Engine No 2517 Sets Long Distance Rail Record
In a record run from Seattle to St Paul and back Engine No 2517 hauled 3 700 miles of continuous travel with 38 cars carrying 35 million dollars in silk in 52 hours and 35 minutes. The feat followed by coupling to No 27 for the White Flyer mail run to Seattle set a new world standard for endurance.
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St. Paul
Minn
Great Northern Railway
Seattle
Oriental Limited
TIEN
C. C. Jenks
Great Northern
Aula
Chicago
St.Paul
Record Silk Cargo Hauls in Historic Train Run
A Great Northern locomotive set a record by pulling a silk laden train from Japan to London, the 3,000,000 pound load including a 600,000 pound engine. The voyage covered extraordinary distances, with silk cargo valued at about 35,000,000 dollars and shipments moved on premium schedules to meet the urgency of the record attempt.
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Chicago
New York
Japan
London
England
Automobile Boom in Sweden Drives American Cars
Stockholm reports Sweden's automobile count rose from 506 in 1919 to 62 820 by end of 1934, a car for every 94 people. Most cars are American made. Government motor business revenue last year totaled 1.423 million dollars in auto taxes, 774 thousand on tires, and 1.547 million on gasoline.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Fire Prevention Rules Issued During Week Observances
Fire Chief outlines guidance for Fire Prevention week noting matches and smoking materials ignite most fires. Advises keeping matches away from children, proper electrical use, turning off devices, and avoiding volatile cleaners. Emphasizes chimney maintenance, safe ash disposal, pipe cleaning, hot surfaces shielding, and daylight filling of lamps. Argentina note appears in error.
Enid Webber Reunites With Family After 16 Years
Huntington Indiana sees a dramatic return as wealthy contractor Webber, long presumed dead after leaving Fairfield Iowa in about 16 years ago, reunites with his wife and children. He reshuffles family, sending two younger sons to military school, placing another in business, and gifting a farm as he recalls his travels from Hawaii sugar plantations to South America then Marine service in World War I.
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Hayden
Webber
Jackson
Tena
Enoch Arden
Fairfield
Andre
B. Stressman
Hawaii
South America
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United States
Marines
Tenn
Llar
Indiana
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