Hours of Service Law for Rail Road Workers Upheld
The 1907 hours of service law for interstate railroad workers was upheld as constitutional by the U S Supreme Court in a test suit brought by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Justice Hughes stated the statute targets interstate carriers, not intrastate employees, and the ICC order issuing the act remains valid.
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Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Hughes
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Interstate Commierce Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Circuit Court of the United States For
District of Laryland
Women Move Freight Car in California Strike
During a railroad operators strike in California, cannery workers recruited seven women to move a freight car. With crowbars and brakes, the group successfully repositioned the car, avoiding strike-breaking connotations as shown in Popular Mechanics.
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California
Fair Sex
Popular Mechanics
Dustless Railroad Promises Cleaner Travel
The Louisville Courier Journal reports railroads adopting oiling of roadbeds to fight dust on summer travel. If effective, it could erase a major irritant, reduce rust and disease spread, and expand mileage. Oil treatment already used on streets and roads, with Rockefeller oil cited as a crude source for broader adoption.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
When the Horse Won’t Pull on a Hot Day
A small double truck stalls under a hot sun as one horse resists moving. A busy traffic policeman arranges a line from a passing truck and helps restart the stalled team. The team then resumes pulling once on level ground.
Lightning Rod Investigation At University Of Illinois
The University of Illinois will pursue an extended lightning rod study in an open field for the coming summer. Twelve 40-foot poles are set up with recording devices and spark gaps to measure strokes, with moving paper records driven by clock work to log timing. Three poles use sharp needles and three use brass balls for data.
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University of Ilindia
Where Our Dead Go in Westminster Abbey Tale
Maj Harris recalls a Vancouver man who toured London for the first time and, while visiting Westminster Abbey, faced a tourist agent’s question about Canada. The British Columbian quips that in Canada they appoint a commission to verify death and then send the deceased to the legislature.
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Maj. S. Harris
British Columbia
Vancouver
London
Westminster Abbey
Wrst
The 17 Year Cicada and Its Life Cycle
The 17 year cicada is the longest living insect, with nymphs underground for over 15 years feeding on tree roots. Each spring they emerge in vast numbers from late May to early June, a brood pattern dating to 1633. About 30 broods roam the Atlantic and central states, with southern limits reaching northern Georgia and western limits eastern Nebraska and Kansas.
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Atlantic
Central States
Georgia
Nebraska
Kansas
The Chief Objection Excerpt Summary
A fragment from a thoughtful writer critiques a dry mar tinis nepire song while suggesting the world needs a stimulant without a flare. The quirky phrasing hints at a satirical take on cultural taste and public appetite for novelty.
Three Acts of Bravery That Earned Coveted Hero Medals
A Carnegie medal narrative highlights three rescues by railroad workers across New England and New York. Locomotive engineer Horge W. Williams saved a Quincy woman from an approaching express but was gravely injured. Utica's Charles M. Haight pulled a child from a milk train on a steep grade and was injured. Mary Guinan prevented a 74-year-old man from crossing between gates as two trains passed at Middletown, narrowly surviving the near two-train crossing.
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Horge WH. Williams
Braintree
Mass
New York
New Haven & Hartford
New
Jennie M. Hill
Quincy
Williams
Hill
John G. Menchin
Charles M. Haight
Utica
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
West Winfield
N. Y
Haight
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mary Guinan
Middletown
Montgomery Street
Erie Railroad
Miss Guinan
John Runyon
Churches of Christ of
Hardin County
Eldora
Maria Mitchell Club
Clear Lake
Plymouth County
Old Settlers’ Association
W. H. West
Mineral City
John Obermeier
LeMars
G. W. Newcomb
Eagle Grove
Bank of Wesley
Judge Hutchinson
Verne Warren
Carroll
Anamosa
Charles Smith
Henry Atwood
Elmer Atwood
Lucile Petersmeyer
Rolleau
Saskatchewan
Laura Jenkins
David KE. Peck
Grinnell
Melvin Garret
Marcus
W. S. Lewis
Spencer
Humboldt
L. McKenzie
Hopkinton
Northwestern University
Water Department
Rock Rapids
Kennedy Brothers
Pomeroy
J. Henkle
Storm Lake
Algona
C. B. Stilson
Waterloo
Blackhawk County
7Th Town Cavalry
Clinton Keagy
C. W. Keagy
Manchester
India
Company D
Court House Square
Boone
R. B. Glenn
North Carolina
Winterset Chautauqua
Wooden
Clarinda
L. L. Platt
Cedar Rapids
Itowa
Congress
Jack Piper
J. H. Corkhill
Ft. Dodge
Dubuque
Prescott
Marshalltown
Morris Kotter
Europe
Brady
Clara Weisenberger
Granite City
Keokuk
Co-Operative Creamery
Glenwood
New York City
Roy Gee
Mondamin
Charles City
Margaret
Hughett
Fort Dodge
Jones County
Monticello
Nancy Frey
Sigourney
Iowa
Keokuk County
Aknife
Blakey
J. F. Korns
United Brethren Church
Jordan
East Linwood
No. 1
First Pullman Conductor Recalls Sleeping Car Origins
Col J L Barnes a longtime superintendent in the Santa Fe system recounts being the world’s first Pullman conductor. He describes early cars arranged by George M Pullman in 1858, the first trip to Bloomington, car designs, pay, and a remark from Pullman about the cost and quality of the new sleeping cars.
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J. L. Barnes
Southern Kansas Division
Santa Fe
Pullman
George M. Pullman
Chicago and Alton Railway
Field
Black Hawk
Col
Alton
Colorado
Railroads Ready to Move National Guard Quickly
A New York railroad official stated that transporting the entire National Guard of New York would take 24 hours. He added that under war conditions railroads nationwide can move troops, horses, cannon, and rations faster and more reliably than any other system.
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National Guard of
New York
America
Railroad Man's Magazine
Locomotive Covered With Flies At Aberdeen Station
A Fraserburgh bound train arrived at Aberdeen station with the engine front coated in dust and thousands of small fires attached to the engine. The oil on the front acted like fly paper, drawing in the flames. Railway officials say such an sight is unprecedented in their experience.
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Aberdeen
Fraserburgh
Longest Straight Railway Segments Compared
The text notes Egypts desert railway of 45 miles in a straight line and claims Nyngan to Bourke in New South Wales features a 126 mile level dead straight railway section. It contrasts desert routing with a lengthy straight stretch in Australia.
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Egypt
Nyngan
Bourke
New South Wales
Iowa News Briefs Highlight Midwestern Events
A three day carnival at Sioux Rapids, the Clay county hhautauqua in Spencer, and numerous local happenings across Iowa are reported. Notable items include deaths of Josiah J. Cleaver and J. A. Wedmore, graduates from Emmet county rural schools, anniversaries in Ireton, sales of the Cherokee gas plant, and varied incidents from thefts and accidents to civic events and church activities.
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Sioux Rapids
Clay County
Spencer
Josiah J. Cleaver
Parkersburg
Emmet County
Lutheran Church
Ireton
T. T. Andersen
Indianola
Omaha
LeMars
John Wissing
Ida Grove
B. F. Owens
Rockwell City
Donald Ginger
Langdon
Charles Meinking
Sheldon
Crocker
Iowa Brigade
Stourney
le Mars
Bernard McFadden
Town City
Oakland
Cal
E. Mack
Marshalltown
Danbury
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Supreme Court
Col. J. L. Barnes
Anna Esther Burns
Davenport
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