Chinese slayer Geow fights hangman with repeated suicide attempts
In Cheyenne a Chinese prisoner Geow near Rawlins penitentiary attempts suicide by strangulation after prior hunger strike and hanging. A special guard oversees his cell as authorities weigh the cost of execution and potential death. If he ends his life the state saves the hangman’s fee of $100.
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Cheyenne
Wye
Fee Qeow
Tom Holland
Geow
Geol
Rawlins
State of
Wyoming
Alcohol as a Motor Fuel Mix with Benzoil Boosts Power
The article states that alcohol alone cannot power high speed internal combustion engines like those in motor cars. It notes that mixing alcohol with an equal part of benzoil creates an excellent fuel for this purpose.
Lincoln Ave Barber Shop Ad Pitches Christmas Haircuts
An old classified item promotes Oil Exchange Barber Shop offering Christmas haircuts for schoolboys. The snippet mentions Sylvester F Pelton, a carpenter contractor at 9268 Lincoln Ave, with a brief, fragmented contact line and a shop name “Oil Exchange Barber Shop.”
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Sylvester F Pelton
Lincoln Ave
Oil Exchange Barber Shop
Rigid Dirigible to Be Constructed in Philadelphia
Philadelphia Dec 21 The League Island aircraft plant begun work on airship No 1, a rigid airship modeled on German Zeppelins and resembling the R-3? now under construction in England for the U S Navy. Upon completion it will be the first rigid airship built in the United States.
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Philadelphia
United Presa
League Island
United States
England
United States Navy
Naval aircraft factory boosts war effort with vast plant
Four hundred thirty two planes produced at the Atlantic Fleet training facility as part of wartime output. The factory employs 1,400 workers, including 200 women, with $5,000,000 spent by the War Department on a 46 acre complex housing a hangar for eight large planes and seaplane launch ramp. Commanders G. C. Weath erwell and H. C. Richardson lead engineering and operations.
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Onliue
G. C. Weaterwell
H. C. Richardson
Wav Department
Motor Freight Service Operates Through Kansas and Nebraska
A motor freight service running routes through Kansas and Nebraska handles a 150 unit cargo schedule. Details on shipments and destinations are sparse in this fragment.
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Kansas
Nebraska
Basin man dies from perforated ulcer
Basin Wye December 7 2 T Harvey dies suddenly here this week from a perforated ulcer of the intestines he was a resident of the Basin area and news of his death was reported locally.
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Basin, Wye
T. Harvey
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Congress Hotel
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D. Barnett Outfitting Co
East Second Street
Poinsettas
Shikany Cash Grocery
Second Street
HONE
Wolcott
Delaware River
Hile
New York State
Tt Ly
The
North Woods and Mounted Police
Raiders
Tom MIX
Harold Lloyd's
Omaha
Cama Sehente
Chamber of Commerce
Multigraph Service Co
S. Wolcott St
Corona
L. C. Smith
Casper Typewriter
Ange 101
Wyatt Bldg
Diamonds
H. B. Kline
Oil Exchange Building
William Fox
Maclaine
Tattlers
Larry Lemon
Chester
Iris Orchestra
William Russell In
Basil King
Casper’s
Fima
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