Novel automatic railway switch device promises large savings
A Detroit patent describes an automatic switching mechanism to prevent open switches and reduce railroad accidents. Inventor David J. Sullivan asserts the system safely closes switches left open by fatigue or error, with a reset that occurs as trains depart. The device uses docking bars, levers, springs, and cables to guard switches from all directions and to prevent misrouting on branch lines.
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Saginaaw
David J. Sullivan
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
F. H. Warper
EL. II. Pish
Saginaw
Gould
Gowe
Jamalin
Savinaw
Macias
Manchuria Bear Query Sparks Diplomatic Wit
In a Washington scene reported by the New York Libane a weary diplomat chuckles at endless tales of bear hunts and asks why Roosevelt should go to Manchuria for bears rather than Mississippi. The exchange notes no invitation has been offered to Count Cassini.
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Lim
Domamence
Washington
York
It &S
Woosevelt
Manchuria
Cassini Ag
New Club Planned In Memory Of Son In Cannon Warment NY
A new four story brick clubhouse with basement will be erected in Cannon Warment New York for Mrs B S Potter wife of Bishop Potter in memory of Yer som the late Edward Clark The club to be named Edward Wax will include a coffee room recreation rooms a roof garden and a brick limestone and granite front The construction cost is placed at 65000 dollars.
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Cannon Warmet
New York
B. S. Potter
Bishop Potter
Edward Clark
Edward
Pittsburg Dispatch
Recreation Evans
Tween
Rick
Bailey Jilted At School In Untold Courtship Tale
Former classmates of Kansas Governor Elect Willis Bailey recount a long ago courtship with a co ed at the University of Illinois. She reportedly promised marriage but later wed another man in Florida, and Bailey never married.
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Kansas
Willis J. Bailey
University of Minoie
King
Florida
St Louis Globe-Democrat
Buasley
Bailey
Pace
Oklahoma Secrets and Mineral Springs Hopefuls
J C Sanderson of Kingfisher tells a New York Tribune reporter Oklahoma reveals new possibilities yearly. The state’s soil fed homesteaders then cotton becomes feature and now mineral deposits emerge with Curtis in Woodward county reporting salt strata twenty feet thick and hot mineral waters nearby.
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Great Territory
Tella
Lia Possibilitiea
Oklahoma
J. C. Sanderson
Kingfisher
New York Tribune
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Herin Manufacturing
Curtis
Woodward
County
Uncle Sam tests food for twelve clerks on borax meat
Washington dispatch reports Uncle Sam will hire twelve young government clerks for a year with modest salaries. The board will test consumption of preserved meat containing borax and other chemicals, overseen by Wiley of the Bureau of Chemistry. Six clerks eat two weeks of pure food, six on doctored meat, then switch. If all survive, Uncle Sam will review the results and reasons for any adverse effects.
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Sam
Washington Dispatch
Profesanr Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Gorrity
Filipinos Enjoy Studies and Advance in Books
Superintendent Johnny G Embree of the public schools of San Idaelito, 4ta4 Yate, Philippines, writes friends in Philadelphia that his pupils enjoy their studies and eagerly seek advanced books. He notes he must incorporate surgery and medicine with education and recently amputated a crushed toy for a pupil.
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John G
Johny G
Embree
San Idaelito
Wear Chester
Philadelphia
Ttnbree
Society's Latent Nod At New York Horse Show
New York society adopts a new nod at the horse show opening with a larger Continent of fashion set, following the Florodora style. Miss Alice Roosevelt, Miss Catherine Nelson, Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, Mrs. Alfred Vanderbilt and other society favorites display the gesture to passing friends on the promenade in what is described as entertainment in itself.
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New York
Pittsburg
Alice Roosevett
Catineen Neilson
Harry Payne Winties
Alfred Vanderbilt
Exhibition buildings Threatened in ill constructed bridge site
The Alexander ill bridge in Darr and the east palace on the right bank show signs of old age and structural strain. Both grand structures were hastily erected for the world’s fair to fetch the emperor and empress of Russia, and foundations lack a harder bed.
