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...York City last week, Irwin Blum, 10-year-old Bronx boy, became curious. Wishing to see how fire boxes work, he pulled in a false alarm. As the hose truck of Engine Co. No. 73 sped toward the non-existent fire, an automobile drove across its path. Swerving to avoid collision, the hose truck crashed into an "L" pillar. Fireman Henry Holster, father of four children, was killed...
...well turned calf" hide it in flapping cylinders, or at best set it forth to little advantage under plus fours. It is only a question of time, and of the advent of a man of spirit, before the black and white of evening dress gives way to silken hose and satin knee-breeches, vests of gorgeous brocade and cloaks of rainbow colors...
...inches long with no standard to guide them. Last week the U. S. Bureau of Standards, after measurement of 14,400 pairs, decided the standard length should be 27½ inches from heel to top. On a girl 5 ft. 6 in. tall and weighing 130 lb., the hose will come eight inches above the knees. Stockings of this length can be held by clasp or band garters, or be rolled. Children's stockings will range from 15 to 26.5 inches. Men's socks will be 14 and 14½ inches long...
...watery depressions in the enormous slab of territory that is now called Mongolia-reedy lakes along whose shores fed cold-blooded brutes of preposterous, hobgoblin shapes and proportions. Some were small, only eight or nine feet long, with skins no thicker than ordinary linoleum. Their necks were like fire-hose, ending in froggish heads. Their posteriors stuck out like a lizard's, into muscular tails. Their forelegs were futile flippers but astern were haunches like a bull ostrich, for swift, stooped running on webbed and clawed feet. Many of these creatures were vegetarians and some who grew...
Among those present at the game from realms of sport and society were certain members of the Revere Beach Fire Department to whom the Jampoon management had given free tickets. These made a merry scene with their flaming helmets and firey hose. The belle of the party was Miss Cupola of Mt. Auburn Street who was surrounded by a ring of spectators at all times...