Menace to Life in Rails Shapes a New Design
A Pittsburgh expert argues rails fracture from rolling and not metal, urging a new compound rail design to prevent breaks. He details piping in ingots, rolling flaws at web and flange joints, and the high cost of replacing 90 to 100 pound rails. He warns current rails risk fatal derailments and cites vast potential replacement costs across US railroads.
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A. W. Hoinle
Tittsburg
New York Herald
O. W. Heble
Grafton
Heinie
Heinle
New York
Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
United States
Bessemer
Conta
Tha Railronda
Defoe House in Tooting to Be Torn Down
The London house where Daniel Defoe wrote Hoblusul Crusoe is slated for demolition. Few English visitors go there, but many American pilgrims travel there seeking a connection to the famed author.
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Defoe
Daniel Defoe
Tooting
London
Diver aims to raise ships with new diving device
Takao Iwanmi, a Japanese inventor in Washington, patents a 300 foot depth diving apparatus to recover sunken ships. The system uses a vertical floating buoy, air machinery powered by a storage battery, and pumping lines to expel water from hulls, enabling hulls to be lifted to the surface for towing to shipyards.
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Washington
Chicago Post
Takao Iwanmi
Southern Rellyway
Japan
Russia
Port Arthur
Twaudl
Iwanau
Swanmil
Iwanmi
Heta
Baltimore
Iwanini
London Bishop Visitor Ends Strength of London See
The bishop of London, nearing fiftys, will visit the United States this summer. A longtime ruler of the see, he earned affection from Londoners and New England in equal measure for his human approach and readiness to help. His approachable manner and motto Dont be afraid to be human attracted widespread goodwill, while minor censure from a parish relief committee marked his charitable acts.
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Canary Islands
New Orleans
Pio Nenu
Spain
New World
New Orleans Picayune
Pio Nona
United States
F ’ Ir
London
T. O
Down East
Parashial Relief Committee
India
Ingram
Easy's Life of Luxury in Atlantic City
A six year old New York Paris heiress Miss Yvonne Gaurard, accompanied by nurses, occupies one of the hotel’s finest suites in Traymore, spending about 500 dollars weekly. She dictates morning and evening messages to her Paris-based parents, while a playroom filled with costly toys showcases her lavish entourage and lavish tips. Her father is described as a New York millionaire.
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Mullonaire
Atlantia City
Traymore
Yvonne Gaurard
New York
Paris
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Miss Gaurard
Uliess
Pennsylvania Railroad
Miss Grurard
France
Hagehild of Fortune
Yvonne
Ittle
Gaurard
Admiral Togo and Angora Cat in Wild Rooftop Duel
The New York World recounts Togo the Angora cat leaping eighty feet then vaulting a six foot fence to topple rival Rojestvensky, aided by owner Charles Littlefield. Togo, cared for by Miss Stelen Littlefield, survived a Paris green ingestion and a veterinary check showed no injuries.
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Togo
New York World
Charles Littlefield
Wellington Apartments
New York
Stelen Littlefield
Japan
Paris Green
Helen
Rojestvensky
Mulvery
A Song In Your Soul Drills Hope In Nervous Woes
James J. Montague in New York American reports The Higher Thought Center of London touts singing as a cure for worry and nerves. The verse exhorts readers to sing to cope with blustering May days pay worries and personal strain, urging cheerfulness and laughter over medical exaggeration.
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Higher Thought Center of
London
Coed exclusion urged at Cornell College banquet
Professor Everett W. Olmsted urged debarment of women from men’s classes and separate instruction at Cornell College of Arts and Sciences. Other speakers, including Arthur W. Dubois and Isaac Lande, backed segregating women from class elections and publications, provoking debate and applause amid Sage College dormitory furor.
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Cornell College of Arts and Sciences
Ithaca
New York American
Everett W. Olmsted
Sage College
Olmsted
Arthur W. Dubois
Men's Association
Olnsted
Clis
Medley of Quotations From Mediocrity to Insight
A compact quote note reflecting on mediocrity and the value of sense and feeling, attributed to Joubert, emphasizing that a man is not mediocre when guided by good sense and good feeling.
Attitude Shapes Friends and Enemies Quote
A brief aphorism by Wood states that personal mindset decides whether others become allies or adversaries, underscoring self-discipline in social relations.
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Isaac Lande
Louis Agassia Tuertes
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