From the Evening News, March 28, 1903: POETRY has assisted Miss Bridget Diamond, who ran a machine in a tobacco company in Brooklyn, to recover damages from the company for which she worked.

The sum of 25,000 dollars was claimed by her in respect of the loss of four fingers from one of her hands. Mr Mirabeau L. Towns appeared for the claimant, but it seems to have suggested itself to him that this sum may be regarded as an excessive claim, and that something more than plain, unvarnished, setting forth of the facts would be necessary to bring to his client the amount she demanded.

So he got up in front of the jurymen and read this poem:

A women's hand so soft and white,

When you come weary home at night

Can ease your tired, aching head,

Smooth out the pillow on your bed;

Can sooth you with its gentle touch -

Ah, woman's hand can do so much.

Our rooms and homes would be so bare

Were not the hands of woman there

To make them cosy, clean and sweet -

Ah, woman's hands make things so neat.

And if there is hard work to do,

A woman's hands can do it, too;

Can easily with tool, brush, or pen

Compete with work by hands of men.

The power of genius was made manifest by an award of damages to the extent of 450 dollars.

From the Evening News, March 27, 1993

FURIOUS golfers say they have been bunkered by a huge price rise at a council-run course. Angry members and season ticket holders at Bolton Municipal golf course say the increase in season ticket charges - from £168 to £240 a year - is totally unjustified. But leisure services chiefs say the price rise is necessary to offset almost £1 million cut from their budget for the next financial year.

From the Evening News, March 28, 1978

A LABOUR MP urged today that convicted football thugs should be sent to special military units for "Glasshouse-type" punishment for periods up to 12 months. He said: "We have mindless thugs throwing darts which maim people, invading the pitch is becoming commonplace, and untold damage is being done in towns by so-called supporters who frighten people living near football grounds. He said the thugs should be taught a lesson they would not forget.

From the Evening News, March 28, 1953

A LETTER of congratulation has been received by the Wanderers' chairman, Ald. James Entwistle, from Field-Marshal Viscount Montgomery, who is aboard the Queen Mary. It reads as follows:

Mr Dear Chairman, - I have just heard on the ship's radio that you beat Everton today and will now go to Wembley. As an Honorary Freeman of Bolton, I would like to say how very glad I am. Please congratulate the team from me, and say I shall look forward to seeing the Cup in Bolton on my next visit.