Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 2nd, 1914Various
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 2nd, 1914
Various
English wit and humor -- Periodicals
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Illustration: _The Small Man._ "IF I WAS AS WELL SET UP AS YOU I'D GO
AND FIGHT FOR MY COUNTRY, _I_ WOULD!"
_The Large Man._ "NO GOOD, MATE, I'VE TRIED IT. TOLD ME AT THE WAR
OFFICE I WOULD SPOIL THE UNIFORM APPEARANCE OF ANY REGIMENT, SO I'M
WAITIN' TILL THEY RAISE A CORPS OF CINEMA GUARDS."
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From the Emperor of AUSTRIA'S telegram to WILHELM II.:
"Words fail to express what moves me, and with me my army, in these
days of the world's history."
The word "Servia" might express what moves his army.
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_The Scotsman_ on the condition of things in Norway:--
"Food supplies and rents are controlled by the Government, and
spirits and wines cannot be purchased. Most of the English people
have now left Norway."
For other reasons, we hope.
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"PLEASURE TOURS.--St. Petersburg from London _via_ Kiel Canal."
_Advt. in "Times."_
Take your camera with you, and snap the jolly little German battleships
as you go past. The result of the recent fight off Heligoland should
increase your popularity.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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