Engineer Drives Iron Monster 28 Miles in 19 Minutes
John Boone an engineer for the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railroad risked his life to reach his dying son Melvin, leaping to 28 miles away and throttling his switch engine at top speed. The dramatic chase covered 23 miles at about 80 miles an hour, with Boone and his fireman facing peril as trains and signals loomed. Melvin Boone, a brakeman with the road, died shortly after collapse from injuries on a freight car roof.
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John Boone
Baltimore and Ohio, Southwestern
Melvin
Hoe
Melvin Boone
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad
Brownstown
Ind
Liz
Boone
Engina
North Vernon
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Pittsburg Dispatch
Ideal Community Plan in California Led by Capel
A Sacramento valley project by 4 Ideal Community, Ver. Capel proposes an ideal settlement on a large ranch with land set aside for an agricultural college. The monsignor aims to guide California agriculture, potentially providing settlers a free year before crop returns begin. Also mentions new attorney general Dodge Harmon with skepticism from Republican papers.
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Capel
Sacramento Valley
Monsignor
California
Detroit Free Press
Onry
Dodge Harmon
Monider
Kansas City Times
Preachers Congress At Asheville Draws Protestant Leaders
The New York Journal notes the Preachers Congress in Asheville North Carolina during late July to early August led by the American Society of Religious Education. The aim is to unite Protestants in Bible study under Bishop Vincent with many clerics and educators invited to participate.
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Southern Protestanta
Anheville
MN. C
Agheville, N. G
American Society of Religious Educatio
Vincent
Teneo
Sines
Eaton
Woul
Asheville
Balsamio
New York Journal
Red Sea Passage discussed by Victoria Institute on wind effects
In London at the Victoria Institute midsummer meeting Major General Tulloch outlines survey on land near Egypt and the Red Sea crossing. He notes wind events altering the Lake Menzullah area and discusses how wind could have influenced ancient water levels and crossing points with reference to Israelite movements.
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Victoria Institute
London
Tulloch
Reyph
Egypt
Lake Menzullah
Talloch
New York Herald
Revolution in surgery claimed by oxygen chloroform method
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette reports Dr J A Mew of Pittsburg describing a Philadelphia discovery by Dr L L Northrup that administering oxygen with chloroform could revolutionize anesthesia. The system uses oxygen forced through a small hole in a chloroform inhaler, avoiding choking and stabilizing heart action and respiration during operations.
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J. A. Mew
Pittsburg
Gumathelios
L L. Northrup
Philadelphia
Krohne
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
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