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...move (whenever Realtor Dankowske could leave his business), they had worn out some six horses and wagons, bought their first car. Then Fred Dankowske had an inspiration. He designed a motor caravan, paid International Harvester Co. $800 to build it. A two-cylinder high-wheeler, it contained a stove and a folding bed. When the Dankowskes wanted a bath, they dunked themselves in a creek...
...Canada to see the King and Queen of England, shot down the track. Burrell Wilhelm's cab swung out into the express train's path. It bounced off the locomotive, cut through the side of a day coach, tore open the front of one sleeping car and stove in the roof of another. A conductor on the express was killed. At least 39 passengers were hurt. Burrell Wilhelm was unscathed...
...dark old countinghouse at Church and Chambers Streets in Downtown Manhattan, with old-fashioned desks, high-backed chairs, an ancient parlor stove, some 60 years ago went a Vermonter named Henry William Putnam to merchandise and distribute his invention-a bottle stopper. Mr. Putnam and his bottle stopper began to make money. Mr. Putnam also invented a glass fruit jar, made more money. In 1898 when, grown old and tired, Mr. Putnam called his son into his office and turned the business over to him, it was worth...
...Manhattan, Housewife Anna Abdou invaded a classroom in Public School 78, an ax in one hand, two iron stove legs in the other, screamed: "I hate kids. I'm going to kill you all." While the teacher tried to calm her, then tried to ignore her, Mrs. Abdou smashed doors, desks, radiators. Arrested, she explained that the school children persistently threw stones through her windows...
...White is the sole hammer candidate. Other weight men, almost uniformly inexperienced, have been working out under the stadium--the discus men heating their platters on an oil stove...