Tientsin Awakening Shaped by Yuan Shi Kai’s Policy
In Tientsin the Chinese government under Yuan Shi Kai drives rapid progress through expansive education and industry. The Y M C A led by Robertson and Fay fosters science, teaching training, and athletic programs, while officials push normal schools, industrial education, and campaigns to stamp out gambling and opium. Foreign concessions face criticism as China asserts reform and social control.
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Tientsin
Robertson
Fay
Yale
Yuan Shi Kai
Umlc. A
China
Peking
Board of Education
Aoburry
Japan
China Times
Alhambra & Its
Pratt
A. Harper
Alhambra
London
Suez
Mr. Robertson
Gailey
Fatalists on the Rails A Belief in Fetiches and Luck
A St Louis Globe Democrat essay argues railroad workers are highly fatalistic due to constant danger. It cites a North Carolina wreck where three clerks died and a veteran mail clerk who survived multiple wrecks, carrying a salvaged mail sack as a talisman. The piece notes charms common among conductors and crews, including a Massachusetts conductor who carried a red rose daily for protection.
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United States
A.W. Greely
St. Louis Globe Democrat
North Carolina
Washington
Fitchburg Road
Massachusetts
Ite
Hawaii Timber Ties Promise Big Santa Fe Contract
The Santa Fe Railway orders 5,000,000 timber ties from Hawaii cut from Ohio koa timber. The ties weigh about 90 million pounds and are praised for durability and low cost. Santa Fe weighs San Pedro as preferred Honolulu reshipment port to cut transcontinental rail haul.
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Santa Fe Company
Hawaii
Los Angeles Times
Santa Fe
Ohio
Hawaiian Islands
San Francisco
Barstow
Los Angeles
Berlin's Dwarf Postal Railroad Plan
Harper's Weekly reports Germany's post office proposes a compact underground electric rail link from the general post office to branch offices in Berlin. A driverless 25 mile per hour system would run under city streets, with a 16.13 inch gauge, two tracks, and a dwarf locomotive pulling up to four trucks.
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German Post Office Department
Mai
Harper's Weekly
Railroad Safety Device Aims To Obey Signals In Fog
A Wilmington inventor patents a lever activated by a signal arm to automatically apply brakes if a danger signal is missed. The device would shift train control to signal operators, ensuring trains stop in fog or snow.
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Wilmington
Ragged Creek Road Stranger Tale In Texas
An unnamed narrator encounters a hostile woman guarding a sod house while her husband Sam returns intoxicated. the exchange ends with retreat as trouble looms. The piece juxtaposes drunkenness, danger, and local frontier grit amid a series of rural vignettes and verses about a porter, forage, and farm life.
Brakeman Dies After Gust Flings Him From Freight Car
William H. Hook Jr., 36, a Baltimore & Ohio brakeman, was blown from the roof of a freight car near Wagner's Point in Anne Arundel county by a strong wind gust and died soon after. The accident occurred while he was riding atop the car.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Wagner's Point
Anne Arundel County
William H. Hook, Jr
Baltimore American
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Thentsin
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
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Jominlie, Wisuies
Sam
Meg
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Byron Williams
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