Changes In Rock Island Rail Line From 1853 To Present
The article contrasts 1853 Rock Island passenger service with modern upgrades, noting $1,600,000 for new locomotives and cars versus a clock in a store for operations. It tracks growth from 100 miles to about 14,000 miles and payroll from 300 to 65,000, with J. H. Whited as a longtime employee.
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Chicago Evening Post
Rock Island
Areport
Chicago & Rock Island Railroad
Chicago
la Salle
J. H. Whited
la Salle Station
Blue Island
Bremen
Exhibition Test of Powers by Dr Fox in New York
Trance medium Dr Alfred Fox and two assistants staged a staged test for a $5,000 prize offered by the Metropolitan Psychic Society at 215 West Forty second street New York. The session included descriptions of a reported bedroom apartment and a street with houses as the reporter watched. The mediums failed to produce verifiable psychic phenomena and a light test with oranges was dropped.
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Dr. Fox
Ethel Llyod Patterson
Alfred Fox
West One
Thirty-second
New York
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Manhattan State Hospital
Margaret Marx
Minnie Monroe
West Forty-second Street
Metropolitan Psychic Society
Miss Monroe
Mrs. Marx
Dr. Tex
Railroad Instruction Train Brings Free Lectures to Farmers
The Pennsylvania railroad ran a three day instructional train through eastern Pennsylvania delivering free talks to farmers. Members of the State College of Agriculture faculty spoke at 272 stops in 45 minute sessions on soil fertility dairy output livestock feeding corn and alfalfa conservation.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
State College of Agriculture
Masic
Herides
Sciientific American
Metal Sleepers in India Try Cast Iron Box Form
It is understood metal sleepers of cast iron box form have been tried on the Oudh and Rohilkhand railway with half a mile laid near Lucknow station. F D Fowler, the inventor, served as engineer in chief for the line. The sleepers weigh about the same as Indian Midland cast iron pots and are believed to be as strong. They resemble timber sleepers in shape and are claimed to be easier to pack and free from defects of other metal sleepers.
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India
Oudh & Rohilkhand
Lucknow
F. D. Fowler
Indian Midland Railroad
Mischa Elman Tells of Haunted Stradivarius Vain
The 18 year old Russian violin prodigy Mischa Elman recounts owning a Stradivarius once owned by Joachim. He bought it for 15000 pounds in London hoping it would speak again at Carnegie Hall and says the instrument only sings when possessed by real artistry. He dismisses sentimentality and jokes about avoiding haunted love.
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Joachim
Mischa Elman
New York
Knickerbocker
Auc
Elman
Baurmeister
Hugo Herman
London
Carnegie Hall
America
The Patient Improves Amid Hotel Nurse Scandal
An elderly patient of a renowned New York physician grows better while the doctor is away on vacation. A nurse is hired in his hotel. A hotel resident inquires about the patient and the chambermaid reveals the nurse sat on the patient’s lap that morning.
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New York
Shure
Maggie
A Compromise Smell the Bone Moment
A three year old named Hubert at a neighbor’s home wanted a bite of chicken from a hungry companion. After both mothers argued, Hubert resolved the dispute by taking a long, sober smell of the bone and returning it, ending the quarrel.
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Hubert
New Steel Rail and Tie System Promises Safer Rail Travel
Pittsburgh inventors J. J. Fitzgerald and Louis McFarland unveil a combined rail and tie designed to prevent breaking and spreading. The device uses a tapered split pin, an enhanced base tongue, and an arched tie to secure ballast, eliminate nuts bolts and fish plates, and avoid welding. Railroad managers expect dramatic accident reductions on steam and electric lines.
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Pittsburgh
J. J. Fitzgerald
Louis McFarland
New York American
Slipshod Warning Ends in Near Collision on Island Rail
A freight engine on an island in the West Indies broke down and no precautions were taken until a safety lapse nearly caused a passenger train to crash. An official, half asleep, sat by the line and signaled with a casual finger tipping the driver to stop before disaster.
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West Indies
Safety for Electricians on the Pennsylvania Railroad
A study of live wire dangers and resuscitation methods details a special 23,000 volt cuting plier design and a technique using a coat to lift a wire from a body. Tests show water streams are safe when nozzle is 3 to 4 feet from the line while damp, while solid chemical extinguishers prove dangerous.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Hair-Raising Predicament Binds English Engine Fitter
An English engine fitter crawled into a locomotive water tank for repairs and became trapped. Workmen tried to free him but failed as he grew exhausted and unconscious, forcing the engine to be dismantled while specialists were summoned.
Four Men Jump From Moving Train Near Baton Rouge
Four men from the country who had never ridden a train before jumped from a moving train near Baton Rouge Louisiana when the porter shouted for all off for Baton Rouge. They were not seriously injured.
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Baton Rouge
Wireless device on locomotive to aid train dispatching
An Omaha Union Pacific shop electrician equips a locomotive with a wireless device. Railroad men say the system will allow dispatchers and station agents to signal engineers between stations.
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Union Pacific
Omaha
Electrification Upgrades to Illinois Central Tracks in Chicago
Illinois Central plans to electrify all tracks within Chicago city limits and abandon steam locomotives. The project signals a major shift to electric traction across the city’s rail network.
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Illinois Central
Chicago
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