No Block System On Pere Marquette In Salem Wreck
Special to The Sun reports the Interstate Commerce Commission block signaling board closed its inquiry into the Pere Marquette wreck at Salem, Michigan, saying the causes fall outside its remit. The article notes the railroad relies on a train order system, lacking block signals or automatic train control, and cites expert criticism that such a system is outdated for growing traffic.
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Block Elegal
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Salem
Mich
Pere Marquette
Mortimer E. Cooley
Michigan
W. P. Borland
Block Signal Board
Mr. Borland
Borland
Bay City
Saginaw
New York
Europe
Japanese Crooks Warn City After Bold Invasion
Los Angeles police face a tough problem as two Japanese criminals, George Kobashashi the highwayman and Yasugiro Okabe the sneak thief, are captured. The pair, posing as mission workers, allegedly solved a series of baffling crimes, exposing a crafty east-coast style gang operating locally. The detectives note their duplicity and cunning in their criminal work.
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George Kobashashi
Yasugiro Okabe
Insurance Tackles Chickens On Roadside Bill
A village joke shows a tourist learning locals insure poultry. When autos stop at a blacksmith shop for repairs, the owner adds extra to the bill to cover any possible loss of poultry.
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Taft
Murray Bay
Canada
ST. Lawrence River
Roosevelt
Countess Hides With Kidnapped Girl in Embassy
Rome five August reports a dramatic kidnapping as Countess Guicciardini takes her six year old daughter to an undisclosed refuge. Italian police suspect refuge in her father Senor Moreno’s Belgian embassy, potentially shielding them via diplomatic immunity. The case parallels Mrs Dan Hanna’s Cleveland episode, drawing Roman interest in a high profile aristocratic family dispute surrounding the Count Guicciardini.
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Guicciardini
Senor Moreno
Belgium
Europe
Italy
Dan Hanna
Cleveland
Louise
Saxony
Indiana fourth class postmasters meet at Claypool hotel
Fourth class postmasters in Indiana will hold their annual meeting at the Claypool hotel on September 11 and 12. They have been granted leave of absence not to exceed five days to attend.
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Center Township
Board of Commissioners
Marion County
Indiana
Virginia Avenue
Daugherty
Indianapolis
Tiemeisr
Bfarion County
State of Indiana
Capitol Avenue
Indiana Avenue
Claypool
Indianapolis school furnace bid in 1907
The Board of School Commissioners of Indianapolis invites sealed proposals for a complete gravity heating and ventilating furnace system at Public School No. 19 located at Palmer and Quill streets. Bids due August 13 1907 with a $100 certified check. failure to sign a contract after acceptance incurs liquidated damages.
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Board of School Commissioners
City of
Indianapolis
N. Meridian Sr
Board of
School Commissioners
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