Continental's New Record on Wabash Line between Decatur and St Louis
The Wabash Continental Limited set a new speed record Thursday night from Decatur to St Louis, cutting two minutes off the prior best. Engineer Braddock with engine Mo 607 piloted 105 miles to Granite City in 101 minutes, plus a one minute stop at Litchfield, yielding an actual 96 running minutes and an average 65.4 mph. From Stanton to Carpenter the 10.2 miles took 7 minutes at 87.42 mph, and 47 miles from Boody to Honey Bend ran 40 minutes at 70.5 mph. Delayed at departure by about an hour and forty minutes, the train included President Ramsey’s private car. officials predict speeds near 100 mph by summer.
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Decatur
St. Louis
Braddock
Granite City
Litchfield
Stanton
Carpenter
Boody
Honey Bend
Ramsey
Wabash
Springfield
Continental Limited
Tilton
Danville
Tolono
Bement
Ancient drinking vessels and clockwork cups in museums
A historical note describes German crafted drinking vessels from early modern times. It highlights a 1610 Berlin silver stag cup, its clockwork auto propulsion, and trick cups that misled drinkers with hidden compartments. The piece mentions Hannover or Augsburg origin and the vogue of imaginative, deceptive vessels.
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Germany
Berlin
Diana
Augshare
Island Crane Haven and Other Worldly Tidbits
A Minnesota island bears a large summer crane colony of about 3,000 birds, undisturbed since indigenous peoples. Also noted are Oceanic passenger counts and costs, typewriter letter waste, an 1858 gold dollar found in a Jeffersonville onion patch, Pegasus folklore, a stolen thousand pound church bell, and Oregon State College banning billiards due to impact on student performance.
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Crance
Minnesota
George Martin
Jeffersonville
Ind
Martin
Parkville
S. J
Tortoise as Household Mouser Surprises Philadelphia Woman
A Philadelphia woman discovers a land tortoise acts as a mouse killer in the home after her nine year old son added the reptile. The tortoise pounces on a mouse, eats it, and continues as the household’s unlikely rodent exterminator.
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Philadelphia
Numerous 1902 World Telegr am items mix ships deaths and politics
The telegrams report a range of events from the steamer Mount Temple carrying 1100 horses to Cape Town, the death of General Williams McKinley Osteroe in London, and cholera stats in Manila and provinces. Other items cite alcohol and railway strikes, emigration figures, Diaz’s travel plans, papal consistory delays, and various U S political and business notes.
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Mount Temple
Cape Town
New Orleans
United Bates Coasel
William McKinley Osteroe
London
McKinley
Manila
Sol Smith Russell
Washington Oril
Ile
American Ciear Company
Continental Telmc
Walton
Brooklyn
Norfolk
Lees
Leeture Bureau
Ellen M. Stone
Toenut
Richardson
Moston
America
Ireland
Cork
Hamburg
Diaz
Mexico
Totenda
Mexican Congress
Europe
San Francisco
Houston
Barce
Gaulois
United Tos
France
Washington
India
Lord Curzon of
Kedleston
Bengal
Assam
Burmah
Madras
Rochambeau
Toulon
United States
Third Infantry
J. H. Page
Fort Thomas
Cincinnati
Ohio
Omaha
Union Pacific Rathe
Merchants’ ‘Trust Company of
New York
Electric Light, Railway and Power Companies
Richmond
Virginia
Chamber of Commerce of
Guatemala
United States Supreme Court
A. A. Green
Pima County
Arizona
W.S. Rosas
U.S. A
Los Angel California
Arlington
City of
Allen's Foot Fase advertised powder for tight shoes
An old ad praises Allen's Foot-Fase powder to ease tight new shoes and cure corns bunions and sweaty feet. It notes 25¢ at druggists and shoe stores and mentions a free sample address in LeRoy New York. The rest includes varied clippings about trains and jokes.
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Vfirst
Tm Ulstory
New York
New England
United States
Geo
H. Daniels
Grand Central Station
Mother Gray
Allen
Olmsted
Leltoy
N. Y
Bearding-Howe
Geo. H. Daniels
LeRoy, N. Y
Surgical Operations and Opera Singer Mrs Bruce
Mrs Bruce, a noted opera singer, explains how years on tour with irregular meals and sleep damaged her health. She cites ovarian troubles and the need for rest and medical treatment after years of touring.
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Bruce
Dean Mrs. Pinknam
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Continental
Miss Partridge
Mabel
Putnam
Bo Jack
Pat
Chicago
yiDousiss
Doug
hoLboer
Yreaanu
Shegenuine
Nanenie
Tna
Si Aand
Areva
Fredrich Wilhelm I
Indian Ocean
Antarctic
Arctic Ocean
Oceantec
Thia
Pegasus
Apollo
Hippocrene
Helicon
Bellerophon
Chimaera
Heaven
State Agricultural College of Oregon
Gatch
Porto Rico
United States Dispatch
Dolphin
Atlantic
Bermuda
Pacific
Navy Department
Blake
North Atlantic
Caribbean Sea
Great Cayman
South Atlantic Ocean
Equator
North Pacific Ocean
H. M. Hodges
Kermadec Islands
South Pacific Ocean
Pengan
Venezuela
God
Johann Most
Parker
New York Court of Appeals
Most
Court of Appeals
Independent Order of Foresters
Los Angeles
Supreme Court
Baldwin- Zeigler
Polar
W Champ
William Reigler
Missouri
Kansas
Colorado
Utah
del Ike
Adam
Walter
Mall
Price
The
Dendery Javelle Mfg Co
Parsons,Kas
Hamiin
Mamma
Ethel
Pino
Wa. O. Exvaer
Vanburen
G. Bruce
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lansing
Mich
Alabastine Company
Grand Rapids
E.J. Gresham
Daughters of the Confederacy
Herndon
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Verona
Mra. Col
E. J
Peruna
Union
Rue de du Paix Coricura
Dopot
Charterhouse
Paris
Cim
Ereeep
Heamiwurneet Thompson’s
W.N.U
Denver
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