Fire damages Elks Club ballroom and injures patrons
A fire on the second floor of the Elks Club ballroom caused about 2500 in damage. Two patrons were injured while fighting the blaze. Firemen suspect an electric motor in a pipe organ or a Christmas display sparked the flames. James Weber, 21, was burned removing flaming decorations. Fire crews battled the blaze as the Christmas dance hour approached.
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Elks Club
James. Weber
Lore
Jewel Hotel
South Alamo Street
M. Otten
West Poplar Street
U S Imports Ice From Tropics
Washington dispatch reports the United States importing ice produced from carbon dioxide gas found in Tampico wells. A New York cancer (publisher error) builds a plant with a 40,000 pound per day capacity using insulated cork chamber vessels to deliver solid ice to the United States.
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Waslington
D. C
Tampico
Mexico
Assis
New York
Ves- Sela
United States
State Accident Board urged broader powers in report
The biennial report to the governor calls for expanded authority for the state accident board. It notes a 100 percent increase in claims settled by compromise and cites a supreme court ruling that the board lacked power to overturn a compromise approved by the board if later found procured by fraud.
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Supreme Court
Indust Acuitent
Katherine Gould Dies on Farm Near Lynchburg
Katherine Gleimons Gould long time Lynchburg resident dies at Wine Gap fort after illness. She was estranged wife of Howard Gould and lived apart since 1907. Former stage actress known as Viain Katherine Clemmons, authored a novel and contributed to periodicals.
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Lynchburg
Katherine Gleimons Gould
Howard Gould
Wine Gap Fort
Here
Gould
Katherine Clemmons
Perlethols
99 Killed in Series of Quakes in Salta Argentina
In Salta Argentina on December 26 a sequence of earthquakes left 99 dead and over 70 injured as La Fona village and nearby Andrean area were destroyed. Relief teams reached Kittle mountain town Christmas day after a 24 hour march to find survivors amid six new tremors and widespread debris.
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Salta
Argentina
la Fona
Amall Andrean
Kittle Mountain
Rail Men May Ask Reduction at Rate
CRICAGG reports that railroad companies may file with the Interstate Commerce Commission for a two-year rate reduction between competitive points on the Frisco system. G. J. McGuire, secretary of the Western Passenger Association, announced the possible action.
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Cricagg
Fat Southwesteen Gallroad
Panies
Interstate Commerce Commission
G. J. McGuire
Western Passenger Association
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Tropics
Katherine Gould
South America
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Wolff & Marx Co
John B. Stetson
Alamo At
Commerce
J.c.penney CO
San Antonio
Texas
Piece Goods Department
J.C. Penney CO Department
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