Death Toll from Railroad Trespass Grows Across New Haven Line
The New Haven railroad warns that trespassing on rights of way has caused 42 deaths and 394 injuries in three years. It cites rising mortality in summer and compares European strict laws, urging cooperation from employers and schools to curb the danger.
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New Haven Railroad
New Haven
Hne
Great Britain
England
Canada
France
Germany
Maine
New Hemrpshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New York
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Virginia
Delaware
Georgia
Missouri
Minnesota
Washington
Connecticut
New England
Railroad
Rail Tie and Fastener Locking System
A patented cross tie with a rail fastener that securely locks rails to the tie. The design clamps the tie to the rail to minimize vibration and allows for taking up wear between fastener and rail, per Scientific American.
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Scientific American
Turning Auto Into a Railroad Car
Railroads convert ordinary cars into inspection railcars using steel flanged tires. Pneumatic tires deflate slightly, steel tires fit over them and are inflated to grip a groove, and the car runs with the steering locked straight. Each steel tire weighs 250 pounds, limiting popularity.
Justly Famous Attorney Wins Acquittals
A conversation highlights a lawyer famed for saving a notorious criminal three times on similar charges, praise contrasting with the judge and public opinion. The exchange underscores public perception of fairness and prowess in the courtroom.
A New View of Nero in a Witty Exchange
The playful dialogue contrasts perceptions of Nero with modern sarcasm about leadership. One speaker praises Nero as kind, the other rebuts he fiddled while Rome burned, suggesting a lifelong desire to avoid disturbance.
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Nero
Rome
Fulton County Awakens to Progress With Street Car Plans
The Philadelphia Press notes Fulton County Pennsylvania aims to install a street car line in McConnelsburg waking from a long silence on rail. The piece contrasts Fulton with Pendleton County West Virginia as the lone counties without steam railroad, hoping for rapid transport advances.
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Potomac River
Fulton County
Pennsylvania
Pendleton County
West Virginia
McConnelsburg
Fulton
W. Va
Philadelphia Press
Santa Fe Buys Kansas Branch Rail Line For One Dollar
The Kansas Southwestern Railroad between Arkansas City and Caldwell, jointly owned by Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and Frisco, was sold for one dollar after receivers discussed the state order to spend 154000 dollars to restore it. Santa Fe president E P Ripley and Frisco receiver W B Biddle agreed to the deal at a luncheon.
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Kansas Southwestern Railroad
Arkansas City
Caldwell
Kan
Kansas City Star
Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe
St Louis
San Francisco
Kansas State Public Utilities Commission
E. P. Ripley
The
Santa Fe
W. B. Biddle
Frisco
Commission
Mr. Biddle
Mr. Ripley
Air Signal Valve for Train Signals
A valve in the train signal air line allows signal actuation when a relief valve at points opens. The signal sits near the locomotive engineer or motorman. The device prevents actuation when the train line is closed, regardless of air pressure. It uses air from the reservoir as an open relief valve to trigger the signal.
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Scientific American
Waste in Railroad Tickets The Economizer’s Harsh Toll
The Sunday Magazine of the Chicago Herald reports cutting waste in railroad ticketing. Railroads once used thousands of forms and six hundred styles on one branch line, with main lines printing over ten thousand forms. Simplified tickets and ticket-stamping machines are reducing duplication and clarifying destinations.
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Chicago Herald
Soroe
Good Arrangement of Lights on Railroad Gates
A new invention automates the railroad crossing lights to change as the gate rises and lowers. The system aims to improve safety by syncing light signals with gate movement, reducing driver confusion at crossings.
German Railroads Reach Forty Thousand Miles of Tracks
The article notes Germany operates about 39,000 miles of railroad lines. It highlights the expansive network across the country and references the scale of German rail infrastructure.
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Germany
The Barber and the Callow Youth Exchange Advice
A witty barbershop quip centers on shaving direction. The barber notes he shaves down on the customer, while the youth asks whether to shave up or down revealing playful wordplay about technique and preference.
Never Too Late Says Youthful Voices on Smoking
A humorous exchange quotes a seventy-year-old anti tobacco group president who claims never to have smoked. A character notes a youth and another mentions Cato learning Greek at eighty six.
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The
Anti-Tobacco Society
Cato
Palaces of Europe and Russia Through the Ages
The author traces royal residences from Versailles and the Elysee to Windsor and the Kremlin. It notes how continental monarchs adapt historic palaces to modern needs, with Versailles influenced Peterhof and Potsdam reflecting French taste, and contrasts Moscow with today’s Russia and Istanbul’s Ottoman legacy.
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Europe
Louis XIV
Versailles
France
Tuileries
Paris
Elysee
Napoleon II
Molet
Mme. de Pompadour
Louis XV
Napoleon
England
Windsor
Martin Conway
Czar
Kaiser
Moscow
Prague
Kremlin
Russia
Petrograd
Winter Palace
Gatchina
Tsarskoie-Selo
Peterhof
Peter the Great
Catherine II
Ferlin Schloss
Frederick II
Frederick
Training the Memory and Assimilation of Material
Training the memory means training in handling various kinds of material with all faculties. You must perceive understand and treat rationally to fix it in memory. Processes change as material changes and similar training aids future work though new elements arise with variation.
Nationalism in Literature Quote Sparks Debate
The passage argues reading as a vital athletic effort and links a lively civilization to intense thinking and feeling. It frames nationalism in literature as essential to fueling the fire of life and suggests a critique of passive intellect.
True literature in America defended against false interpreters
The speaker urges protecting a vibrant infant literature without stifling its growth. He calls for standing against false interpreters and servile publics to vindicate great writers like Mark Twain and Stephen Crane, and to nurture a distinctive American literary voice.
