Casey Jones and The Wrecks Of Old 97 In Folk Ballad Fame
The article recounts Casey Jones the Cannonball engineer who died saving others on April 29, 1900, and how Wallace Sanders sang his tribute which became the railroading folk ballad Casey Jones. It then surveys Old Ninety Seven and The Wreck of Old 97, noting multiple versions, royalties disputes, and the enduring popularity of these railroad songs.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Casey Jones
John Luther Jones
Memphis
Tenn
Canton
Miss
Illinois Central
Cayce
Cayce” Jones
Casey” Jones
Casey
Mobile & Ohio
Ilinois Central
Jackson
Water Valley
Wallace Sanders
Wallace
Mistah Casey
Sim Webb
Joe Lewis
Jones
Lewis
South Memphis
Tennessee
Mississippi
Vaughn
Sim
Sim ‘Webb
Edward O'Malley
William Bosma
Homer English
Sanders
Adventure Magazine
Hollywood Picture Company
R. W. Gordon
Camden
N. J
David Graves George
George
Victor Talking Machine Company
Robert S. Nase
Flushing, L. I
Minatree J. Fulton
Richmond
Southern Railway
Franklin Junction
Nathan Burkan
New York
Louis le Duc
Victor
Harvard
Frederick Lewey
Lynchburg
Carl Noel
Danwell
Henry Whitter
General Phonograph Company
Victor Records
Burkan
Hillbilly
Phonograph Records
Spring fashions in daytime frocks and hats
Cherie Nicholas notes this season favors two piece and one piece daytime dresses, prints and stripes, lightweight crepe, and pleated hems. Hats range from sailor caps to toques with veils or flowers, tilted to reveal the forehead, matching a chic Paris influence.
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Paris
Personality as a reflected inner spirit quote by Eliot
A quotation from Charles W. Eliot discussing personality as an animating spirit seen in a person’s eyes voice and manners. He suggests the spirit may be dull or bright and influence character.
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Charles W. Eliot
Thrift Advice for Young Housewives and Household Cooking
The article urges young housewives to avoid expensive markets and prepare meals at home to save costs. It stresses practical kitchen skills learned during the war, offers stain removal and cooking tips, and advises on proper toasting to aid digestion.
Folklore Forked Twig Divination Debated in Pathfinder
Pathfinder Magazine notes no scientific basis for using forked twigs to locate underground water oil or minerals. The piece recalls early mining lore in the Harz mountains and mid Tudor era miners in Cornwall who used hazel twigs for prospecting veins, describing it as an ancient divination practice with little modern merit.
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Pathfinder Magazine
Harz
Germany
Window Glass Rediscovered in Roman Villa Ruins
The London Mall notes window glass once common among the wealthy faded from use. Romans and Romanized Britons likely used it after Romans. Glass found in a Kent Roman villa’s ruins lay buried for about 1,500 years in a windowless site.
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Kent
London Mall
Acid Forming Foods and Benzole Acid Content
The text notes that plums prunes and cranberries contain benzole acid and are acid forming because the acid is not oxidized in digestion. Other fruits though tasting acidic are not acid forming since their acid content is oxidized in the body.
Sweatbands Use Goat Skin to Protect Hats
The best sweatbands for hats are cut from goatskin to keep perspiration from discoloring the hat body and trim. Cheaper hat grades may substitute cloth for a leather sweatband.
One Kind of Efficiency
An efficiency expert is described as meticulous and practical. He would measure a coal lump’s size to ensure it could pass through a door before attempting to fit it into the furnace. The Louisville Times framing emphasizes practical problem solving.
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Louisville Times
Esperanto Origin and Purpose
Doctor Zamenhof of Warsaw created Esperanto in 1887 as an international language. It uses common roots from various languages and has no irregular inflections to aid universal communication.
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Zamenhof
Warsaw
Color in the Atmosphere and Sky Color Variations
The text explains that while the sun appears yellow from Earth the sky would appear black and the sun blue if one rose above the atmosphere, removing the veil of gases. It conveys a contrast between apparent color and the true appearance in space.
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Beow
Southern Railroad
South
Arived
Monroe
Virginia
Steve Branniel
Steve
Spencer
Pal
Johnson's Junction
Whitlow Mountain
Jack
Danville
North Danville
New York World
Western Newspaper Union
Case Jones
Cherie
Nicholas
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