Capitol wing bill and road funding measures pass
Nebraska House approves a new east wing for the state capitol with a building commission and funding via a special mill levy for 1917 and 1918. The same session outlines county road districting for federal aid funds and county maintenance obligations, plus distribution of federal aid amounts to Box Butte and Sheridan counties.
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Nebraska
State Board of Irrigation, Highways and Drainage
Box Butte County
Sheridan County
House
Capitol
State Capitol
State House
Building Commission
Senate
Moving trains to talk via rail current signaling system
A. A. Macfarlane develops a rail based signaling and telephone system tested near Bridesburg Pennsylvania. A two volt battery and a puzzle box with copper shoes pick current from rails to enable train to train communication and cab signaling including automatic braking and block signaling for distant telephones.
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A. A. Macfarlane
New York City
Bridesburg
Popular Science Monthly
Mines official objects to petroleum fueled locomotives
W. W. Rittman of the bureau of mines argues against petroleum as locomotive fuel. He says every day gasoline from another generation goes up in smoke and questions what fuel should replace it such as coal wood coke or electricity from power plants. He suggests conserving all energy sources may be beneficial.
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W. W. Rittman
Bureau of Mines
Oll City
Scrap material revenue for 1914 totals over two million
The Pennsylvania Railroad earned 2,157,241.24 from scrap in 1914, down by 1 million from 1913. Waste paper 19,211. Oil barrels 22,439. Old rubber 15,222. Locomotives and wooden passenger cars 114,326. Other odds and ends 121,997. Old wheels metals and wrought iron over 789,000.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Priest Rekindles Salt Definition Tale at Notre Dame
Rev Father John Cavanaugh and friends discuss word meanings. A schoolboy defined salt as something that makes potatoes taste funny when there aren’t any of them. The anecdote highlights humor in language and synonyms.
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John Cavanaugh
Notre Dame
French Sahara Railways Builds Sand-Resistant Locomotives
The French railway in the Sahara has developed locomotives and cars specially designed to pass through sand storms with minimal resistance to sand-blasted metal, reducing disruption to travel and freight.
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Sahara
Stop Look and Listen for Railroad Safety
More than a thousand children over four teen and fifteen hundred youths up to twenty one are killed or injured yearly in the United States by crossing tracks and riding trains. The Erie Railroad Employees Magazine urges boys and girls to stop look and listen before crossing and to avoid dangerous play near trains and cars.
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United States
Erie Railroad Employees’ Magazine
Searchlight on Trains Could Prevent Rear-End Collisions
A New York Times correspondent advocates a simple safety measure for railroads. Install a small top-mounted searchlight on every train to emit a beam upward, aiding visibility in night fog rain and heavy weather. The idea, debated briefly by engineers, lacked initial push but could be feasible and affordable.
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New York Times
March Dreads in Twain Quip Goofy Riff on Weather
The Boston Globe mocks March as a month of contradictions and bad weather in a witty, rambling note. The piece likens its misery to a temporary death and questions legislative efforts to abolish it. It blends literary reference with public grumbling about rain, snow, mud, and sleet.
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Mark Twain
Tom Sawyer
Boston Globe
An Anecdote on Tarkington and O Henry
Jesse Lynch Williams recounts Tarkington and O Henry anecdotes, noting Tarkington’s hit after The Gentleman From Indiana and Mansfield’s Beaucaire. Williams quotes Tarkington’s joke about staying in New York until he has spent it all, a witty self satire.
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Booth Tarkington
O. Henry
Jesse Lynch Williams
Tarkington
Indiana
Mansfield
Beaucaire
New York
War or Tennis Debate Amid Global Conflict
Two English girls walking to work discuss tennis versus the war in Europe. One notes no one to play with as men are away, while the other finds it too horrible to consider, a remark the Globe hopes refers to war and not court conditions.
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Adamicas
Lordon Globe
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