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MR. CHURCHILL AS HISTORIAN
£20,000 FOR NEW WORK
London, February 21
The “Daily Telegraph” understands that Mr. Winston Churchill has agreed to write a “History of the English-speaking Peoples,” running into 400,000 words. Cassells, the well-known publishers, are paying over £20,000 for the copyright.
Kalgoorlie Miner, 1933
Rowland and his companions arrived at Madame Tussaud’s early, with Pierrepont in the Gladstone bag. They found Marriott Spencer in a terrible and vocal dither. It appeared his assistant had contracted what he called “some kind of pox” and he’d been left short-handed.
“I’m measuring today,” he lamented. “The subject will be here in a few minutes and this is not something I can do alone!”
“Well, can’t I help you, Marriott?” Edna volunteered.
“The chart is compl
