Richmond Switchman sacrifice saves life in Virginia train incident
Robert Cochran of Richmond Va. was caught between a switch rail as the Virginian train rushed toward him. He freed his foot by shifting his body away from the rails and survived after being found alive in the hospital ten days later.
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Robert Cochran
Richmond, Va
Chillon
Richmond
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Cochran
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Hinton
W. Va
Solitary Life of Jesse Pomeroy After 33 Years in Prison
A deep profile of Jesse Pomeroy, held in solitary at Cherry Hill Prison since 1876, detailing his life as a mature penitent confined in a windowless cell amid industrial Boston, with extensive notes on his education, psychology, and the public misconceptions that surround his case.
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Philadelphia
Massachusetts
Charlestown
Hfe
New England
United States
Masssachusetts
Jesse Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Boston
Supreme Court
Gov. Rice
Jesse Harding Pomeroy
Cherry Hill
All for a Dollar Humor in Washington Car Ride
A Washington motor car offers a dollar tour with a deadpan lecturer listing sites from Dolly Madison to Longworth. Passengers laugh at nothing as the monotone recites houses and people, including the Army and Navy club and a future government job joke, with the crowd unamused.
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Washington
Dolly Madison
Charles Sumner
Daniel Webster
Burton Holmes
Speaker Cannon
Uncle Joe
Auto-Mobile
Army and Navy Club
John R. McLain
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Spielers’ Union
Longworth
District of Columbia
Telephone Dispatcher Aims to Replace Telegraph in Rail Dispatching
Railroads test a telephone dispatcher system with chest transmitters and headsets for operators. Dispatchers issue orders like telegraph rules but rely on new circuits. Trains on a division move faster and safer, with dispatchers active about 55 percent of the time.
Fifty-Two Years in Service Veteran Wa b a sh Conductor
George R. Hough, a Wabash railroad conductor, was buried from his Clayton Illinois home on February 21 at age 74. If he had lived to April 15 he would have completed 52 years of continuous service dating from April 15 1857. He served 32 years as passenger conductor between Keokuk and Bluffs. Two special Wabash trains ran from Decatur and Keokuk to attend his funeral.
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George R. Hough
Clayton
Ill
Mr. Hough
Springfield
Keokuk
Bluffs
Wabash
Decatur
Paradoxical Exchange Sparks Courtroom Question
A humorous exchange features a judge debating wardrobe costs with a spouse. The woman quips that reduced clothing raises expenses while the judge nudges frugality. The light legal quip reflects social tensions about spending and appearances.
Society Girl Chooses Stage For Flora Wilson
Washington society buzzes over Flora Wilson daughter of the agriculture secretary as she abandons a cabinet hostess role for a professional singing career. Trained five years under Jean de Reszke in Paris she aims for grand opera next season and plans spring concert appearances after four weeks home. She has kept strict health discipline and will perform mid month here.
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Washington
Flora Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture
Jean de Reszke
Paris
Progress in Massachusetts No License Vote Report
Massachusetts shows a no license majority of 18 710 votes. Twenty of her thirty three cities lack saloons and two hundred sixty of her three hundred twenty three towns also have none.
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Massachusetts
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