Freight speed drive reshapes railroads across nation
Freight service speeds surge as railroads cut schedules and slash transit times. Illinois Central and Santa Fe report rapid Chicago to New Orleans and Chicago to Los Angeles moves, while Milwaukee builds steel cars to meet demand. Through-train runs, pickup delivery, and highway-rail coordination expand, though revenue growth lags due to higher delivery costs.
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Freshmen and sophomores vote against rough freshman fight
Stanford University faculty urged freshmen and sophomores to quit their annual fight as too rough. The student body voted down the proposal 550 to 150. In Manhattan Kansas, a fall dress rule at Kansas State College prompted students to force overalls on agricultural students. A pond ducking of Joseph Wetta followed for not wearing overalls, then Assistant Professor C. Pence was ducked when he tried to stop the prank.
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Cleveland theft suspect wears odd array of clothing
In Cleveland on October 16 police found a man arrested on suspicion wearing two overcoats three suit coats two pairs of trousers three caps and three shoe soles. His pockets held a whistle three safety razors two padlocks two butcher knives two spoons a six inch stiletto used razor blades three pocket knives and two dog teeth.
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Plan to open membership of Lorain dog club to all breeds
The Lorain County Boston Terrier Club plans reorganization to admit owners of other breeds. A meeting on November 3, announced by secretary Mrs. D. B. Jenkins, will be at the Jenkins home, 21 Lake Avenue. Club president A. C. Tenner and Mrs. Jenkins urged interested owners to contact them.
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Boston Terrier Club
D.B. Jenkins
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A. C. Tenner
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Prowess Doubted Springfield Court Refuses Divorce
Circuit Judge Gar D Kirby denied Mrs. Frank R MacHinstry a divorce after she sued on grounds her husband drank ten gallons of beer in one day. The piece notes many people fail to reconcile imagined versus real behavior.
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Springfield. Mo
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Frank R. MacHinstry
Unsigned Letters Attack Bricker in Ohio Campaign
Attorney General John W. Bricker Republican governor candidate campaigned in northwest Ohio denouncing unsigned letters criticized his stance on labor Catholics and Negroes. He alleged Governor Davey and state Democratic leader Poulson instigated the letters and challenged foes to reveal themselves openly. Bricker spoke in Sidney Greenville Piqua and planned stops at Paulding Hicksville Montpelier Bryan Van Wert and Defiance.
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Francs M. Poulson
Morris Morgenstern
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War of 1812 era shipbuilding cost contrasted with today
The text notes that in 1811 Congress appropriated 50,000 for 188 gun boats, illustrating how money then was vast compared to modern figures. It frames the amount as an illustration of the era’s scale and contrasts past funding with present shipbuilding costs.
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Droughts and Rains Sermon in Boston 1749 Thanksgiving
A sermon preached in Boston on August 24 1749 later printed titled The natural and moral Government and Agency of God In causing Droughts and Rains Being the Day of General Thanksgiving in the Province of Massachusetts For the extraordinary reviving Rains after the most distressing Drought known in the memory of any living.
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Discovery at Dunfermline tomb of Robert Bruce in 1818
Excavations at the Dunfermline abbey sepulchre of Robert Bruce in 1818 uncovered the king’s body wrapped in four shrouds with threads of gold, inside two lead coverings. The remains were placed in a new coffin and re interred, reflecting a moral that equates piety with an inward state of the heart.
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Robert Bruce
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