Power-Morgan Co. Rail Headed to Discuss Reducing Grade Crossing Fatalities
Washington reports the seventh annual meeting of the American Railway Association safety section begins April 19 at the Palmer House Chicago. Attendees from U S and Canada will discuss means to cut highway grade crossing accidents which killed 2 492 people and maimed 6 991 in 1926.
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Washington
American Railway Association
Palmer House
Chicago
United States
Canada
Campaign to Cut Highway Grade Crossing Accidents
The railroad association launches a campaign to reduce grade crossing crashes with an essay contest offering $250 prizes for ideas on safer crossing approaches. In 1926 there were 5921 accidents, up from 5479 in 1925, and railways note progress through safety devices and clearer sightlines.
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Chicago
American Railway Association
Four Federal Aid Highway Contracts Awarded in Montana
The Montana State Highway Commission awarded about ten miles of road in the Stanford Windham area, six timber trestle bridges in the Judith Basin, eight and a half miles in the Armington Lewistown region, 11 miles in Olney Whitefish, and over three miles in Bonner Ovando. Bids on the Pablo Rolling road were rejected and another project bid was held up for investigation. The commission plans surveys and plans for additional federal aid projects before June 30 1927 to maximize the state’s share of the federal allotment.
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Helena
State Highway Commission
Stanford- Windham
Judith Basin
Armington
Lewistown
Olney- Whitefish
Flathead County
Bonner-Ovando
Missoula County
Lake County
American Girl Rescued From Abduction Tied to Witch Doctor
In Havana on April 16 Beatrice Chisholm, an American resident, was targeted for a ritual murder ordered by witch doctor Trino Fernandez. Two youths lured her to an car with a third driver but were stopped by a maid and neighbors. They confessed and police tracked the witch doctor to a settlement of shack houses inhabited largely by black residents.
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Havana
Cuba
Beatrice Chisholm
Chisholm
Trino Fernandez
Louisa Pedra
Vedado
Hernandez
Irishman Rules On Island Of Women In South Seas
The Island of Women in the South Seas names an Irishman known as King Mike as its monarch after his red beard and Irish showmanship win favor. Michael O Shaughnessy, once a Southern Pacific section hand, arrives by schooner, gains the throne by polygamy doctrine, and rivals the old king.
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South Seas
H Michael O'Shaughnessy
Robert Dean Frisbie
Mike
Southern Pacific Railway
California
South Sea Island
Papeete
O'Shaughnessy
Tahiti
South Pacific
Women
Mr. Frisbie
Police raid on witch doctor's house sparks crowd pursuit
Police burst into a witch doctor's house where many African Americans gathered awaiting a supposed victim. The sick woman present was also seized. All were loaded into a police wagon and jailed as a threatening crowd trailed them for miles.
Dozens of Milk Types Defined by Agriculture Dept
The Department of Agriculture recently announced a broad definition of milk covering thirteen varieties. The list includes pasteurized, homogenized, skimmed, buttermilk, goat's milk, evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, evaporated skimmed milk, dried milk, and dried skimmed milk.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington Star
Time and Tide Phrase Origin in English Language
A historical note explains that tide in time and tide is a time word, not ocean tides. Tid is the old Anglo Saxon term for time. The phrase Christmas tide and Whitsuntide retain the old form, and the saying time and tide wait for no man matches time waits for no man.
Tuaregs of the Sahara Aportrayal by Francis Rodd in London
Francis Rodd discussed the Tuareg, a nomadic Sahara people, before the Royal Geographical Society. He noted their matriarchal hints, monogamous society, independent women, written script, and uncertain origins. Further study needed to settle their past civilization.
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Sahara
Europe
Francis Rodd
Royal Geographical Society
London
Rodd
Africa
Redd
Centennial and sesquicentennial committees named
Looking Far Into Future Dwight L Pogery of Providence RB L Dr James D Guid of Bridgeport Conn and J Benjamin Sedgwick of Pittsfield were a committee of three to charge of the centennial celebration of the North Cornwall Conn Congregational church The sesquicentennial committee which will have charge of the exercises 50 years hence comprises James Rogers Benjamin Gold Oliver Mr Hart and Alberta Wurlbuart
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Dwight L. Pogery
Providence
James D. Guid
Bridgeport
First Paper From Wood Legend Told by Rush and Winslow
The article recounts a folklore tale in Modern Ali dins and Their Magic describing how an ancient Chinese legend explains paper’s origin. It credits a wasp chewing wood into pulp and smearing it on her nest, drying into a paperlike material.
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Charles BE. Rush
Amy Winslow
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