Practical railroading schools spread knowledge on wheels
An article notes the Westinghouse airbrake school on wheels has trained about 218,000 railroad workers in three years. Classes for engineers, firemen, conductors, and others use hands on models and real engine parts. Lecturers speak railroad vernacular and emphasize practical skills over grammar.
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Westinghouse Company
Revie
Lexington
W. J. Murphy
Cincinnati, New Orleans
Texas Pacific
Ire
Jim
Division
Thea
N. Y
Curious Christian Name in Canterbury Records
In Boughton under Blean parish registers the name Actsapostle appears for Acts apostle Pegden born Dunkirk. Baptized August 2 1795 and buried November 14 1865 aged 70. The name later shortened to Actsy Pegden, with parishioners recalling the uncle Actsy Pegden. Another Acts of the Apostles child, son of Richard and Phoebe Kennett, baptized April 21 1833 at Boughton church.
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Boughto
Actsapostle
Thomas
Elizabeth Pegden
Dunkirk
Acts
Pegden
Actsy
Boughton
Actsy Pegden
Acts of the Apostes
Richard
Phoebe Kennett
Boughton Church
Recruit’s admission before magistrate sparks caution
A recruit sworn in before a magistrate is questioned about imprisonment. When asked if he had ever been in prison he hesitated then answered that he had never been jailed but wouldn’t mind serving a few days if deemed necessary.
Pungent Paragraphs and Witty Exchanges Across Papers
A collage of humorous quips from London Tit-Bits Detroit Free Press and other papers. Snappy lines on marriage money cold weather and winter resorts show light social observations and vivid character sketches from multiple era sources.
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Dashaway
Cleverton
Puck
Brush
Bargnet
Detroit Free Press
Philadelphia
Sultor
Boston Transcript
Dimon
Hixon
Loston
Harris
Walters
Carrell
Brooklyn
Mike
Pete
Washington Star
Manila Battle Reports Show Mixed Casualty Reactions
Captains aboard the Olympia recount grim scenes and light losses after the first battle, each reporting few or no casualties with varying pride and anxiety. The exchange underscores the danger felt despite minimal injuries as battles raged around them. Also excerpted is Prof Albert Bushnell Hart’s Harper's Magazine piece on commerce and global migration, noting U.S. large trade volumes and 19th century immigrant waves.
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Olympia
Capt
Boston
Joseph L. Stickney
Harper's Magazine
Poeumatic Thimbles For Typists And Pianists
Rubber thimbles sized to glove fit reduce nerve shock from pounding onto keys. They promise to protect fingers from callouses cracks and nails while boosting stroke speed and strength for typewriters and pianists.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Power in Scotch Water to Feed Loch Leven Mills
Plan seeks Parliamentary permission to divert Loch Earn water to Loch Leven in Perthshire and Argyllshire. A 1100 foot fall would yield over 37 000 horsepower, prompting factory sites on Loch Leven shores and possible relocation of British chemical works to the United States. Tod Ericht’s eight square miles would supply a vast water source for the scheme which could transform a sparsely inhabited region.
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Scottish Highlands
Loch Ernelt
Perthshire
Loch Leven
Argyllshire
America
Germany
United States
Tod Ericht
Why She Is So Popular
A Chicago Chronicle vignette shows a famed social figure attributing her popularity to writing notes. She explains she congratulates engaged young women, offers sympathy in sorrow, and writes letters for joys and losses. She notes kindness to men by matching conversation style and treating ages differently.
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Chicago
Chicago Chronicle
White House Servants From Lincoln to Cleveland
A vivid portrait of long serving White House staff. It highlights an aged doorkeeper appointed by Lincoln who has served every president, and Jerry the spiritualist porter who claims nightly chats with Lincoln Grant and Garfield. Simmons, the colored messenger, shifts from secretary Porter’s staff to the treasury and back, boasting of his indispensability and press relations.
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White House
Lincoln
Jerry
Grant
Garfield
Chile
Simmons
Porter
Harrison
Treasury Building
Cleveland
Queen Wilhelmina Wealthy and Multilinguist Ruler
The income of Queen Wilhelmina of Howland is said to be £50,000 a year. She owns six palaces and is noted as a skilled linguist. Beyond continental languages she has learned Malay to understand 3,000,000 East Indian subjects.
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Whelmina
Wilhelmina of
Howland
Archery Outscores Golf In Birmingham Challenge
In a near Birmingham event archery narrowly defeated golf as a contestant finished hole out in fewer shots over 19 holes. The archer secured the win over the golfer.
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Birmingham
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