Dance Records Highlights From Conways Band Medleys
A catalog of dance records featuring Conway's Band with medleys and solos including For Your Country and My Country Medley, Sweetieye One-Step, Good-Bye Broadway Hello France, To a Wild Rose, Fifth Symphony Finale parts, Aloha Oe, When You and I Were Young Maggie, and Italian Airs Medley among others performed by Victor Concert Orchestra and associated artists.
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Frances White
Raymond Hitchcock
Nora Bayes
Ziegfeld Follies
Eddie Cantor
Marguerite Farrell
van and Schenck
Marion Harris
Isles of Aloha
Louise
Ferera
Wright and Dietrich
Wright
Dietrich
Alan Turner
Henry Burr
Irving Kaufman
Henry Clay
Collins and
Harlan
Collins
Shannon Four
Tennessee
Sterling Trio
Paradise
Darky
Golden and
Heins
Towser
Conway
J. C. Smith
Mondaine Walts
Joseph
Smith
Broadway
France
Dixie
Fox
Alexander Luigini
Victor Con
Beethoven
Victor
Con
Orc
Victor Concert Orchestra
Arthur Brooke
Schumann
Arthur Foreman
Flowers
von Blow
Dying Poet
Gottschalk
Benno Henton
Maggie
Ben Henton
Drigo
Moszkowski
Old Zip Coon
Black and White Painted Gates Improve Crossing Safety
Railroads switch from white to black and white striped gates to boost visibility at grade crossings. The bands contrast with light backgrounds and closed gates, drawing motorist attention and reducing accidents, according to Popular Mechanics Magazine.
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Popular Mechanics
Gasoline section car eases trackmen's heavy labors
The article profiles the shift from hand labor to power driven machines for track maintenance. The gasoline section car reduces pumping effort, speeds work up to 30 miles an hour, and leaves workers fresher. Also highlights gasoline welder and mowing machine and praises the pneumatic tamper for efficiency and reduced settlement.
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Enme
Peputer Mechanics Magazine
Wireless operators may form Junior American Guard army arm
The United States has an immense pool of wireless operators with estimated 150000 stations. Washington recognizes their value for a vast signal system forming the Junior American Guard, a new third arm of the army, already near 10000 members per the New York Telegram.
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United States
America
Washington
American Guard
New York Telegram
Off the Tray Luncheon Service On Western Railroads
A western railroad introduces an off the tray dining option for long trips. Waiters carry large trays through tourist and chair cars with sandwiches fruits hot coffee milk pies and cakes. The plan targets women with children and travelers who want cheaper meals or a dessert or hot drink.
Not a new gown pleases her lover more
A light exchange from a Detroit Free Press item contrasts a new gown with the old one, noting the old dress wins favor because it is already paid for. The quip highlights practicality over novelty in clothing preferences.
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Detroit Free Press
Queer locomotives in use on a 4 percent grade
The article explains the Fairlie duplex double boiler locomotives built by Valenan Iron Works England. It notes six 48 inch driving wheels per end, a 0 foot 3 inch wheelbase, about 16% ton weight, 50 134 pounds tractive power, four 19 by 25 inch cylinders, and a dual firebox boiler design. Freight trains of 680 tons run at about 10 mph on steep grades with two engines, using petroleum oil fuel from Tuxpam stored in 50 000 barrel tanks.
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Orizaba
Esperanza
Valenan Iron Works
England
Animals Show Good Sense on the Rail
A brindle cow blocks a southern tier branch line forcing an engineer to stop. The cow remains on the track while a fireman drives at it with stones. A calf is found wedged under a culvert. The fireman and engineer rescue the calf and the mother cow licks the rescuer before leaving with her offspring.
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Southern Tier
Cheese Makers Seek Rennet Substitutes in Ontario Factories
Ontario cheese factories search for rennet substitutes after war disrupts calves stomachs supply from Europe. Pepsin, especially scale pepsin, shows nearly equal results and costs about half as much for the same cheese yield. Pepsin dissolved in warm water is used, with Finch factory using about four ounces per 1 000 pounds.
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Ontario
Europe
Finch
Deming Streets in Carnival Atmosphere As Soldiers Arrive
Real estate in Deming New Mexico surges as soldiers arrive. Front street scenes resemble a carnival with crowded theaters saloons and cabarets. Indians from the Nebraska unit are praised for appearance and athleticism while others discuss war readiness and American flags.
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Camp Cody
Deming
N. M
Doming
Fragmentary Pa State Pay Talk Reaches Overtime Dispute
A garbled report discusses overtime pay terms and unclear rates. It references workers, overtime, and future outcomes but the text remains incomplete and hard to interpret.
Rose to the Occasion Quakers show restraint in crisis
Fragmentary report notes Quakers praised for peaceful conduct amid a crisis at sea. A member aboard an anchored ship acted decisively by signaling a danger, offering help, and ensuring a safe rescue without violence. The Philadelphia Ledger records this act as a notable example.
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Phia Ledger
Eagle fable of renewal linked to age and vigor
The Eagle explains an ancient potion tale where an old eagle gains strength by soaring toward the sun and diving into the sea only to resurface renewed. Some commentators tie it to Psalm five, but the likely meaning cites the eagle's enduring vigor in old age as Harper's notes.
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Harper's
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