Englishman Describes Early American Rail Travel
An 1881 London article recounts early U S rail travel with vivid notes on engine design a cowcatcher large headlight and mail vans. It covers train composition from engine to baggage vans passenger cars and the despatch box system for letters along with etiquette aboard the cars.
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U. S
America
An En-Marshall
Fishman
Brsgay
Albany
Niagara
Meadow-Land
Trarel
U.S. A
Buffalo
Falls
Chicago
e-Telegram
T. W. Beel
Ninth Street
Edward E. Pal
London
England
W. G. Marshall
Peepee
Wee Ae Ag
Railway Etiquette Reminders From a Bygone Era
A fragment urges travelers to address railway staff with courtesy calling them gentlemen. It notes conductors and guards deserve respect and tips are unnecessary, reflecting old country railway etiquette and social norms toward workers.
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Boston
Mass-Robert Chase Served Divorce Papers After Court
In Dutch all around Worcester Robert Chase left Worcester court where he paid 55 dollars in fines for three traffic violations and was served with his wife’s divorce papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
Robert Chase
Science reforms tortilla making in Mexico
Washington reports a new dry tortilla flour developed from milled masa by a dehydration process. Nutrition experts at Armour Research Foundation milled an inexpensive, stable flour enabling unleavened corn flatbreads with less labor. The Mexican government requested the formula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Washington
Science
Armour Research Foundation
Tilinoig
Lfe
National Geographic Society
Young man in daring ride ends in odd tale of corn
Deputy Sheriff recalls a hitchhiker who rode with a wary traveler to the corn fields. The youth claimed cliff dwellers used corn in ancient times and tied to razor blades and water-flight bulbs, joking about Aztec heirs and a sword swallower show.
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Marion
Theler
Charles Ed
Colorado
United States
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