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One child was killed and fivo persons
injured in various accidents within the
last twenty-four hours in and about the
city.
Eight-year-old Helen Hynu, 2004
Arch street, was instantly killed when
struck by a motortruck on Twenty-first
street, near Arch. William Heinze,
Upland street near Sixty-eighth,
driver of the truck was arrested.
Hugo J. Gara, 0709 nidge avenue,
fell from a trolley car while alighting in
Roxborough. Ho" is in St. Timothy's
Hospital, suffering from concussion of
the brain and other injuries.
Eight-year-old Alice Hassott, 700
North Thirty-fourth street," was badly
Imrt when struck by a motorcar in
the street in front of her home. Sne s
in tho Presbyterian Hospital. The
driver of the car, G. Grellct Collins,
4111 Walnut street, was arrested. He
will have n hearing today before Magis
trate Harris. "
MarshaJJulk, sixty-six years old,
" 1707 Edwin street, is in St. Joseph's
Hospital, suffering from concussion of
the brain and other hurts received when
he wns struck by an automobile at Thir
teenth and- I'oplar streets.
y Stanley Deckrski, 128 Seville street,
was seriously burned about tho face
and arms last night while trying to ex
tinguish n fire in his home, caused by
the overturning of a kcroscno lamp.
Thomas D. Enoch, one of the oldest
residents of Holmesburg, died yesterday
of injuries received when he fell from
the top of a ladder while engaged in
painting his home.
61 P. R. R. MEN RETIRE
Veteran Employes Placed on "Honor
Roll;" Get Pensions
The 1'ennsylvnnia Iiuilroud Company
has added sixty-one names to its "roll
of honor," which consists of employes
who have nttuined the age of seventy
years. They are retired with a pensiou.
Of this number niuo had served the
railroad more than fifty years, while
twenty-three others had a record of
between forty mid fifty years of service.
Twcuty-ninc only had been with the
company less than forty years.
The rule adopted by the road is that
ft 11 employes must retire nnd go upon
. pension when they reach the age of
"seventy, hut many, because of illness,
are retired and pensioned by tho road
when they are between the ages of
I'xty-iive and twenty. The total num-
J of employes on the "roll of honor"
tjjfiow 40S3, while the total number
taosc who have been on its roster
. nee the plan was adopted January 1,
. i!IOO, totals S917.
NEW LEGION POST FORMED
Thirty Discharged Soldiers Organize
In Meeting In Baptist Temple
Temporary organization of a new
ost of tho American Legion, 1'ost
No. 204, was perfected at u meeting
of more than thirty discharged soldiers
last night in the Baptist Temple, Broad
nnd Berks streets. There nre now 310
posts organized in Pennsylvania, sixty
of which have been iustitutcd the last
three weeks.
Russell C. Cooney, 1850 North Park
avenue, was elected delegate to the
state convention, which takes place in
Harrifihurg early next mouth. Willard
R. Gindcr, 5013 Pulaski avenue, was
fleeted alternate.
The new organization made its start
With a temporary charter bearing the
names of cichtccn men in the district
who previously started u movement for
a post. Tliey are Henry W. Bauer,
W. II. Clark, Fred It. Ashmead,
Willard R. Cinder. Craig S. Her
bert. Frank R. Elliott, Harry T.
Lewis, Homer V. Toulon, Russell C.
Robins, William Hemphill, Leslie R.
Porter, Frank Else, Nelson J. Goudy,
Orville T. Dolbey, George J. Clayton,
Herbert C. Webber and Fred It. Ash
mead, Jr.
ROBBED BY MAN IN UNIFORM
Drug Store Victim of Highwayman
Dressed as -Sailor
James Kramer, a druggist, of SOS
South Sixty-first street, was held up in
his store last night by a man in a
United States navy uniform. The cash
drawer was robbed of $85.
The proprietor was alone when tho
thief entered. He looked into the muzzle
of a revolver and heard the man de
mand that he remain quiet and stand
back against the wall. He obeyed. The
robber rifled the cash register, backed
out of the door and ran.
On Monday evening, a imp answering
tho same description, entered the drug
store of Samuel Cantor, 0201 Pinl
btreet and held the proprietor up in
similar fashion, robbing the cash
register.
nraiiBiiiiimL St3anies T 11511
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WHETHER it's a coffee
bean, an egg or a
steak,, you expect it at
IId best here. We've no
coffee plantations of our
own no poultry farms
no special herd of cattle.
But we know who has the
best and we get it and
give it to the best Chef
in the country to pre
pare. And that's why
the best people come here
for none but the best
deserve our arel
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Just Right
Compare its cost with that of any other
kind of food, weight for weight,
BIG TOSTY BREAD is more
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nourishing than meat or
milk and can be had
kt a fraction of
the cost.
BIG TOSTY can be eaten with every
meal without tiring. It has all the
nourishing properties that
sustain human health and
strength and robust
vigor
Within the next two weeks we are
going to prove to you, to the
penny, just how much money
BIG TOSTY will save you.
Watch for the announcements telling you what to do.
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