Crossing guard invention aims to curb railroad accidents
Mullens hotel proprietor D S Moore and partner W F Ferguson claim a new mechanical crossing device can halt trains with upright gates that rise automatically once sensors detect an approaching engine. The system uses an electric core, a nearby battery, and red danger signals. A working model sits in the Mullens Hotel lobby as they seek railroad trials and talks with Governor Smith of New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. S. Moore
Mullens Hotel
Mullens
Moore
Louisville
Smith
New York
New York Eeneral Assembly
Man Dies Touching Live Wire In Eccles Mine
J B Ream of Beckley died Friday after his head touched a live wire while accompanying the state mine inspector through the Eccles mine. He raised himself from a stopping position to check his watch. Only his widow survives as three children had died young. Stroud, thrifty and well off, left time deposits and profits from investments. neighbors lament the needless risk. The body was buried at Mount Tabor near his home. In Chicago, a man held a perfect bridge hand. a quip says in poker rules, fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Ream
Beckley
Eccles
Stroud
Heckley Banks
Mount Tabor
Roofed Railroads and Weaver Birds Echoing Old Tales
Washington Tubes II hints at a coming prosperous era for railroad circles after surveying the Stone Coal Mullens section and advancing toward Gilbert in Mingo County. A parable unfolds about a communal roof built by weaver-birds, its collapse, and a call for aid, ending with a note of a cannon touchhole focus at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piney River
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Stone Coal
Gulf
Mullens
E. G. Rice
Clifton Forge
Chesapeake and Ohio
Gilbert
Interstate Commerce Commission
Logane
Gulf Fields
Wyoming Field
Price
Stone Coal-Mullens
Guyandotte
Mingo County
Weaver Birds Visit Doctor Bill in Africa Tale
A doctor in a hospital treats quirky visitors from a flock of weaver birds. The birds explain they all live under one roof outside a big tree, with many nests built together high above. They come from Africa and describe their unique communal nesting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Nancy
Nick
Fellows
Doctor Bill
Africa
Tokyo group seeks permit to build Fuji cable railway
A Tokyo capitalist group filed an application with the Department of Home Affairs and Railways to construct a cable railway up Mount Fuji. The government has ordered a slope survey of the mountain before permits are issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuji Tokyo
Mound Fujii
Department of Home Affairs and Railways
Tokyo
Sun Gun Fire Device Reported at Cintra
A description from Lédbon, Portugal notes a sun powered device that uses a convex lens to focus sunlight to fire a sun gun at noon daily near Cintra, about 20 miles away, with the sun’s rays directed by a lens arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lédbon
Portugal
Cintra
Here
Sunshine and Cod Liver Oil For Puny Sickly Children
An advertisement extols Sunshine and Mc Coy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets as cures for rickets sore eyes and underweight in children. It claims rapid weight gain and mental and physical improvement, urging purchase of 60 tablets for 60 cents with a money back guarantee after 30 days if no improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodykoontz Drug Co
North
South America
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Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Chicago
the Joyce Co., Jewelers
West Virginia
Bldg
Washington Tubes
Sol
Tubbs
Wes
C Footie Meme & Olive Roberts Barton
Hawley
Georgette
Universal
Hanna
Eureka Howe CO
Northfork How
Virginian Supply CO
Bluefield
W.va
Lair
W. Va
Pocahontas
Keystone
Matoaka
Northfork
Princeton
Rialto
Richard Talmadge
Talmadge
Colonial Theatre
Anna Q. Nilsson
James Kirkwood
Raymond Hatton
Sheldon Lewis
Egeorge Melford
Eee Quartette
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