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Mark Twains
Stephen Cranes
Henrys
Finley Dunnes
Sarah Orne Jewetts
George Ades
America
The
New Republic
Milk modification to prevent curdling in infant feeds
The article notes cow milk tends to curdle unlike breast milk and warns of large curds forming in some infants. It recommends adding half a drain of citrate of soda to a pint of milk to prevent curds, claiming this amount is harmless. Barley water or thin cereal gruel can have a similar effect.
Denote Progress by Slang in Language Change
An essay argues slang creates many fleeting words while scientific terms persist longer. Slang reshapes old ideas with new labels, turning ginger into pep and boodlers into gray wolves, showing rapid but reversible progress in language.
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Nashville
New York Post
Fear Not the Everglades Alligator Heroic Rescue in Florida Waters
A Florida paper recounts a bathing outing where four boys faced a twelve foot alligator. John Dodie dove and blinded the reptile with his fingers to free a boy, while two hunters fatally shot the alligator from shore. The rescued boy recovered shortly after.
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Everglades
Florida
John Dodie
Practical tests of butter freshness and rancidity
The article explains methods to test butter for freshness and remove rancid taste. It covers working butter with bicarbonate of soda solution, washing, salting, and churning with fresh milk to adjust saltiness. It also describes visual and audible cues when boiling butter to distinguish pure butter from renovated butter or margarine. It advises repeated washing water until clear to gauge salt removal.
The Good Birds Do
The department of agriculture notes that only four of fifty hawk and owl species injure crops. An observer reports an owl swallowing nine field mice in a row, digesting and ready for more in four hours. Hawks kill thousands of rodents. a colony can wipe out about 10,000 in three months. Farmers may spare a chicken or two to reward these birds of prey.
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Department of Agriculture
Hawk
Birds of Prey
Countryside Magazine
Suburban Life
His Occupation. Cy Warman and the Grand Trunk Work
Cy Warman noted songwriter of Sweet Marie is described as an official with the Grand Trunk railroad He shuns grand titles claiming a modest post The hotel host narrates life and asks about Warman's Montreal job He replies I work for the Grand Trunk I help the trainman listen to the wheels as they tap past
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Cy Warman
Sweet Marie
Grand Trunk Railroad
Michigan
New York
Montreal
Mr. Warman
The
Grand Trunk
Warman
Summers quits teaching for one year to sell typewriters
John Summers, a Michigan schoolteacher, said his annual contract led him to seek new work. He announced in his boarding house during the June period he would pursue a job selling typewriters, noting the teaching post was too damned annual.
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John Summers
Michigan
San Francisco
Undertaking Too Much In Anatomy of Youth Mustaches
The dialogue notes the prevalence of anemic young men and asks why. It suggests the cause is sapping strength to grow small mustaches, reflecting satirical social commentary on trends among youth. The exchange reads as a wry, period voice caustic about grooming and vitality.
Plant Juice Inked into Public Documents in New Granada
A Spanish era note describes the ink plant in New Granada, whose juice named chanchi can write without prep. It reddens at first and darkens to black, is gentler on steel pens, and was adopted for inscribing official papers after sea water damaged traditional ink on voyage.
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New Granada
What Is Practical Education
Henry S. Canby argues in Harper's Magazine that practical education includes life sustaining and enjoyable abilities. He opposes narrow culture courses and asserts liberal education is most practical for the right student, who benefits from fundamentals over specialized training.
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Henry S. Canby
Harper’s Magazine
Land to Support One Person
A United States government survey in Ohio shows it costs about 197 to house and feed each person on the farm. The study drawing from 44 farms indicates 40 acres are needed to pasture a single person, implying a family of five would need about 985 annually to live as the average.
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United States
Ohio
Right Living for the Child from Good Housekeeping
The article promotes balanced child care with abundant air and sun, rest, water, nourishing food, appropriate clothing, and ample play. It stresses adapting laws to individual conditions with wisdom and initiative.
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Good Housekeeping Magazine
No Change at All
Quotation reflects domestic humor about married life suggests wives’ quarrels resemble a mother’s rows. Chicago News cites a light take on home life and family dynamics.
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Chicago News
Bucharest a Little Paris A Balkan capital shapes its charm
The National Geographic notes Bucharest as a refined capital blending Parisian and Viennese models. It highlights broad avenues, cultural life, royal and academic landmarks, and the Dimbovitza river with ornate bridges while acknowledging some Turkish-era slums fading away.
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National Geographic Society
Bucharest
Balkan
Paris
Berlin
Washington
Dimbovitza
Royal Palace
University
National Theater
Palace of Justice
Vienna
War Babies and the Moral Debate on Reproduction
The New Republic argues against glorifying war born children and warns that increasing births cannot justify war or capitalism. It condemns indiscriminate childbirth as a reckless remedy while urging focus on reducing life wastage and improving living conditions.
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New Republic
England
France
Slip of the Tongue Surprise at Joyville Church
Joyville Presbyterian members planned a fiftieth anniversary surprise for Mr. Hamilton. He would present a loving cup or books, then surprise the minister with a bicycle. The minister was shocked, and the idea of surprise parties faded from the circles for years.
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Mr. Hamilton
Joyville
Victoria Cross Way
War correspondent recalls VC and Iron Cross holders who are small in stature yet excel in close combat. When bayonets meet two men, one usually fears, but the speaker says he never does.
At the Zoo A Lion Feed Sparks Doubtful Comment
A stout lady at the Philadelphia Record visits the zoo and notes the lions receive a small piece of meat. The attendant replies with a wry joke that the portion may seem small to her but is “heaps for the lion.”
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Zoological Gardens
Philadelphia
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