Jamestown Pullman Car Demonstrates Indestructible Steel Build
The Jamestown, the first all metal Pullman sleeper, is shown at Grand Central and boasted as wreck proof by designer Max Schneider. Weighing 147000 pounds, it withstood a high speed impact in testing, remains intact while wooden cars shattered, and is fire resistant with nonflammable fittings except bedding.
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Jamestown
Grand Central Station
New York
Max Schneider
Pullman Company
Pullman Works
Schneider
Pennsylvania and Central
Bison Society Seeks Public Support For Buffalo Preservation
The American Bison Society seeks national aid to establish buffalo herds and urges Canadians and Americans to act. The group plans fundraising through membership fees and private subscriptions, with Meriden, New Jersey cited as address. The piece also notes Dickens’s Devonshire Terrace years and his long-telegraphed stay there with a list of ten works written in that house.
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American Bison Society
America
Meriden
N. IJ
United States
Canada
American Dison Society
Devonshire Terrace
Dickens
Doughty Street
George du Maurier
Old Curiosity Shop
Barnaby Rudge
Martha Chuzzlewit
Dombey
David Copperfield
Marylebone Road
London
Long Distance Vision Record By Coast Survey Team
Definitions by schoolchildren reveal quirks as a Britons boy calls a suffragist a disturbance maker and a pupil misdefines surf. A survey note claims the farthest human sight distance is 183 miles between Uncompahgre Peak Colorado and Mount Ellen Utah, achieved by US Coast and Geodetic Survey teams with international cooperation.
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Pacific Ocean
Meerschaum in New Mexico Could Supply World Pipes
A vast meerschaum find in New Mexico mints hope of breaking Turkish monopoly as the mineral, famed for heat resistance and water absorption, expands beyond pipes into electrical and mechanical uses. A 42 pound block was the largest mined to date, signaling a potential world supply shift.
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New Mexico
Kansas City Star
Eskihisber
Anatolia
Turkey
Asia
Scientista
Art of Reading and Apprenticeship in Language
The passage discusses early and diligent reading as an art akin to music or painting, demanding stern apprenticeship. It notes that knowing only one language limits understanding, and features a dialogue about writing for the press and the irony of producing work that is often thanked or praised.
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Becsiu
Harry
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Tommy
Bison Society
Ings
Intelli
Ers
C. Thos. Kemp
Dakota
Minneapolis Journal
Market St
Doll Bros
Randard
E.S Mobley & Bro
Patrice, Sr
Central Howe. CO
South Market Street
James E. Doll
Jeweler
Steve
Jewsler and Optician Wiest Nat. Bank
Frederick, MD
B. Frederick Co
Saylors’ & Lehigh Portland Osment
Rovendale Cement
Maryland
Jpeseaeie Remants
George L. Cramer
South Street
Woodsbaro
Ledlesbare
Dalen Bridge
Fourth St
Price
Union Oorebear
Liberty
Walkersville
Central National Book Buildin
Carty’s
Patrick Street
O. P. Bennett
Walker & Bane
B. Rosenour & Sons
Market and Patrion“ Streets
W. H. B. Etchison
Ernest Helfenstein
Insurance
W. Patrick Sr
Roperty
Columa
Edwin Pevilbiss
Clary
Officre
Doll & Albach Building
Ssn Market Street
Frederick, Ma
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