Electrification of Railways Opens Fast Transit Era
A historical account traces electric traction from early experiments in Europe to the 1880s U S development led by Frank Sprague. It notes Berlin and Vienna rides, the 1886 Baltimore Union line, and the Richmond Virginia debut with Sprague guiding the first practical electric railway despite hostile reception.
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New York Sun
Fourth Avenue
Third St
Seventeenth St
Hudson
Firet
Stephen D. Field
Thomas Edison
United States
Hisson
Menlo Park
Lichterfelde
Gorkhory
Hear Bertin
Hamden
Baltimore Union Passenger Railway
Angenst
Windsor
Canada
Appleton
Wis
Port Huron
Mich
Scranton
Montgomery
Ale
Frank J. Sprague
Thomas Davenport
Brandon
Robert Davidson
Aberdeen
Scotland
Glasgow
Moses G. Farmer
Dover
New Hampshire
United States Congress
Page
Smithsonian Institute
Grove
Washington
Bladensburg
Pacinotti
Gramme
Sprague
Union Passenger Railway Company
Richmond
Electric railways a new era for travel and power
Electric traction advances reshape transport with plans for a Chicago New York air line and rapid intercity service. The project promises ten hour city pair connections, 120 to 200 mile per hour speeds discussed by Steinmetz, and widespread interurban growth led by the Aurora Elgin Chicago system.
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Chicago-New York
Electric Air Line
Chicago
New York
LaPorte
Ind
Pennnsylvania
Lake Shore
New York Central
Scientific American
New York Central Experiment
Rom
Aurora
Elgin
Chicago Electric Railway
Belvidere
New York Central Railroad
Charles P. Steinmetz
Hugless Dances and Waterless Swimming Enter Public School Curriculum
A New York World dispatch reports Chicago public schools added hugless dancing and waterless swimming to physical culture. Suder describes hugless dancing as fancy steps to develop grace while waterless swimming uses slanted strokes, rings, and waist belts to simulate swimming without cramps after the General Slocum disaster.
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Chicago
New York World
Henry Suder
Suder
General Slocum
Teddy Roosevelt Jr Aims for Boxing Fame
Theodore Roosevelt Jr son of the president shows growing skill with gloves in Cambridge Massachusetts dispatch notes. He follows his father's public path while pursuing studies at Harvard as observers describe his boxing aptitude and potential.
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New York Press
Theodore
Starvard
Harvard
Teddy
Cambridge
Roosevelt
White House
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Mass
Silence cure spreads among Ansonia society women
In Ansonia Connecticut a group of society women adopt the silence cure beginning the new year. They close their mouths and claim marvels in health and peace for family members. The T P BR association will discuss the topic at its next meeting.
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Ansonia
Conn
New York World
T. P. BR. Association
Night Robes in Tudor and Stuart Royal Courts
The article traces night robes from sparsity in the middle ages to courtly luxury in Tudor and Stuart times. It notes Anne Boleyn's satin robe, Queen Elizabeth I’s sable fur lined gown, and royal orders for velvet, silk, and damask night garments. It also mentions nyght rails and daytime wear of night caps with lace and ribbons among ladies.
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Anne Boleyn
Queen Bess
George Brodigman
Apple Fight Over Black Eye Dramatizes School Day
A witty exchange shows a small boy explaining a black eye from a schoolyard apple dispute with Sammy Jones. The benevolent observer asks who won, and the boy clarifies it was the teacher who intervened.
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Sammy Jones
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Teddy, JR
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Iowa
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Washington, D
Colenso
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Brighton
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Minneapolis
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Peoria Express
Peoria Limited
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Pet
Xeon
Minn
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