Child Burned At Xmas Tree Fire In Broadway Va
Little Dante Rhodes fifteen months old died after a Christmas tree fire in Broadway Virginia. The child slept on a settee while his parents were away. His older brother attempted to light the tree when it ignited, spreading a fierce blaze before neighbors arrived to extinguish it. Dante died about eight last night from inhalation of smoke and flames.
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Broadway
Dante Rhodes
Trevillo Rhodes
Trovillo, Jr
Doctor Boland Visiting Sister in Yonkers After Xmas
Dr. F W Boland local meat and milk inspector spent Christmas in New York with his sister Sister Vincent Clare a registered pharmacist of St Josephs of Yonkers It was his first visit to his sister in twelve years and the trip was described as most delightful.
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F. W. Boland
New York
Vincent Clare
Mrs. E Virginia Smith Returns From Montreal Visit
Mrs. E Virginia Smith comes home from Montreal Canada after spending Christmas with her daughter Miss Virginia H Smith who is performing in Canada with Mrs Fiske’s company.
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E. Virginia .Smith
Montreal
Can
Miss Virginia
H. Smith
Canada
One Firefighter Dead in Louisville Building Blaze
A four story business district fire in Louisville left one firefighter dead and 18 others injured. Revised loss estimates reached 200000 dollars as crews battled the blaze, gutting the central district building.
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Louisville
Associated Press
Robbers Loot Edison Office Safe in Harlem Heist
Night watchman Philip O Connor was gagged and assaulted as robbers blew open the Harlem Edison Company office safe and stole forty thousand dollars. O Connors skull was fractured and he was taken to a hospital in serious condition.
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Associated Press
New York
Harlem
New York Edison Company
Philip O'Connor
O’connor
Nine killed by blast at Trent fort in Rome area
Nine men died when a fort near Trent blew up during the night due to an accidental explosion of a swell that ignited ammunition. Debris from the fort was scattered for miles. The item also notes holiday visits by Mrs. Harry Cookus and her children to Romney West Virginia and W B White relatives visiting Lexington Virginia.
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Associated Press
Rome
Trent
Harry ‘Cookus
Sylvia
Son Cookus
W. Shull
Romney
W. Va
Reckless car driver injures two on Senseney road
A fast fleeing automobile struck Mrs. Miller and her husband as they walked toward Winchester at about 7 15 PM on Tuesday, tossing Mrs. Miller and injuring both seriously. The vehicle sped away before witnesses could identify it or obtain a license plate.
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Senseney Road
Winchester
George Miler
Senseney
Albert
Virginia
Helen Miller
Retha Carpenter
Baptist Church
Mrs. Miller
Acquitted Youth Re-Arrested on Related Charge
In the police court today Mullen a woolen mill employee about 22 was acquitted on a serious charge from Miss Myrtle Miller 15. He was immediately re arrested on a charge of contributing to the moral delinquency of a young woman and held in 1000 bail for trial next Tuesday. His brother in law E L Fries furnished bond and he was released.
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Mullen
Myrtle ‘Miller
E. L. Fries
Husband Wins Divorce Suit In Winchester Court
In Winchester Corporation Court, Milton D. Albin Jr. was granted a divorce on desertion counterclaim after Mrs. LaRue Lipps Albin's bill was dismissed. The decree preserves property rights, prohibits remarriage for six months, and orders Mrs. Albin to pay costs.
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Corporation Court of Winchester
LaRue Lipps Albin
Milton D. Albin, Jr
Mr. Albin
Albin
Miss Mildred Affleck Marries Hunter J. Benner at Martinsburg
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Mildred Louise Affleck to Hunter J. Benner, performed Sunday in Martinsburg West Virginia at the First Methodist Episcopal Church parsonage. The couple, from Frederick County, returned to Winchester after the ceremony and issued cards today.
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Mildred Louise Affleck
J. W. Affleck
Hunter J. Benner
Stephenson
Frederick County
Martinsburg
W. Va
Winchester
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Frank Steelman
An Architectural Triumph on the Lake
Lois helps Burton draft a municipal hall plan while he pursues his dream as a self styled architect. They bond over drafting sessions and guitar by moonlight before a parting kiss at the village dock hints at a future collaboration.
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Lois
Otheraar
Cot Wing
Burton
Wing
Uay
New York
Ralph
Fanciful Name for Birds and Magnetic Bullets Factored
Historic notes on the naming of the Dodo and related birds by various cultures, then a report from Washington Star describing experiments at Thun and an artillery range showing steel cables and 8,000 volt currents magnetizing bullets and deflecting their paths by up to 14 degrees over long distances.
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Switzerland
Thun
Washington Star
Smithsonian model shows path from gas production to home use
The Smithsonian Institution built a display illustrating how natural gas is produced and utilized and how manufactured gas is made and delivered. The exhibit warns of the rapid decline in natural gas supplies and outlines a forthcoming bulletin detailing the future manufactured gas situation for public understanding.
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Smithsonian Institution
National Museum
Ancient Bay road milestone near Wenham burying ground
A historic milestone on the old Bay road from Boston to Portsmouth stands outside Wenham’s burying ground in Massachusetts. The stone bears an inscription using ye and quotes Job 30 23 dated 1710. Thousands of motorists pass it yearly amid superstition about the dead.
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Bay Road
Boston
Portsmouth
N. H
Old Wenham Burying Ground
Massachusetts
Smuggling of Liquor Claims Highlight New York Trade
Alexander Williams an investigator for the Department of Justice said more than 4 million dollars worth of liquor was smuggled into New York via Jersey coastal waters for the holiday trade. He disputed prohibition officers who said the navy kept rum runners outside the three mile limit. He also noted liquor landed on the Virginia coast to supply Washington. Albert Spurrier returned to Baltimore after visiting the Sprat family at 4 North Washington Street.
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Moluccas
Spice Islands
Amboyna
Banda
Europe
Associated Press
New York
Alexander Williams
Department of Justice
Prohibition
Prohibition Navy
Williams
Virginia
Albert Spurrier
Baltimore
Mrs. Ashby Sprat
North
Washington Street
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Hotel Evans
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Savannah
Brunswick, Ga
Flodira
Cuba
Seaboard
Fast_Mail
Seaboard Florida Limited
Geo. W
GFP
S. Main
Harrisonburg Motor Sales Co
Harrisonbug
Harry M. Seabright
E. Cork St
Care Winchester Star
J. C. Fries
Garage
Knight Templar Watch
F. M. Thompson
Amherst St
Water St
Ieriror
Edison CO
Miss Affleck
H. J. Benner
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Perret Eon
STAR
H. K. Green
Moling & Seal
Footer’s Dye Works
RUG Store
W. C. Plundeke Co
Coal and Coke
Connellsville
Pine
Bluff Gas
Hochheimer & Company
Uniontown
L. W. McCormick
Hotel Southland
Norfolk
M. L. Orebaugh
Jersey
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