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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1895
Page
8
The article profiles Rex Woodle, the world's youngest engineer at about one year old. His father, an electrical and mechanical expert, built a four foot long locomotive before the World's Fair and powered it with an electric motor. Rex rode in the tender as a baby and later helped learn to operate a track, with daily rides and no accidents so far.
In Wassixaton on July 13 Mia, Kate Chase daughter of the late chief justice and former wife of the late Senator Sprague of Rhode Island, has had her furniture seized for debt and scheduled for auction in this locality.
In Columbia South Carolina Senator Tillman pursued a lone negro suspected of robbing his plum orchard. He fired four times but gains were only in distance as the man fled. Militia not ordered to intervene. Bishop inherits thirteen million in gold.
A. F. Poole, described as a notorious chicken thief, is pursued by Officer Gaines and Deputy Sheriff Dan Jones after a night raid north of Topeka. Poole fled with a wagon and about 120 chickens, briefly eluding capture before retreating into the woods near Frelock. The chase reveals a long pattern of large scale thefts and a prior encounter with deputies.
A Bayou des Allemands boy fishing from a flat boat with his line suddenly hooks a large tarpon that pulls the craft across the river. Rescuers in a skiff harpoon the fish after a chase, and the six foot tarpon is hauled ashore with gleaming scales and a silver luster.
A German authority outlines preventive steps for internal boiler rust. While operating, remove air from feed water, vent air from water inside the boiler, and add chemicals before entry. During standstill, dry the boiler, protect shells with tar or lime coatings, stabilize fuel draught, and fill the boiler with water to expel air. Emphasizes complete feeding for two days and good water circulation to avoid air pockets.
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