Erie fire chief escapes in taxicab explosion
On January 19 at 120 West 12th Street a gasoline explosion from a taxicab garage caused by a self starting device set fire to nine cars. Fire Chief McMahon and his son narrowly escaped as they opened a door amid flames. Burch and Vossberg suffered burns. Burch fled uninjured otherwise, with the incident estimated at $10,000 in potential damage and no insurance coverage.
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Hele
Te Hele Taxico Company
West 12Th Street
Fie
McMahon
Nis Son
Robert
Ray Burch
R. Vossbere
R. Vossbere, «Eg Sue Chanleyhie Were In the Rear of Tig Warage
United Pliort
Voustiers
Ne Fe
Chbief McMahon
Buren
Vossburg
Burch
Vossberg
Vousberg
Nixon
Jacob Hy
Firefighters Protect Garage Walls After Interior Fire
A garage suffered interior flames with the interior burned while walls remained intact due to rapid fire department response. No injuries reported and nearby structures secured as investigators assess the scene. Local fire officials urge caution around similar facilities in dry conditions.
Wanted 300 Pound Bride in Jefferson City
George Washington Jump a 60 year old bachelor of Jefferson City Missouri advertised for a wife to be six feet tall and 300 pounds and married Mrs Nicholas Newman a widow with four children. He admitted she did not meet the spec yet they wed as he said he would take the matrimonial rug anyway. The bride is only five feet five inches and weighs about 110 pounds but he believes she is strong enough not to have nerves.
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Jefferson City
George Washington Jump
Nicholas Newman
Jump
Hier
Experiments in Cattle Feeding in California and Nevada
Reports from the University of California show two large scale cattle feeding trials. One at Gilroy with four carloads of steers and another at Lovelock, Nevada with six lots averaging 225 head each, exploring profitable fattening methods for market. Tramps Must Saw Wood outlines town order in Nanticoke. Delaney Eliminated From Graft Inquiry notes Governor Glynn removing him from highway graft investigations in New York.
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Berkeley
Cal
Dun
University of California
Gil. Toy
Lovelock
Nev
Nanticoke
Frank Mudejewski
Bursesr Hay
SURPRISES MANY IN CORRY ON BOWEL REMEDY
Corry residents are amazed by Adler-Ika a simple buckthorn bark glycerine remedy praised for curing constipation and aiding digestion. The product claims rapid relief from sour stomach duct gas and foul matter, with a single dose said to cleanse the bowels effectively.
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Corry
Adler-I
United States Weighs Acquisition of All Radium
Washington January 1 The House Mines Committee heard testimony on obtaining all radium for government use. Interior Secretary Lane and Chair Foater pressed government control while Dr. Howard Kelly argued radium cures some cancers and proposed a government run extraction process to be donated for national use.
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United Eregs
Washington, D.C
Apecal Committee
House
Lana
Interior
Min Foater
House Mines Committee
Howard Kelly
Baltimore
New York
Denver
Presidential primaries bill outlined by House committee
Washington Jan 19 Rep Tucker chairman of the House Elections Committee said a presidential primary bill will be drafted and considered. He noted the measure will be embodied in a definite form but the committee does not expect to present it before the current session ends.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Rep
Tucker
House Elections Committee
Rucker
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R. E. Palmer Company
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