In Manhattan, a large, gray tomcat, "snapping and spitting as the result of an overdose of catnip," chased pedestrians, trolley cars, automobiles, was finally cornered by a patrolman in a cigar store telephone booth.

In Moscow, it was announced that one Victor, aged four years, ten months, son of a Vladivostok doctor, 'has a full beard, can throw a man in a wrestling match, can choke his small companions black in the face, puzzles professors."

In Minneapolis, one Mrs. Betty Smilow prepared a hen for stewing, found in the gizzard three emeralds, four 22-caliber empty cartridge shells.