Motor driven car Townsend given first trip
Chattanooga Tennessee September 1 report on the motor driven railroad car making its first appearance on a Dixie railroad tomorrow. The gasoline coach will operate on Tennessee Alabama and Louisiana Railroad with a 68 horsepower four cylinder engine. It carries forty passengers and averages five to six miles per gallon. The invention by BE Harriman and William Riley McKeen marks a transit factor. the design weighs 27,0600 pounds and can reach 50 miles per hour with air brakes and standard coach implements.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Dixie Railroad
Tennessee
Alabama
Snd
Uusuege
Ascu
BE. H. Harriman
William Riley McKeen
Harriman
McKeen
Union Pacific
Ten Saved From Itaia Wreck Off Chile Coast
Reports from Valparaiso say the Chilean steamship America rescued ten more survivors from the wrecked steamer Itaia, which sank Monday off Coquimbo. The total saved reaches 31 of Itaia’s 322 aboard.
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Ses
Santiago
Chile
Valparaiso
America
Itaia
Coquimbo
Ita
Chinese fishermen paint an eye on boats for guidance
Chinese fishermen apply large eye motifs to their boats to ward off bad luck and help navigate. The practice reflects maritime superstitions and a cultural belief in guiding vision at sea.
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Beirut
Syria
W. F. Townshend
Kut-al- Amara
Bagdadiq
Gourand
Townshend
England
Turkey
Near East
London
Visi
Jreece
Bierut
Gemal Townshend
Palestine
Mustapha Kemel Pasha
Adrianople
Maritza
Thrace
Night Air Mail Service Planned Chicago to Cheyenne
Plans approved to establish night air mail service across the continent from Chicago to Cheyenne with landings every 25 miles and beaconed fields. J A McGee and Major O A Tomlinson led inspection trips to survey routes and landing spots. Flight schedule aims to depart San Francisco and reach New York within two days. Also notes New Zealand cattle testing and motorized vacuum sweepers for New York streets.
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REND
Postoffia Department of
Ang
Chicago
Cheyenne
Wyo
J. A. McGea
Washington
O.A. Tomlinson
Reéno A.r. Field
Department
A McGee
San Francisco
Cheyenne By Nightfall, Citeaga
New York
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South
Georgia
Far East
Hend
Sida
Germany
Eymrna
Alsace
Lorraine
Kut-el-dimara
Cilicia
Mustapha
Kemal Pasha
New Zealand
Welch Memorial M. P
CARES
Benefit OF Ladies’ Aid Society
London's
NEW York Bakery Bakers of
Aunt Betty’s Bread
N. Main St
Point, N. Lee
M. Traub
Ufc
Dixie Dairy Company
High Point
North State Creamery Co
H. Mendenhall
West High Street
S. Willard Mendenhall
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