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Alexander Ill
Darr
New York
Grand Palace
Alexander Titbridge
Russia
Apples Going To Waste In Connecticut Harvest
A Greenwhel dispatch to the New York Tribune notes an oversized Connecticut apple crop with thousands of bushels rotting. Barrels command high prices. hand picked apples fetch about twenty five cents a bushel. Hiring harvest workers is difficult as farm hands prefer factory work. Cider mills operate at full capacity, cider largely goes to vinegar for sale to southern pickling firms.
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Connecticut
Greenwhel
New York Tribune
England
Philippines
Taken for Santa Claus A Model a Novel Experience Cable Car
Ernst Kupfer a New York model with a white beard had an unusual uptown ride when a girl mistook him for Santa Claus. He offered her posed Santa photos, and the child promised to tell Santa her Christmas wishes.
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Ernst Kupfer
New York
Kupfer
Mamaia
Santa Claus
Mr. Kupfer
New York Times
English Bandit Hunters Propose New Form of Sport
The Osservatore Romano reports a group of English sportsmen planning brigand stalking as a new sport in Italy. Proceeds would aid victims of outlaws while authorities warn of danger, offering support. Government rewards range from 200 to 8000 dollars for brigands, including the Sicilian Vassilone, amid Mussolini era depredations.
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Itals
Osservatore Romans
Pallee
Unique Invention Aims to Cool Homes With Brine Pipes
A St. Louis Republic report describes Homer TL Yaryan of Poleda Ohio working on a system to supply controlled temperatures to homes and businesses by circulating brine from ice making plants through pipes. Pipes in refrigerators and iceboxes would carry frost to maintain lower temps than conventional cooling.
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Yaryan
Poleda
St. Louis Republic
Elis Phius
Russian City Cave Dwellers
Moscow officials disclose a surprising urban peasant trend with a cave dwelling undercity life. Reports indicate a fifth of Moscow’s population lives underground in cave homes where two to three people share a bed. Immigrant workers and residents endure crowded conditions as authorities debate the extent of the housing phenomenon.
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Moscow
White House Portico to Get Bronze Lantern Light
A Washington report states that during renovation the four bracketed mantels on the White House portico will be removed and replaced with simple plain columns. A large bronze lantern, over four feet in diameter, will hang from the portico center to provide light to the entrances going forward.
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White House
Amos
Wiite House
Portica
Washington
New York Tribune
Inside Sing Sing Deathhouse Molineux Relives Prison Years
In an interview with Roland B. Alolineus, recently acquitted of murdering Katharine Adams, Molineux describes four years as an innocent man in the Tombs and Sing Sing. He recalls the deathhouse, isolation from visitors, and his routines of chess and checkers, letters, and study while awaiting justice. He praises Mrs. Foster and Sister Mary Xavier as angelic helpers and asserts unwavering belief in his eventual exoneration.
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Hts
Roland B. Alolineus
Katharine J. Adams
Sing Sing
New York World
Foster
Mary Xavier
Molineux
Syquyathy
Court of Appeals
Mediation Seeks Cuban Apprentice Increase After Strike
General Gomez heads a committee that pressured Havana Commercial to not discriminate against Cuban apprentices and to possibly raise their share. The Central Labor union called off the strike, promising a return to work, while Gomez condemned the union as revolutionary and pledged readiness to defend order. Meanwhile, four hundred coal miners search woods near Star City for William McCloney, who attacked a crippled miner. the injured man is hospitalized in Terre Haute.
