First electric suspension railway for passengers planned at Barmen
Consul Bouchsein reports on a pioneering electric suspension railway under construction at Barmen Germany. The eight mile double rail line with 18 stations runs from Barmen Rittershausen along the Kupper to Vohwinkel, using the Langen overhead system. Cars on two rotary bogies carry 61 passengers each, with 36 horsepower motors and 500 volt supply. Top speed around 31 miles per hour, start time ten to fifteen seconds, and an average 18 1/2 miles per hour across 18 stops.
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Barmen
Germany
State Department
Bouchsein
Barmen-Rittershausen
Kupper
Y Crain
Promising Outlook for Tehuantepec Rail Road
Plans for reconstructing the Tehuantepec rail line across Mexico’s narrowest isthmus promise a solid, permanent route comparable to the Vera Cruz line. The line will use a compensated half percent maximum grade to handle traffic economically, with Panama’s freight flow of 490000 tons annually shifting toward Tehuantepec. The project aims to attract traffic now moving to the Pacific coast from the Mississippi Valley, with daily boat service between Tex and port cities once completed, potentially rivaling Panama within five years.
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Mexico
Vera Cruz
Panama
Wanama
Tehuantepec
Pacific Coast
Mississippi Valley
Contzneoulios
San Francisco
Salina Cruz
Tromn
New Orleans
San Promeideo
Southern Pacific
Gulf
Acatencoalcos
Tyro
Aged Lovers Wed at Rushville Indy Forty Years On
A wedding in Rushville Indiana linked old sweethearts William D Westerfield a Manila Rush county farmer aged 47 and Helen J Conway of New York city 72 who met as children in Walker township fifty five years ago They resumed their romance after long separations and married after both spouses had died Mrs Conway came from New York to wed her girlhood sweetheart The ceremony was led by Justice Poe Also notes health inspectors in London must report contagious diseases in households to superiors.
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Rushville
Ind
Rush County
William D. Westerfield
Manila
Helen J. Conway
New York City
Justice Poe
Helen Thomas
Walker Township
Constitution Island and the Warner Legacy in New York
A historical note traces Constitution Island near the Hudson opposite Point, its Revolutionary fort, and the Warner family story. It links a proposed bill to purchase the island for a storage magazine and recalls Susan B. Warner and Anna B. Warner who lived in the old mansion, urging church missionary ownership after thesisters’ deaths.
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Hudson
Otseganea
Kosciusko
Burgoyne
Washington
Warner
Susan B. Warner
Anna B.warner
Constitution Island
Church Missionary Society
Girl A Sharp Merchant
Ethel Streeter a ten year old girl from Chicago Junction runs her mother’s store while she is away. She writes checks with revenue stamps, memos stock from Tiffin, and demands receipts. Traveling salesmen praise her memory and stock sense as she conducts business beyond her years.
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Ethel Streeter
Chicago Junction
Nation
Little Nation
Tiffin
Ethel
Streeter
George Sifert
Columbus House
Little Ethel
Continental Guards Form By Smithsonian and National Museum
Members of the National Museum and the Smithsonian Institution plan a military group named the Continental Guards of Washington. Uniforms imitate 1782 Continental light infantry with white broadcloth, light blue coats, blue facings, and silver buttons. Members must be gentlemen of soldierly bearing. ongoing recruitment aims for a Dec or Fourth of July march under the 13-star Continental flag.
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National Museum
Smithsonian Institution
Continental Guards of
Washington
Continental Light Infantry
Supreme court decides shipper pays for express stamps
The Chilean Tribune reports a Supreme Court ruling that the shipper must cover stamp costs for express shipments. The discovery suggests shippers have been bearing these charges previously, a shift in practice revealed by the paper.
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United States Supreme Court
Chilean Tribune
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