Retired Foreman Builds 150-Pound Steam Engine
SOUTHFORT MITCHELL Ky AP A. H. Carpenter a retired Louisville & Nashville foreman built a 150 pound live steam model engine over 11/2 years using blueprints from California. The 57 inch long engine No 1208 includes a boiler safety valves steam gauge and automatic couplers and sits in his basement awaiting test runs and a Covington Sesquicentennial display.
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A. H. Carpenter
South Fort Mitchell, Ky
Carpenter
Southfort Mitchell, Ky
A. H
al) Carpenter
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Old
Decoursey
Covington
Cincinnati
Yesteryear
Livestock Market Report From Baltimore Cattle and Hogs Summary
USDA market notes show cattle receipts this week at 1125 versus 21534 last week and 1597 a year ago with steers and heifers firm to 50 cents higher and bulls up to 50 cents. Slaughter steers mostly 27.25 1000-1250 lbs. heifers 25.25. cows 11.50-14.50. bulls 17.50-19.50. feeders 25.25 for 863 lb steers. Hogs receipts 1800 vs 1686 last week and 1710 year ago with barrows and gilts steady to late gains. sows 25 cents lower. market quotes vary by weight class.
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Baltimore
USDA
Charlottesville Plan Proposes 2 Percent State Tax Share
Del C Armonde Paxson of Charlottesville urges a 2 percent statewide sales tax collected by localities with a portion kept for schools based on registrations rather than population. The measure allows local taxes for community benefit but caps new levies at 1 percent. Major John Andre, once a British spy tied to Benedict Arnold, was convicted and hanged at Tapeman New York.
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Charlottesville
del. C. Armonde Paxson
John Andre
Benedict Arnold
Tapepan
N.Y
Gemini 5 astronauts prove man can survive moon flight
Manned Space Center reports Gordon Cooper Jr. and L. Conrad Jr. completed eight days in orbit on Gemini 5, confirming feasibility of a lunar roundtrip. Officials note no major safety issues, plan Gemini 6 rendezvous and Gemini 7 missions, while astronauts discuss docking, rest cycles, and spacecraft cleanliness.
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Manned Space Center
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Les Conrad Jr
Robert Gilruth
Manned Spacecraft Center
Cooper-Conrad
Moon
Space Agency
Agena
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Cooper
Conrad
Walter M. Schirra
Thomas P. Stafford
Pete
Conad
Gemini
Frank Borman
James A. Lovell Jr
Gilruth
Galveston Adopts Commission Form in 1900
Galveston Texas became the first U.S. city to adopt a commission form of government in 1900, marking a pioneering municipal restructuring.
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Galveston
Tex
U.S
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Perry Engineering Co.; Inc
Gonrad
JCC
WHPL
Jaycee
Clyde
Chip) Johnson
Marshall Crisman
Bob Dinges
Mike O’brien
Charles Shewbridge
Roger Whittaker
Jim Butcher
General Electric
Miller’s Hardware
N. Loudoun St
Winchester
Port Moria
Smith-Douglass
National Ave
Streamlite
C. Ladies’ Wardrobe
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