Antique Clippings

Antique humor and clippings, randomly discovered ephemera and interesting things! A lot of the things here are from before 1950, maybe way before. There will be things not politically correct today, ethnic humor, and enemies called names. The past is very messy.

Showing posts with label engineer. Show all posts

Showing posts with label engineer. Show all posts

Monday, April 14, 2008

Engineer Stops Train to Do Some Fishing

1916 Lumber Dealer Files Suit for $2,000, His Alleged Loss by Railroad Man's Act. NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana. — Admitting that fishing is al...

Monday, April 7, 2008

Mustn't "Own" Their Engines

1901 The railroad engineer who "owns" his engine is not in favor with his superiors. Complaints about trivial matters are likely t...

Saturday, March 15, 2008

An Engineer's Experience

1902 "The superstition about owls is a wonderful thing," said an old railroad engineer, "and if I had not been inclined to be...

Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Train Ferries in Europe

1894 From the Engineering Mechanic English engineers, finding it necessary to adopt our system of train ferries, and not wishing to give us ...

Saturday, April 28, 2007

Honest Chicken Leaves Egg Behind As Train Fare

1921 HEN PAYS HER FARE; LAYS EGG FOR ENGINEER DENVER, Colo., June 23.— Rather than beat her way on a locomotive, a hen laid an egg on the en...

Monday, April 23, 2007

Engineer Dies Awful Death, Blood Drawn From Body

1907 EVERY DROP OF BLOOD DRAWN FROM HIS BODY Engineer Dies Awful Death From Contact With Suction Pipe. Chicago, May 11 — By having almost ev...

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