Purdue's Railway Museum Showcases Early American Locomotives
Purdue University Lafayette Indiana houses a railway museum highlighting pioneer locomotives and equipment. Notable pieces include the Tornado model from 1840, the larger James Toleman engine, the Reuben Wells used on Madison incline, the Daniel Nason from 1860s Boston and Providence, and a pioneer passenger coach with stagecoach style design and leather seating.
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Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
America
Chicago
Purdue Museum
Seaboard Air Line
James Toleman
Albert Johnson
England
Indiana
Reuben Wells
Madison
Jeffersonville, Madison & Indianapolis
Louisville
Pennsylvania Railroad
J. KK. & Lond
Madison Hill
Daniel Nason
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Wnason
Boston, & Providence
Mireman
Nason
Boston & Providence
Washington Jones and the Royal Astronomical Society Tale
A visitor signs Washington Jones in a book as F R A 8. Confusion ensues when another guest assumes F R A S stands for Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. Jones denies, joking that it would mean he is a potato merchant with fried and roasted potatoes.
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Washington Jones
Unwon
Mr. Jones
Royal Astronomical Society
Railroads’ Rail Stock Piled Across United States
Steel industry estimate shows about 45,000,000 tons of rails in U S steam railroads plus 20,000,000 tons in cars locomotives and perhaps 10,000,000 more in bridges viaducts and buildings totaling around 75,000,000 tons for 228,000 miles of road and 330 tons per mile. Iron Trade Review.
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United States
Iron Trade Review
Engines All Put to Test at Altoona
Railroading is a precise science and the Altoona test engine illustrates the extensive scientific methods shaping modern railroading. Experts weigh coal, measure water, and track miles of theoretical grades to produce reports guiding future locomotive production and efficiency.
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Altoona
Orting
Wiley
Washington
Faithful Even Unto Death at Ponca Summit
M C Davis, an engineer on the Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad, killed instantly while preventing a wreck on a heavy downgrade at Ponca Summit Pennsylvania. His head was crushed between a hood and cab window as the train slowed and stopped within yards. The crew found his body after applying the air brakes.
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M. C Davis
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Ponca Summit
Davis
Yaris
Tells All to Railroad Men
The piece discusses tail lights on trains and signaling procedures for signalmen to prevent accidents. It notes lamps on the last coach and how signalmen react when trains lack tail lights, with examples from London and Canadian Pacific railway operations near Fredericton Junction. Caterpillars have disrupted tracks near Fredericton Junction, prompting steam jets to remove pests from rails.
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L. V
Jooge
London An- Swote
Canadian Pacific
Fredericton Junction
Fredericton
Kennebec Journal
The Poet Miller and the Immortal Reader
The countryman mocks a reading choice, asking if Tam o’ Shanter is immortal. Miller replies that even an immortal being need not waste time on Bret Harte’s novel, joking about time economy and literary taste in a humorous exchanged anecdote.
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Joaquin Miller
Bret Harte
Mr. Miller
Beng
Miller
Christian Register
Moonshine NowLess Profitable Industry in U S says study
A Washington estimate shows illicit whisky production has fallen dramatically from twenty gallons per day per still to around one gallon today. Moonshining persists in inaccessible spots, with revenue agents suffering far fewer deaths and seizures totaling roughly 30,000 stills captured and 8,000 moonshiners arrested over 80 years.
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Internal Revenue Office
Washington
Mmost
Warshals
Prblie
Greatest peace time movement of troops reaches Des Moines
Des Moines hosts the largest peacetime troop movement in U S history with over 6000 Regular Army soldiers arriving from Fort Leavenworth Missouri Sparta Wisconsin Fort Mead South Dakota and Fort Russell Wyoming They converge by Sept 17 and camp near the state fairgrounds until Sept 20 President Taft will review the troops and deliver an address before a three hour tournament of maneuvers and a prize program valued at over 8600 with civic fund raising totaling 2600
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Port Des Moines
Ill
United States
Feld Bakeries
Des Moines
State Fair Grounds
Taft
State Fair
Eitigens
Fairgrounds
Rural Route Expansion Details Across the United States
The Post Office Department reports 20 9179 rural routes nationwide served by 40 804 carriers. 622 routes run tri weekly with one carrier often serving two routes. On September 1, 147 new routes will be added and 54 more on October 1. A total of 1 226 petitions are pending with 0 180 received to date and adverse reports noted.
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Washington, D. C
Tru Soveruidene
United States
Postoffice Department
Postof
Tear Down Manson Landmark Faces Removal
A 36 year landmark in Manson, the old Manson roller mill, is torn down and will be sold for building material. In Knoxville, Iowa, 94 year old Mrs. Juannete Garber, Marion county’s oldest resident, has died at Urbiant station eight miles east of Knoxville at age 94.
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Manson
Iowa
Knoxville
Juannete Garber
Marion County
Urbiant Station
Knosville
Monits
Furs 70 Order And Repair Services Ad
Furs 70 order and repaired at 25 to 35 percent discount. Seal Skin fur repairs and seamed fur style. All work strictly guaranteed. S. B. Sefren, 910 Locust Street Des Moines Iowa. Expert fur dealer designer getter and fitter.
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S. B. Sefren
Locusttreet
Des Moines
Jows
Furdlar
Aviation Carnival Opens At Rheims With Five Nations Competing
A grand aviation carnival opens at Rheims France with entrants from France America Austria England and Italy vying for top prizes. The event features monoplane biplane and tailplane designs and includes the grand prix de la Champagne worth 20000 francs the prix de vitesse a 4000 francs and the prix de passengers 2040 francs among others. Wright brothers decline to participate citing rule limits on repairs during races.
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Rheims
France
Aeronautsc
Aero Hub
America
Austria
England
Italy
Latham
Bleviot
Delagrange
Parman
Sommer
Santos-Dinmont
Count de Lambert
Vissandier
Wilt Wright
Demarest
Esnault-Peltierie
Cobron
de Rue
Ruchonnet
Guffrey
Wenn H. Curtiss
Aero Club of America
Wright Brothers
Condemnation of Dairy Cattle in Marshalltown Trial
In a test of eighty five cows supplying Town Soldiers Home, ten of the herd were condemned by Dr. Ai Wood of Hampton and Dr. FJ Neiman of this city, assistant state veterinarians. Some condemned cattle passed for human food under government inspection, and one was deemed fit only for tankage.
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Marshalltown
Lome
A i. Wood
Hampton
F J. Neiman
Three Men Get Reward For Reed Murder Case
Des Moines reports BL Brinegar i 7 Duffy and BC Lorton will receive the $500 reward offered for the capture of the murderers of Thomas W Reed in Poweshiek County in January 1905 unless other claimants are heard before September 1.
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Des Moines
Brinegar
Duffy
B.C. Lorton
Thomas W Reed
Poweshirk County
Poet Watson's Marriage Reported in London Notices
The poet William Watson wed in London amid family and friends, as listed in city notices. Sources confirm the ceremony at Path, with Aliss Vet of VL of Howth and Wilson mentioned among attendees.
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Watson
London
Willam Watson
Avas
Path
Cas
Aliss
Howth
Mir Wilsox
Gust
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