocket.

Pinkie

In Cartersville, Ga. Negro Pinkie Frazier climbed a 102-ft. chimney, gibbered at 20,000 onlookers, threatened would-be rescuers with bricks. Cried a Negro preacher before Pinkie fell to his death: "You sho' is nearer Heaven than you'll ever be again."

Trilby

In Beaumont, Tex. Trainer Lee Roberta of the Ringling Bros, and Barnum & Bailey Circus forgot to speak gently to Trilby, a one-eyed elephant, when awakening her. Trilby woke up irritably, grabbed him in her trunk, whacked him against a wall, stomped him to death. Next day circus officials reported that Trilby was in constant tears.

Refund

In Port Orford, Ore. Frank B. Tichenor bought a railroad ticket to the Linn County Fair at Albany, Ore. in 1881, did not go. Last week he sent the ticket to Albany's mayor, asked for a refund.

Salesman

In Bucharest, Rumania, onetime Sexton Ion Glicherie was arrested for selling space in Heaven to peasants at 16 lei (16-c-) per square yard.

Tamales

In Mexico City, citizens were horrified to read that they have been eating hot tamales in which the tender meat was the flesh of Mexican babies. Consuelo Segura, 30, confessed to kidnapping 326 babies which she sold to one Manuela Frias, wife of a petty government employe, who said she eked out her husband's meager pay by murdering the infants and converting their flesh into tamales.

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