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Gomez Seads
Luton
Havana
Central Labor Union
General Gomez
Havana Commercial Company
Gomez
Sullivan
Ind
Star City
William McCloney
McCloney
Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois Man Appointed Judge Wright to Court of Claims
Washington November 26 the president will appoint Judge Francis M Wright of the circuit and appellate court of Mninals to the Court of Claims vacancy caused by John Daviss death Judge Wright was endorsed by the Illinois delegation in Congress
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Wlinois
Washington
Francis M. Wright
Circuit
Miinals
Court of Claims
John Davis
Wright
Whnois
Congress
Distillers Plan Mutual Insurance for Distillery Risks
After a lengthy conference among distillers from Ohio Illinois Indiana and Maryland the Kentucky Distillers association decides to organize a mutual insurance company. It would take over at a lower rate the distillery risks now under the schedule approved by the Kentucky and Tennessee board of fire underwriters unless a rate reduction is secured.
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Distillers’ Mutual Insurance
Louisville
Ohio
Linois
Indiana
Maryland
Kentucky Distillers’ Association
Kentucky and Tennessee Board of Fire Underwriters
Texas Flood Abated in Dallas as Lines Resume
The flood situation in Texas is generally relieved. Rail lines suspended by washouts and flooded tracks have resumed operation and remaining damaged lines are expected to run soon. Estimated damage to railroads and highways is $100,000.
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Texas
Dallas
Tex
Independents Praise Settlement Move in Scranton
Scranton and the Riverside Coal Co spokesmen declare victory for independent operators amid talk of wages and a potential un-American split from John Mitchell. They expect hearings to resume December 8, treating the holiday pause as a Thanksgiving break.
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Scranton
New York
J. N. Rice
Riverside Coal Company
John Mitchells
Bomhe
Record Trip from Manila by Sheridan Troop Ship
The transport Sheridan completed a record round trip to Manila via Guam in fifty four days from San Francisco, leaving Sept. 1. It reached Manila Oct. 1 after five days quarantine at Mariveles and took twenty five days home via Nagasaki. The voyage beat the Grant’s fifty seven day record.
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Manila
Manil
Guam
Sheridan
San Francisco Chronicle
Golden Gate
San Francisco
Fog
Mariveles
Nagasaki
Grant
Veterans Push Washington as Permanent G A R Encampment
Washington hosts the national Grand Army of the Republic encampment sparking a move to make Washington the yearly site. Rep Grosvenor is to introduce a bill, with Samuel F. McCloud and J C Carr backing the proposal. Proponents seek government transport and sustenance for veterans visiting the capital, citing Gettysburg and nearby battlefields as attractions. New diamond fields in South Africa are reported with rich finds at Windsorton, including 106 and 226 carat stones. average value 100 shillings per carat.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Washington
Charles H. Grosvenor
Washington Star
Congress
Samuel F. McCloud
Long Branch City
N. J
J. C. Carr
Cincinnati
G. A
Carr
Grosvenor
McCloud
Gettysburg
Garr
Uncle Sam
Iamond
South Africa
Windsorton
Kimberley
Two Men Arrested in Chicago Linked to Major Post Office Robbery
The article reports two men in Chicago being arrested in connection with last year’s $74,008 post office robbery. It also notes multiple other crime items: William Burns in Dayton connected to a murder. Charles M. Moore, a Chicago stock broker, shot himself. John McBride accidentally shot at Billings by a policeman. Hank Warting declares she intended to murder James Conn with a hammer and shot. Katie Ruhln dies after fainting. Edgar Means kills his brother Claude in a Kentucky quarrel and another brother shot at Edgar but missed.
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Chicago
William Burns
Josep Shide
Dayton
Charles M. Moore
John McBride
Billings
Hank Warting
Philipsburg
Mona
James Conn
Herman Lobe
Katie Ruhln
Mamalton
Edgar Means
Claude
Albany
Joseph Means
Oshot
Edear
Ain
Potentile Train Your Bowels Warning Ad
An old advertisement promotes Cas carets Candy Cathartic claiming to train bowels and muscles with genuine tablets stamped C C C. Sold by druggists only, not in bulk.
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