Duluth Reports Cold Christmas Across the Northwest
Chicago and the region endured a severe cold spell with Duluth recording thirteen below zero, the coldest Christmas night of the year there. The Dakotas Wisconsin and Evansville saw subzero readings as Chicago neared zero. The cold snap lasted days and contributed to fires totaling about 110 in the city.
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Hollywood couple held up on Lincoln highway near Pittsburgh
A. N. Keith of Hollywood and his wife were robbed by two bandits on the Lincoln highway near Pittsburgh. Jewelry valued at 5 000 dollars and 125 dollars in cash were taken. Keith, in the motion picture business, was struck and rendered unconscious by one robber.
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Are Women Slipping Yet in Harford Powell's View
A Collier's Weekly excerpt by Harford Powell questions whether modern women exceed their historic power. He contrasts legendary female figures with contemporary leaders and notes American women historically relied on marriage for status, suggesting a decline in greatness among so called liberated women.
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Women Hosiery Sizes Rise as Demand Shifts
Newark, Dec 26 AP a hosiery official notes a five year rise in average women’s sock sizes driven by increased female sports activity. He cites 1920 demand as sizes 8½ to 10 with 1923 favoring 9½ and up, and today’s market tilting toward very large sizes, averaging 9½ to 10.
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A. W. Frazer
Railways Safer Than Ever Before
The Railway Age reports safer railway work and passenger travel than in prior decades. It notes 1924 as the safest year for employees and shows passenger fatalities per mile falling from 1904 to 1924. First eight months of 1925 suggest further improvement, with highway grade crossing deaths also declining.
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Woman Believed Burned Alive As Firelevel Destroys Brick Building
In Minneapolis on December 26 a three story brick structure burned in severe cold. One woman, Frances Wanzer, 52, is believed cremated after vanishing in the flames. Firefighters rescued 22 others from the blaze with losses estimated at 35000 dollars.
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