Vault Tragedy: Paterson Clerk Trapped in Air Tight Vault
Charley Di Giacomo of Paterson New Jersey died after a prank by coworker Bill Locky shut him in a bank vault with a time lock. Firefighters and engineers labored five hours to breach the two foot thick wall. Charley survived initially but suffered lasting injuries.
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Charley di Giacomo
Paterson
N. J
Peoples Bank
Charley
Bill
Charlie
Garret Kuiken
Kuiken
Fire Department
Electric Light Company
Inda Bag
Wes
Gerigo Aptopathsiar
Take Joy Home By Dean Ingelow
A seventeenth-century style verse urges embracing joy and letting it grow in the heart. It counsels patience as joy matures, promises songs in work and dawn, and frames joy as a grace to God amid hardship as crystal rain falls from dark clouds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Ingelow
Uncle Phil Says: Self-denial and the soul
A philosophical aside argues whether grouches or sweet-tempered people earn fortunes, noting small daily expenses for cigars and candy. It encourages laughing at jokes yet avoiding repetition and meeting temptations with noble restraint.
Notion Still With Us in Education’s True Purpose
A reflective piece on teachers virtues and city country contrasts. It argues discretion, gestures, and experience matter in schooling. It notes the misbelief that education serves money, while a college education reveals the world beyond profit.
Record Low Temperature Near Absolute Zero Attained
Professor W J de Hass of the University of Leyden in the Netherlands achieved the lowest temperature ever recorded, one five thousandth of a degree above absolute zero, on February 16, 1935.
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W. J. de Hass
University of Leyden
Netherlands
KnocK OuTe Words Enter French Sports Jargon
A French uptake of English sports slang gains ground. Terms like recordman or record woman label top performers in cycling football racing sailing and driving. Cross man marks cross country competitors while biffman remains scarce though growing in use. Boxers may be said to have knock-outed opponents.
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Charley
Wien
Biffman
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