The Block System and railway safety gains and delays
C. V. Deveretx argues that eastern railroads boast superiority while accidents occur near New York. He praises the block system and airbrake as essential safety upgrades, explains positive and permissive block designs, and urges adoption to reduce collision risk on American lines.
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Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Morris and Essex
United States
America
C. V. Deveretx
America Its Author Makes a New Copy at Eighty Five
Special correspondence from Boston reports Rev Samuel Francis Smith aged 85 author of America living in Newton Center. He wrote the hymn at Andover Theological Seminary era, first sung 1832 in Boston. A Newark Vail visit led to a fresh copy being made by request. Mineral anecdotes reveal his memory and humor. W JH Kriespury notes Lower California as North America’s longest peninsula.
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Boston
Samuel Francis Smith
America
Newton Center
Harvard College
Andover Theological Seminary
Colby University
Andover
Lowell Mason
England
Germany
Park Church
Rocky Mountain
Waterville
Dr. Smith
W. JH. Kriespury
Eyes Train for Strength in Work and Age
A Philadelphia Times excerpt argues that proper eye use strengthens vision under healthy work conditions. It compares eye fitness to blacksmiths’ arms, notes overtaxing the brain harms longevity, and praises sustained, moderate effort with sanitary care for both eyes and mind. Five prayers of a child are recounted, then three light vignettes follow about an aluminium wedding in Berlin and the curious idea of sympathetic vaccination.
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Lum
Philadelphia Times
Berlin
Paris American Register
Boston Transcript
Fragmented newspaper quip and literary note excerpt
A daily editor questions a savaged reporter about a supposed western line collision said to have 10 killed and 20 injured. The piece contrasts premature sensationalism with a German periodical letter signed by “A Susberiber of Many Years’ Standing,” noted in Hamburger Fremdenblatt.
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Patriote Normand
Hamburger Fremdenblatt
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