Train Crash Kills Many In Suburban Philadelphia
Philadelphia headlines report a head on collision on the Newtown division of the Philadelphia and Reading railway near Woodmont. Two trains crashed, with 22 bodies removed and many more feared dead or burned. Survivors and injured were taken to Abington Memorial Hospital as investigators probe the engineer's actions.
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Philadelphia, Dec
Newtown
Philadelphia and Reading Railway
Woodmont
Philadelphia
Elmer Ranson
Irving Hatch
Jack Krusen
Herbert Krusen
Thomas J. Price
Southampton
Charles T. Scott
Churchville
H. F E. Hegeland
William Sinkler
Edward Vogel
Rovers
Freman
Thomas Grove
West Philadelphia
Emma War Hart
Arthur Heaton
Morris Vin Horn
Elizabeth Shelmire
Katherine Fitzpatrick
Walter Yenkie
James Rook
Edgar Brehm
George H. Potter
Adolph Schneckers
Louis Johnson
William Bixler
Helen Rook
Anna Fitzpatrick
EM Hartman
Richmore
J. Herbert Krusen
Abington Hospital
Gremen
Abington Memorial Hospital
Withoush
Lars the Slanfe
Reading Terminal
W. C. Eckert
Jacati
Fragmentary historic note on housekeeping and war rhetoric
Fragmentary OCR text discusses housekeeping actions, preparation steps, and a line about the “weetds Ball” in a wartime context. The readable phrases imply routine tasks and a cryptic wartime remark, but the source text is garbled with misspellings and unclear attribution.
Arbuckle Juror Intimidation Claims Stir San Francisco
Fatty Arbuckle faces retrial for manslaughter on January 9 after a juror dispute scuttled a verdict. Mrs Helen Hubbard, the juror who stood firm, released statements alleging pressure from attorneys and a police lieutenant to sway votes, prompting grand jury scrutiny and new sensational twists in the scandal at the St Francis Hotel case.
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San Francisco
Dee
Fitty Agbuckle
Virginia Rappe
St. Francis Hotel
Hubbard
T W Hubbard
Gus Oliva
C. J Irwin
Oliva
William Lambert
L'Ren
Diva
Irwin
Faty Arbuckle
U'Rea
Mrs. Hubbard
Grand Jury
Prison Term Cut for Missing Bank Robber in Reading
In Reading Pennsylvania on December 6 the court reduced David Minogue's sentence from twelve to eight years for aiding authorities in recovering stolen money and capturing other Wyo gang members. He is to serve the term in Berks jail as his five confederates in Eastern Penitentiary were paid to threaten him.
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Reading
David Minogue
Wyo
Minogue
Berks
Eastern
Automatic attachment heats fuel to aid starting in cars
A Detroit man patents an automatic device that preheats incoming fuel during engine start and ceases operation once the engine provides sufficient heat. The invention aims to improve cold starts and relies on heat from the engine to terminate its function.
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Detroit
Budget requests show 1923 federal outlay cut by half a billion
Washington December 4 budget bureau figures for fiscal year 1923 seek total expenditures of 3 224 875 992 for federal departments and agencies excluding post office operations a reduction of 122 606 310 from the prior estimate while actual outgo will exceed allocations by about 770 million due to continuing appropriations and overhangs the report notes large items include interest on the public debt 975 000 000 and a war debt sinking fund 359 338 000 with army navy air service costs and prohibition enforcement also detailed as part of the plan
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Washington
Congress
Budget Bureau
Harding In & Sverial
Harding
Postoffice Department
Army
Navy
Pthe
Navy Pas
Internal Revenue Bureau
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Neds Philadelphia
William E. Pulliam
Hoosevelt
Taft
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Arbuckle
U.S
Gadget
Armory
West Second Street
Doll Brothers
Cassimere
Colgate
Central Hardware CO
Frederick, Md
Charles Segaloff
South Market
Carty
Carty’s
Carty’s Furniture Store
Patrick St
Lowenstein & Wertheimer
Schaffner & Marx
Fashion Park
B. Rosenour.& Sons
Market Street
Patrice
James E. Doll
Watulnmakar
Jeweler
Ornicien
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