Bad Day At Table Rock In 1908

From Table Rock Nebraska Historical Society Page
Saw this on their historical society page and thought it would fit for Monday.

Nebraska Table Rock Argus Oct 8 1908.  Last Tuesday morning while at work around the engines in the round house, foreman J A Barnes met with quite an accident.  He had built a fire in no 119’s engine and had gone over to the next stall to do some work on the switch engine.  He had not worked very long when he noticed the other engine was in motion,  He tried to stop the runaway but before he could gain the cab entrance the monster had started through the back end of the round house.

Sunday Dinner At The Railroad Restaurant

about 1925

Another 24 hour operation in Delmar managed by Mrs M J Knotts.  Not much is know about the restaurant.

Martha Jewell Knotts (1853-1937) was the daughter of Thomas H Jewell and Sarah Jewell of Denton, Maryland.  She would marry latter in life (1902) Thomas "Tom" C Knotts.  He was a car inspector for the Railroad.  They lived on East Street.  She ran a boarding house and in 1915 her husband died and shortly afterwards she begin to manage restaurants and run her boarding house.

Based on the newspaper clipping of her death she was well known to railroad people.

 

Saving In The CCC

On April 5 1933 the Civilian Conservation Corps was created by executive order 6101. It allowed a number of people who were unemployed and probably would not be employed to hold a job. It allowed all unmarried, unemployed male citizens between the ages of 17 and 28 to be eligible to apply for work as junior enrollees, with the stipulation that a substantial portion ( $25) of each man's basic $30 monthly allowance would be sent home to his dependent family.  The idea was they would be trained to find a civilian job once they left the CCC.  A CCC Camp was established at Westover, Maryland to clear and create drainage ditches.  The camp had a monthly newsletter called “The Somerset Sun.”  A 1936 edition of it had a short column about saving money.  Now those young men were only receiving $5 a month so today it is hard to think about saving anything out of that amount. 

In the article it is suggested he saves one dollar a month, spends two dollars a month on a canteen book and budget the remaining two dollars out to fifty cents a week for his needs and enjoyment.  Wow, growing up in the 1950s we were always told to save 20% of our income which is what the CCC is suggesting.    

Some Railroad Accidents

The Nabb Center has released some of their Fred Grier photos (446 of them).  They are mostly the fire department in Salisbury but there are a scattering of other photos.  The address to select the Fred Grier album is https://www.flickr.com/photos/nabbresearchcenter/albums/with/72157712477635526

I picked out some of those with trains in them for those who follow this blog for the trains.  If no location is given it is assumed it is Salisbury.

1905 train accident 

 1905 train accident 

Fruitland Md 1909

Fruitland Md 1909

Fruitland MD 1909

The 1909 Accident is no doubt the one in which Edward T West was killed and three Railroad men were held accountable for the accident

 above Baltimore Sun May 26 1909

Train Crossing Ocean city Bridge 1915

The Hunters Shack

In 1984 The Hunters Shack opened in Delmar.  It was owned by Jim Spicer, a retired Delaware State Trooper. 

It was located next to the Railroad Cafe.  It was a very good store for guns, fishing supplies etc.  

In 1993 the Walmart store opened in North Salisbury.  At that time Walmart was the largest seller of fishing equipment and guns in the United States.  Walmart had its effect on a number of small stores in the area.  I remember Jim saying he couldn't buy fishing rods for resell as cheap as Walmart was selling them.   In 1997  he closed up shop.

Delmar January 18 1929

Delmar News State Register January 18 1929

Mrs. Chas. Smith of Baltimore, Mrs. W. T. Smith of Cape Charles, Na., and daughter of Ellis College, Philadelphia, Prof. W. A. Bowland of McDonogh School Baltimore, with wife and daughter, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Parker and family on Sunday.

Delmar Lodge, No. 582, Loyal Order of Moose has adorned its lodge room with a beautiful mounted moose head 54 inches across the antlers.  This added attraction was purchased from a trapper in Alaska a few weeks ago.  It necessitated the removal of a window before its installation could be made.  The head is placed over the dictator chair and has received much comment.

Our town still has many cases of flu.  The Delaware school reported over a hundred scholars absent last week.  Local physicians claim there are equally as many patients as during the epidemic of 1918.

Russell Barrell, a member of the crew of the battleship Utah is spending sometime with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Barrell.

Miss Kathrine Spry, a senior in the Delaware High School, while playing basket ball at Bishopville, Md, last Tuesday night fell striking her head on the floor knocking her unconscious and a state in which she remained for several hours.  She was rushed to Salisbury hospital for treatment and where she remained until Friday when she was brought to her home.  It is reported she is slowly improving.

Lloyd Hudson of this town, but who has been working for the Pennsylvania railroad Co, at Jersey City for sometime met with a painful accident a few days ago while on duty at that place.  It appears that Hudson was between two cars when other cars rolled up and struck them which resulted in breaking his right foot in two places.    He was rushed to a hospital for treatment where he still remains but will be brought to his home in Delmar as soon as his condition permits. 

Thomas Booker and Mrs Mary J Culver 1882

Above from the Daily Gazette Wilmington Delaware 10 March 1882
Thomas Booker and Mrs Mary J Culver
Mrs Mary J Culver was Mary J Gillis

Thomas Booker would drop dead of a heart attack in Jan 1906