Diesel locomotive tests replace coal in rail use
Preliminary tests reported by the Electric Railway Journal show a Diesel locomotive using air‑started four cylinder V engines arranged in pairs at 90 degrees. The unit, resembling a closed car, operates with air storage and automatic sequencing, achieving speeds up to 60 miles per hour and claimed economical operation without a visible smokestack.
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Germany
Fead
Electric Railway Journal
Spd
Goreda
Ingenious railway safety device and curious rides
A Stoke on Trent rail worker invents a pendulum driven signal contact that activates vacuum brakes when danger is signaled and can withstand impacts. The device, with an insulated relay, would alert the signal box of a passed danger signal and lift the arm when not in danger. Also recounted are curious railway incidents including a worker’s London to Grantham brake-rods ride and a man riding a freight train buffer to Lockerbie unnoticed.
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Stokeon- Trent
Eng
Great Northern
London
Grantham
Himgell
Carlisle
Lockerbie
Sta
First Pullman Car Conductor Age Record
J le Bates, conductor on the Are Pullman car over run in his country ves at Canute Kaplie has reached the age of caventr eight year. When the car was pet into operation the a wee very.
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J. le Bates
Canute
Kaplie
Canadian train telephone a simple emergency link
Alfret notes the railroad telephone relies on shafted wires hooking to main line wires beside tracks. It cannot be used while trains run and is impractical for passengers but useful for officials in emergencies or in cars needing distant contact.
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Alfret
Rat Halts Seven Trains On Pennsylvania Line
A rat chewed insulation off a large electric cable on the Pennsylvania main line at Moore’s Station Pa delaying seven trains including three passenger expresses and four fast freights for over half an hour. Grounding of wires disrupted signals until a signal maintainer found the fault and new insulation was installed.
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Moore's Station
Wilmington
Del
Philadelphia
Moore
Northwestern Establishes Fitness Standard for Commissary Staff
The Northwestern requires twice yearly rigid physical exams for all dining car conductors, jefe and waiters, parlor, buffet and chair car porters, and other commissary department employees. Those failing will transfer to other branches to avoid close contact with the traveling public as examinations proceed at Chicago headquarters.
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Northwestern
Allpri
Commissary Department
Chicago
Railroads Adopt Safer Journal Cooling Device
Railroads implement a new safety unit that cools hot rail journals while trains run, avoiding crystallization and scorching. The device grasps water onto the hot journal to slow cooling, reducing rough surface damage and the risk of wrecks from hot boxes.
Counting Tickets by Weight in Blug Lyats Mallway Journal
Blovers electric railroad companion and associates use a counting weighing machine for items from 128000 ounces to 1b pounds. The device measures weights from light loads to six tons at the Blug Lyats Mallway Journal.
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Blovers Electric Railroad Companion
Thane
Lietrolt
Pile Lalphie
Maghie
Daisy trimming for mourning hats from old millinery guides
Instructions describe making padded crepe de chine daisies with twelve petals around a cotton-filled center to trim mourning hats. Use matched petal pairs, seam inside, and stitch petals to the center. Some designs layer smaller petals between gaps for a double-row effect, paired with a Georgette sailor hat for a chic, period-appropriate look.
Gown Details for Debutante Outfit
The designer’s late afternoon frock features shadow lace over a white slip with transparent sleeves. The plain Bodice uses a double frill lace edging down the center front held by pearls, elbow sleeves trimmed with lace, and a lace edged collar. The skirt shows a triple lace plume with satin girdle and neck bow in soft white satin.
Card players find a handy bag from the sketch
A fragment describes a pale blue watered silk bag lined with white silk and edged with dark blue silk cord. The item is shown as useful for card players, small enough to carry easily, with the neck drawing to an opening on each side.
Embroidered Silk Playing Card Bag Instructions
The text describes making small silk bags with drawn tether cords and centered club emblems. Edges are ornamented with silk cord, with suits in black for clubs and spades and red for hearts and diamonds. Bags come in two sizes for carrying cash, counters, cards, markers, and a handkerchief or mirror, suitable for bazar use.
Colored Stockings as a Fad Across Society
The piece notes colored stockings as a rising fad influencing fashion and social behavior. It observes women favoring colored hose over black due to perceived gentler dyes, with colors like silver gray, amoke gray, deep red, blue, and green noted.
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Eve
Smile Your Way to Beauty Tam O Shanter
A vintage column extols smiles as the natural beautifier not bought in stores. It explains facial muscles relax at night, causing lines from daytime expressions, and argues daily smiling balances the face, suggesting simple, inexpensive remedies over professional care.
Fragmentary note on Petticoat line and belt width
A damaged OCR fragment references a Petticoat or Tengo line with uncertain width details. It mentions a sideg line and vague measurements, but the text is incomplete and limits a precise summary of person, place, or event.
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Opal Mercantile Co
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Aber and
Paine
Bane
Ehd
John Deere Wagons
Dain Sr
McCormick
Wyoming
Kemmerer
Meat ‘Market
Ondes
Bedd
Frais
J. B. Tenner
V-Fres
Dick Key
Big Piney Mercantile Co
Big’ Piney, Wyoming
Eerie
Peter Schuttler
Henney
Deering
Bon Ton
Wyo
J. E. Irvine
the Kemmerer Hotel Cafe
Camelation
Hotel Kronen
Tom Ming
Prop
Garman Railroad
CAMRY
Rat
Bazar
Tampamaster
Tange” Petticoat
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