Kipton train wreck of 1891 remembered in Lorain County
The Kipton collision in April 1891 killed eight people and injured many when two Lake Shore and Michigan Southern trains met head on amid late schedules and watch inaccuracy. Eyewitness tests, coroner Braman, and timekeeper Webb Ball led to railroad timekeeping reforms still used today.
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Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
Kipton
Lorain County
Elyria Democrat
Norwalk
Elyria
Oberlin
Cleveland
Charles Hamil
John J. Bauerfeind
Charles Dacey
Abraham Dereamer
Braman
Loram County
AR. Webber
Webb C. Ball
Euclid Avenue
Ball
Jeff Sigsworth
Eliza J. Sigsworth
Emma
Jeff
Plight of those waiting to die in aging South Florida
A Miami Beach column profiles Edward Scanlon, 84, and Bill Sussman, 95, in cramped pensioner rooms as Medicare costs press seniors toward hard choices between food and medicine. The piece links isolation, depression, and poor health to broader aging concerns across the United States, with quotes from caregivers and references to Medicaid, doctor discipline, and coping strategies for aging Americans.
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Edward Scanlon
Miami
Miami Herald
United States
Yvonne Lee
Miami Beach
Biscayne Bay
Atlantic Ocean
North America
Ike Edward Scanlon
Scanlon
Florida
Chicago
MacArthur Causeway
Edward
Bronx
Bull Sussman
Joe Andrews
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Joe
Anthony Quinn
George Bernard Shaw
Medicare
The
New York Times
Veterans’ Medical Center
Veterans Affairs
Edward J Derwinski
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McLean
Tim Daley
Kapton
Tonry
Joseph B. Tonry Sr
Ireland
America
Amblin
Connie Davis
Lorasn County
Historeal Society
Department of Health and Human Services
Public Citizens Research Group
P Street NW
Washington, DC
American Association of Sex Education Counselors and Therapists
Dupont Circle NW
Consumer Reports
Medicare/Medigap
Consumer Reports Books
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Bard Lindman
Famous Dept
Pate
Famous Dept. Store
Irene” Geraniums
Vermilion
GHIO
MT. Zion Baptist Church
East 30Th ST. Lorain
Mark E. Sadler
Father Patack
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